What marks an inflection point for an industry? More dollars? Better innovation? Consolidation? Well, mPOS has it all. In the October tracker, we highlight million dollar funding deals, track major company acquisitions and bring the latest scoop on EMV migration. Players to watch out for:...
May was a big month for the mPOS players, with the hospitality sector driving demand and user adoption. Starbucks, in the beginning of May opened an express store in New York’s Financial District, where employees take orders on their handheld device to reduce customers’ wait...
Henry David Thoreau wrote that “It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.” Since the launch of Apple Pay last year, many have written how closely they believe that the history of payments will be connected...
Nearly 300 percent more retailers plan to deploy mPOS solutions to better serve their businesses, says a new report. And growth in the space continues to center on those “tablet” enabled POS systems as more merchants experiment with ways to better power front and back...
Verifone has reached the cloud. The payment technology company announced today that it is launching Verifone Cloud POS, an Android-based cloud point-of-sale solution for small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs). When bundled with Verifone’s mobile terminals and software, the new platform offers merchants turnkey integration, open architecture, value...
Welcome to the monthly mPOS Tracker, a PYMNTS Special Report. In this report, we rank mPOS players and score them based on the payment methods, devices, and operating systems they support and the geographies they serve. This month’s report focuses on the evolution of mPOS...
Welcome to the monthly mPOS Tracker, a PYMNTS Special Report. In this report, we rank the players that we track, and score these players based on numbers and types of devices used, geographies where solutions are implemented, the number of payment types accepted, and more....
This holiday season, mPOS is on fire. In preparation for increased online and in-store sales, retailers have prepped themselves with these mobile devices to eliminate long lines and provide better customer service. This month’s ROAM mPOS Tracker report follows these players, and shows an increasing...
mPOS isn’t so much focused on micro-merchants anymore, according to Benoit Boudier, SVP of International Sales for ROAM. Rather, it’s become an important part of payment acceptance in general, both in the U.S. and on the international stage. MPD CEO Karen Webster recently caught...
