Point of Sale

Welcome To The Chip Card World
October 01, 2015

Today’s the day! The U.S. is officially living in the EMV world… And that technology itself is just the beginning. Philippe Benitez, VP of Marketing at Gemalto North America, speaks with MPD CEO Karen Webster about the myriad implications of the new payment ecosystem paradigm...

The Incredible Mobile Payments Myth
September 28, 2015

MPD CEO Karen Webster says that everything that you’ve heard over the last several years about how successful mobile payments are at the physical point of sale is wrong. Starting with how it’s taken off like a rocket ship in Europe and how the U.S....

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What Developers Are Up To At The POS
September 23, 2015

From NFC contactless payments to emerging beacon technologies, the vibrant omnicommerce space is ripe for technological innovation. As Matt Ozvat, VP of Developer Integrations at Vantiv, pointed out in a discussion with MPD CEO Karen Webster, developers at the point of sale are taking advantage...

Worldpay Headed For London’s Largest IPO This Year
September 18, 2015

Never a dull moment at U.K. payments firm Worldpay. After a summer of courting by private equity and its various rivals — notably Germany’s Wirecard and France’s Ingenico — Worldpay looks like it instead might just be going again on its own (walking down the only...

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Verifone Debuts First Intel-Powered mPOS system
September 01, 2015

Verifone and Aava said Tuesday (Sept. 1) morning that they are launching the first handheld mPOS system powered by Intel technology and geared toward enterprise users. The companies said in a release that the system, dubbed the Verifone e355 mPOS terminal, is based on Verifone’s...

iZettle Eyes The World Beyond mPOS
September 01, 2015

Sweden-based mobile payment firm iZettle is often compared to Square. And the comparison is certainly not entirely unwarranted, as both firms are known for essentially the same achievement: enabling small businesses and micro-merchants to accept card payments, albeit in two very different marketplaces with rather...

Apple Pay’s Heading Off To College (In Oklahoma)
September 01, 2015

This week the University of Oklahoma will be a payments pioneer as it becomes the first university to accept Apple Pay across its campus. And it is clearly pretty proud of itself, as the blog post announcing Apple Pay indicated. The post referred to the ability to pay sans...

Making Payments Easy For Mobile Merchants
August 24, 2015

Small, mobile merchants want one and only one thing: a simple way to take their customer’s favorite payments methods. Flint CEO Greg Goldfarb describes how he thinks he's cracked the code for mobile merchants and their interest in becoming more integrated with Apple Pay and...

Payments Landscape Shifting for Retailers, Leading to New Opportunities
August 20, 2015

Amid a tech revolution, retailers can improve customer service, data security, and margins all at the same time, an ACI white paper finds.