Cat5 Commerce

vox | April 15, 2020

Retail sales fell 8.7 percent in March, the largest-ever decline on record, according to Census Bureau data released Wednesday morning. In dollar terms, the decline was nearly triple the previous worst month on record, from the fall of 2008.This joins the past several weeks worth of surging unemployment claims to clarify that the economy really is collapsing at an unprecedented pace. Indeed, given that most of the country wasn’t really reacting strongly to coronavirus in the first week or ...

POS Retail

CITCON | January 24, 2023

Citcon, the global leader in mobile payments, and Klarna, the leader in the generational shift away from credit cards, recently announced an integration and business partnership that will add Klarna to Citcon's omnichannel payment platform as a mobile wallet option. As a result, the Citcon payment gateway currently used by merchants can now offer Klarna as a payment option for both online purchases and in-store payments. This integration will allow merchants to access Klarna...

POS Hardware

Billfold | January 13, 2022

Billfold, a payment and customer intelligence platform focused on streamlining contactless payment flow for the events industry, today announced the completion of a $3M seed round of financing. The round was led by Elektron Ventures and FMS Capital. Billfold is a market-leading provider in the POS space, with an impressive roster of clients across the United States and overseas. In New York, the company counts The Brooklyn Mirage (North America's largest permanent nightl...

POS Retail

Businesswire | July 11, 2023

First American by Deluxe, a leading payment technology company, now offers a fully supported, in-house point-of-sale (POS) product for retailers and restaurateurs as part of its omnichannel go-to-market strategy. The company’s partnership with Epos Now, a premium restaurant and retail POS and payment provider, delivers a broad spectrum of functionality and customized payment solutions that enables merchants to modernize their POS system and digitally connect their sales, reporting, i...