Should Your Business Accept Apple Pay?

Counter Culture outlines several important factors to consider when deciding on whether to accept Apple Pay at your small business.

Payment Processing Ecosystem

The payments industry had a huge year in 2014 and it’s showing no sign of slowing down. On the one hand tech giants like Amazon and Apple released new products that affirmed their long-term payments ambitions (Apple Pay and Amazon Local Register). On the other hand startups such as Stripe and ShopKeep continued to carve…

Introducing ShopKeep 2.5.2: Now with Apple Pay

Download the newest version of the ShopKeep app today and start accepting Apple Pay!

Free Equipment For Accepting Apple Pay

ShopKeep, a startup that makes checkout software for brick-and-mortar stores, has a new deal for new customers: Free equipment that allows them to accept mobile payment methods such as Apple Pay, in addition to a new, more secure type of credit card. The equipment, which will cost current ShopKeep customers $259, includes a technology called…

Marketing Automation Not Just For Big Companies

Marketing automation isn’t just for the biggest companies in the world anymore. Thanks to a new crop of local companies, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) have access to the data and the tools to reach their customers in smart, efficient ways while minimizing the hassle on the backend. During a panel at the 2014 Street Fight…

Apple Pay Relies on Small Businesses

For years, tech evangelists have envisioned the dawn of the mobile wallet, and with the recent announcement of Apple Pay, it seems as though mass consumer adoption may finally be upon us. Big-name brands like Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Target and McDonald’s have at long last made the decision to adopt this technology, convinced that Apple has the power…

Digital Discussion on Data Privacy

Let’s get the bad news out of the way. Data breaches in retail are becoming the “news of the day,” and they’ve crossed multiple types of merchants and categories.  In the past 12 months alone (not exhaustive), data breaches have occurred at Staples, Kmart, Dairy Queen, Jimmy John’s, Home Depot, Goodwill, P.F. Chang’s, Target, and…

What You Need to Know About Apple Pay

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s mobile payment system, Apple Pay, made its debut Monday. Now you can flash your new iPhone in the checkout line to pay for food, clothing and other goods. There’s no need to pull out your credit card. But don’t leave your wallet or purse behind quite yet: Despite a few…

Why ShopKeep is Run Like a Liquor Store

He’s worked in finance on Wall Street, as a software analyst at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and as founder of a dotcom funded in 1999 with $10 million. But Jason Richelson attributes his success today at the helm of a 10,000-customer, 100-employee software company to his experience running a wine shop in Brooklyn. Richelson is co-founder and CEO…