OpenTable’s pay feature extends to DC metro area

October 15, 2014

OpenTable has announced that Pay with OpenTable is now available in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Apple Pay to lead the way in customer loyalty

by Jitendra Gupta — Mobile CRM Director, Punchh

By the end of 2015, it’s expected nearly every retailer will have NFC readers.

Startup aimed at helping restaurants pay suppliers on single platform

October 9, 2014

Sourcery, a San Francisco-based startup that helps restaurants, caterers and corporate kitchens to order and pay for food from local suppliers on a single…

PieZoni selects LevelUp loyalty and mobile payments app

October 9, 2014

Rhode Island-based PieZoni's, a 16-location pizza brand, has announced a partnership with LevelUp to release its new loyalty app. According to a press release…

Dash mobile payment app debuts in Chicago

October 9, 2014

Customers use the Dash app to pay their bill, split checks, tip and more, using the credit card stored in the app.

Square Order testing proximity tagging for line-busting ordering feature

October 9, 2014

Customers can pre-order menu item, and when they are within a zone timed to food and beverage preparation, a 'proximity tag' is triggered alerting the…

Where's my (your) money? Overcoming mobile payment growing pains

Having the ability to send relevant promotions, rewarding users with instant incentives and providing security thresholds are critical components.

Lavu iPad POS now accepts PayPal

October 6, 2014

Customers can pay for purchases using PayPal's mobile app.

LevelUp CEO to outline mobile payments at Restaurant Innovation event

October 2, 2014

Seth Priebatsch, founder and CEO of LevelUp, will be a featured speaker at the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Innovation Summit Oct.

The world has gone mobile and you should, too

by Bob Leonard — CEO, iMobile3

As of right now, about 15 percent of restaurants accept mobile payments, but this is expected to rise to 68 percent in 2015.

Apple Pay's impact on restaurant loyalty marketing

Focusing on the creation of an experience that’s easy for the customer, instead of optimal for the brand, makes customers feel like VIPs.

Starbucks, Dunkin' rank high for digital gifting experience

September 30, 2014

RSR Research today released results of its fourth benchmarking study on the digital gifting industry, "Digital Gift Cards: Rewriting the Gifting Rules in the…

Why you’ll abandon your new mobile app in 12 to 24 months

Apple Pay just demolished the payment value of a branded app, making it possible for consumers to pay without downloading your app by offering the ability to…

Why Apple Pay is important for restaurant operators big and small

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

Apple tries to make everything easy for consumers and that usually equals widespread consumer adoption down the road.

Why restaurants should embrace mobile payment with iPhone 6 and PassBook

By combining NFC with finger touch recognition technology, Apple is able to offer NFC payment securely inside PassBook, making PassBook more relevant than…

McDonald's, Subway named as initial Apple Pay partners

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The new mobile wallet eliminates the need for a magstripe, instead generating a single-use, unique number for each transaction.

iPhone mobile payment option opens up opportunity for marketers

by Brenda Rick Smith — Editor, Networld Media Group

With Apple's rollout of Apple Pay, now might be a good time for marketers to get to know Passbook.

The consumer experience evolution

Order-ahead solutions, like mobile/online ordering, are boosting restaurants' average checks by 15-plus percent.

Summit to take a deep dive into the future of ATM and mobile technologies

by Suzanne Cluckey — Owner, Suzanne Cluckey Communications

The second annual ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit in September will feature experts with exceptional depth of knowledge in areas of innovation, security…

Beacon technology enabling restaurant commerce and communication

With geo-triggered ordering, customers make their order in advance and the order gets pushed to the kitchen only when the customer walks in.