Players in the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) space are focusing on catering to payment needs of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Efforts range from Mobeewave’s collaboration over an in-person contactless payment solution for small merchants in the UAE to myPOS’ efforts to steer taxi drivers away...
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...
Restaurant food delivery startup Deliveroo announced it is launching point of sale (POS) integrations to its restaurant partners via an API and developer portal. According to TechCrunch, the integration will eliminate the need for front-of-house staff from having to manually input Deliveroo food orders into...
Here’s one way to remove mobile wallet friction — don’t ask consumers to use one at the point of sale. The mPOS solution provider Touché believes that biometric-powered payments at the point of sale are the next big thing. But are consumers willing to trust...
New developments in the mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) space are coming to the rescue for both merchants and consumers who don’t like to be tied down. Among them is a new biometric-based mPOS solution for merchants, designed to allow consumers to travel light, leaving wallets, payment...
Millions of terminals, hundreds of millions of cryptographic keys — and someone has to keep track of it all. Executives from GEOBRIDGE and POS Portal spoke to PYMNTS about the ways key management works across far-flung distances, with urgent deadlines, to make sure all goes...
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...
Mobile payment capabilities are on the forefront of retail executives and tech staff. In a survey by Zynstra, some 65 percent of retailers said they pegged mobile payments as their top priority for in-store technology, Chain Store Age reported. From apparel stores to stadiums, retailers are...
Wagering that restaurants are seeking to learn more about their customers, First Data has invested in a restaurant software company. Salido raised $12 million in Series A funding, with First Data as an investor in the round, CNBC reported. While First Data originally thought of...