Carlos Netto is Co-founder and CEO of Matera, a software company he founded over 30 years ago in Brazil. QR codes are all around us—in stores, at the gym, in restaurants and even on TV. These URL QR ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020 and social distancing became a common practice, contactless forms of payments have taken off in popularity. Some contactless payments use QR codes that ...

As digital investments skyrocketed amid the pandemic and technologies filled the market looking to meet new needs, not all technology was new. In fact, the QR code, which was originally introduced in ...

That visual, machine-interface technology we all know from the grocery store is experiencing a renaissance. The first item to be marked with a Universal Product Code or barcode tracks back more than ...

The first QR code was created in 1994 to track cars as they were being manufactured by Denso Wave, a Toyota subsidiary. The ease of use and effectiveness of QR codes have fueled their expansion ...

Pandemic pressures continue to rise as the new Omicron variant spreads and restaurants must find a way to survive—once again. 55% of diners choose contactless payment as one of the top three factors ...

QR codes are heavily used in Asia and other parts of the world, but they haven't yet caught on as readily in the U.S. for payments. That's slowly changing, and industry experts say banks should pay ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Accredited Standards Committee X9 Inc. (X9) today announced that it will develop a new QR code payments standard. The new standard will establish the content of a ...

Covid ushered new changes that are to stay- and that includes QR codes as a form of payment method. Contact tracing requirements, coupled with worries about viral contamination through the handling of ...

PayPal, an online payment provider, expects the popularity of QR codes and buy now pay later options to rise because the pandemic has changed consumers' payment preferences. Since PayPal's launch of ...