In Africa, small to mid-sized enterprises are an engine of the overall economy. As noted on the International Trade Centre’s website, more than 70 percent of Africans work for small firms with fewer than 20 employees. With expanded payments options, these merchants can more nimbly...
Square announced it is opening its Reader hardware to developers, enabling them to build their own custom checkout and point of sale experiences. “While we’ve built some of the best point of sale software on the market, we know that many industries have niche needs,...
A new report has found that the global installed base of point-of-sale (POS) terminals grew to almost 109 million units in 2017. “The world is continuously shifting from coin and paper-based payments, such as cash and checks, to electronic forms, such as payment cards and...
Perhaps not since the adoption of chip and PIN payments has there existed so much potential for disruption in the point-of-sale market. The rise of mom-and-pop entrepreneurs, the coffee truck operators, craft makers and others has opened the door for the smaller POS operators to...
Plate IQ has cozied up with Square, announcing on Tuesday (May 15) an integration with the new Square for Restaurants service. The goal is to make it easier for restaurant employees to handle payment information in full-service eateries. The deal involves Plate IQ’s daily sales...
Adyen has announced it is partnering with omnichannel retail solutions provider Mi9 Retail to allow merchants to accept payments through Adyen’s payments platform. The integrated point-of-sale and payments solution will benefit customers at the more than 450 worldwide retail businesses serviced by Mi9 Retail. The...
Talk to anyone in the U.S. credit space, and they can tell you about their access to consumer information, such as name, income, education, voting record, mortgage and more. This data can be pulled from the IRS and credit bureaus — and all of that...
Technology can be a fickle friend. In most sectors today, from retail and restaurants to financial sending and lending, organizations are discovering that they can’t live without it – but if they embrace it too enthusiastically, living with it can be just as bad. Karen...
In an effort to enable merchants to accept payments from nearly anywhere in their stores, Verifone launched its e280 mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solution, the company announced in a press release. Using the technology, merchants can enable experiences like self-checkout kiosks and fill consumer demand for...
