Card scheme to help Darwen Market stalls cash in on digital payment

Acceptance of Oyster and contactless payment is to be extended to Hertford North and Epsom next year, Rail Minister Andrew Jones announced on November 30. Ticket barriers will be modified to accept Oyster and contactless cards

Walmart this morning announced a new plan to help its retail store customers complete their purchases — even if the items they want aren’t available on the store’s shelves. The retailer says it will arm its sales associates with

Big Issue readers in Nottingham could soon buy the street magazine using contactless technology as part of a trial. Nottingham has been chosen alongside London, Bath, Birmingham and Bristol to allow its vendors to take payments

For many retailers, the holiday shopping season can literally mean the difference between growth and expansion or their ultimate demise. The combination of fierce competition on pricing, the need for fast and accurate delivery and maintaining

Mobile shoppers crossed a threshold on Cyber Monday, as Adobe Analytics data shows more than $2.2 billion in sales came from smartphone users, representing the biggest single-year increase and the first time mobile accounted for a

Transport chiefs today called for contactless payments to be accepted across the UK rail network as they revealed conventional tickets were “on the verge of obsolescence” in London. Contactless accounts for a third of Tube fares

One in five Brits now never carries cash, a recent study has found. Researchers who polled 2,000 UK adults found many are now opting to pay using different methods such as chip and pin and smartphone

BBC Children in Need is the latest charity to start using contactless card readers in its bid to collect a record number of donations. The annual fundraiser will see Pudsey Bear positioned at 15 underground stations