Will the new Apple iPad ring the register for merchants? Scott Holt, VP of Marketing and Solutions for ROAM and MPD CEO Karen Webster chatted about this, as well as the other developments that could help – or hinder – the existing plans of mPOS...
The mPOS space has seen a 30 percent year-over-year growth in the last three years. In addition, 30 percent of the top 20 U.S. retailers have deployed mPOS devices in-stores. Today, more than ever, it's easy to envision a world where mPOS is the norm,...
In the weeks following the Apple Pay debut, players in the industry have been figuring out ways to complement, or compete against, the new mobile payments juggernaut. Within the world of mPOS, that means Apple Pay is being worked into existing platforms – a work...
When it comes to mPOS there are only three things that merchants want: business apps, business apps, and business apps. That’s what ROAM’s VP of Marketing and Solutions Scott Holt told MPD CEO Karen Webster that he’s hearing from his customers. Oh, and how they...
Last month, Amazon officially entered the mPOS market with Amazon Local Register, focusing on helping the local retailers get local sales data and, in turn, feed Amazon and use its platform offline. How big of a dent will the e-commerce giant make in space, and...
News broke yesterday about Amazon’s plans to sell a branded dongle at Staples, making it the 123rd player to enter this very croweded space. But while a giant player could become a powerful new entrant, SMBs are starting to show a change of heart towards...
While omnichannel remains an important focus of most retailers, most merchants say they lack the capabilities to support it. Yet most have plans to implement mPOS by 2016. Why? Because they view it as an enabler to the biggest merchant initiative of this decade: omnichannel....
So, whaddaya know? Big retailers and micro-merchants have the very same goals: serve their customers where their customers want to buy. And mPOS is the tool they are both using to deliver that proposition. For instance, big retailers no longer think of “line busting” as...
The global mobile POS market is still on fire, with analysts predicting double-digit growth through 2018. But what’s driving that growth also happens to be what will define who’ll win in the end. Ingenico’s Jean Marc Thienpont, EVP Mobile Payments Solutions and COO of ROAM,...
