POS

The point of sale or point of purchase is the time and place where a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice for the customer, and indicates the options for the customer to make payment.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Speed At The POS Is A Game Changer For Stadiums
Speed At The POS Is A Game Changer For Stadiums
September 21, 2017  |  Point of Sale

What does it take to go from powering concessions ordering at a Minor League Baseball stadium in Texas to doing the same for almost half...

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Jewel Paymentech Puts Banks On Par With FinTechs
Jewel Paymentech Puts Banks On Par With FinTechs
September 19, 2017  |  Startup Check-In

There’s one thing banks and FinTechs can agree on: Those old-fashioned merchant onboarding processes take way too long. But nimble FinTechs have been able to...

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Blockchain For The Average Joe
Blockchain For The Average Joe
September 14, 2017  |  Blockchain

Imagine shopping for a new outfit, computer or groceries and paying for the purchase with bitcoin. Yes, in a real store. Why not? Love or...

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Extending Payment Terms A Competitive Edge — And A Cash Flow Burden
Extending Payment Terms A Competitive Edge — And A Cash Flow Burden
September 12, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Extending payment terms to corporate buyers is painful. Not only does it impose a cash flow burden on the supplier, but, in some cases, those...

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An Appetite For Point-Of-Sale Change
An Appetite For Point-Of-Sale Change
September 06, 2017  |  POS Innovation

Football season is here, and with it, everyone’s favorite stadium food (and least favorite stadium snack prices). According to The Cheat Sheet, a slice of...

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Alibaba Is Building A Five-Story Physical Mall
Alibaba Is Building A Five-Story Physical Mall
September 06, 2017  |  Retail

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba is building a physical mall to meld the worlds of offline and online commerce. According to a report by Chinese news source...

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Quick.me: The Fundamentals Of Ethical SMB Lending
Quick.me: The Fundamentals Of Ethical SMB Lending
September 05, 2017  |  B2B Payments

While some of the entrepreneurs we talk to at PYMNTS seem to have been almost born to solve the problem they founded a company to take...

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Where In The World Is Alipay?
Where In The World Is Alipay?
September 04, 2017  |  International

Where in the world is Alipay? At this point, pretty much everywhere Chinese tourists might want to go, with most of Europe and North America...

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ShopKeep Enters Small Business Lending Market
ShopKeep Enters Small Business Lending Market
August 31, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Like its competitor Square, ShopKeep seems to be stepping closer into its business users’ back offices. On Wednesday (Aug. 29), ShopKeep announced the launch of...

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