IGT expands partnership with FanDuel Group on sportsbooks nationwide

August 4, 2020

International Game Technology PLC has signed a multi-year agreement with i-gaming provider FanDuel Group, according to a press release. IGT's PlaySports…

Face masks no friend to facial recognition systems

July 31, 2020

Even the top facial recognition system gets it wrong nearly half of the time when identifying a person wearing a facial mask.

Hair care specialists tap e-commerce/self-service retail synergy

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Three years after launching their e-commerce business, this entrepreneurial couple began placing vending machines to make their products available to people in…

Video and DVD exchange kiosks launched in Richmond

July 24, 2020

Videos and DVDs are available at three Blockbuster rental machines in Richmond, Virginia, according to a WTVR-TV report. Patrons are welcome to bring unwanted…

Bashas' supermarkets deploy NCR's Emerald POS platform

July 22, 2020

Bashas' Family of Stores, which operates more than 100 stores, including Food City, AJ's Fine Foods, Eddie's Country Store, Bashas' and Bashas' Diné…

LBC Bioscience to deploy CBD vending machines in Nevada, Arizona

July 22, 2020

BD Life Sciences Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, LBC Bioscience Inc., has ordered CBD vending machines which it will begin deploying in…

Burroughs introduces TransacTec device as a service technology

July 21, 2020

Burroughs Inc., a service and integration provider for payment and transaction technology ecosystems, has launched its TransacTec Device as a Service, a…

DigitalMint teams with financial services provider on bitcoin POS

July 21, 2020

DigitalMint, a bitcoin point-of-sale provider, has teamed with Answers Etc., a financial services software provider, according to a press release. By…

Passport Technology signs Alberta casinos and introduces self-service kiosks

July 17, 2020

Passport Technology, a provider of casino cash access services internationally, now provides cash and cashless services to half of Alberta casinos with the…

Mohegan Sun Casino at Virgin Hotels selects sportsbook operator

July 16, 2020

Mohegan Sun Casino at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas has selected Betfred USA Sports to operate its sportsbook, according to a press release. The announcement of this…

Sato introduces Take A Number kit to support social distancing

July 16, 2020

Sato has introduced a pre-packaged Take-A-Number Kit providing a solution for business needing to promote social distancing to customers waiting in line for…

How self-service helps a healing products retailer weather COVID-19

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

While the company was initially interested in self-service technology to improve customer convenience, the COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated how important…

Using a POS Terminal as a Self-Scanning Checkout System

Self-checkout is a growing trend in the retail industry, and it has burgeoned since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to public health concerns…

FuelRod to award 'Founders' status to early adopters, resolves litigation

July 10, 2020

Tricopian, Inc., the manufacturer of the FuelRod Power-on-the-Go mobile device charging service, has introduced its "Founders" status in recognition of its…

QR codes get a new life as COVID-19 recovery spurs contactless payments

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

The rapid demand for safe, contactless merchant payments has led to renewed interest in QR codes, a payment technology that historically dominated Asian…

Webinar to explore expanding kiosk OEM opportunities

July 9, 2020

Self-service kiosk technology has been on a rapid growth track in recent years across fast food restaurants, cinemas, entertainment venues, banks and retail…

Amex, Visa, Mastercard, Discover expand Click to Pay globally

July 8, 2020

American Express Co., Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and Discover Financial Services are each making technical preparations for the global expansion of Click to…

Tillster digital ordering platform joins ParTech's Brink POS ecosystem

July 7, 2020

ParTech Inc., a provider of pont-of-sale software for the restaurant and retail industries, has added the Tillster digital ordering platform to the cloud-based…

AiFi on track to deploy 330 automated stores by 2021

July 6, 2020

AiFi, a provider of an automated, self-service store, is on track to deploy 330 new and retrofitted autonomous stores by the end of 2021, according to a press…

USA Technologies names general counsel and interim CFO

July 6, 2020

USA Technologies, a cashless payments and software services company that provides end-to-end technology solutions for the self-service retail market, has named…