Point Of Sale 2 news and trends

Celerant and Sezzle Expand Collaboration, Add In-Store BNPL Options
Buy Now Pay Later // May 15, 2024

Celerant Technology now enables the users of its eCommerce platform to offer their customers buy now, pay later (BNPL) options when checking out in-store as well as online. The company has implemented additional integration functionalities with Sezzle to allow these options at the point of sale, in-store, Celerant said in a Wednesday (May 15) press...

Worldpay Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering for Merchants
Payment Methods // May 02, 2024

Payment facilitators (PayFacs) using Worldpay’s services can now offer their merchants tap-to-pay on iPhone. The payments technology firm said in a Thursday (May 2) press release that two of its PayFac partners — Fullsteam and Autobooks — have already launched the service, which allows merchants to use an iPhone to securely...

Epos Now Considers Sale of Minority Stake
Point of Sale // May 01, 2024

British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a minority stake in the business and bring on a strategic partner “for the next stage of growth.” The process will start after summer, Epos Now CEO Jacyn Heavens told PYMNTS in an email....

Toast Debuts Restaurant Marketing Tools as Diners Show Caution
ResTech // May 01, 2024

Restaurant technology platform Toast has debuted digital storefront and marketing tools. Toast’s Digital Storefront Suite offers website and online ordering capabilities, while its Marketing Suite combines marketing tools and automation technology, according to a Monday (May 1) news release. “Together, the suites create a seamless...

Interviews & Exclusives
Lightspeed CEO on Helping Smaller Merchants Challenge Industry Goliaths

May 18, 2024
Profit is the applause a business gets from its customers. So the saying, originally from business author Ken Blanchard, goes. Blanchard’s quip highlights the fact that to successfully navigate marketplace challenges and capture new opportunities, businesses increasingly need to focus on creating scalable solutions for their customers’ top needs. And against the current dynamic operating […]

Merchants Moving at the ‘Speed of Retail’ Must Offer Payments Choice at POS

December 05, 2023
Terry O’Neil, head of connected commerce and strategic growth for Citi Retail Services at Citi, said that connected commerce needs to move quickly. In fact, it needs to move at...

Biometrics May Be Online Retail’s Ticket to More Sales

November 24, 2023
Retailers are leveraging innovative solutions, such as biometrics, to enhance convenience, security and personalized services in their day-to-day business. Biometrics systems are gaining popularity as an authentication method for more...

Software-as-a-Service Will Simplify Move to Self-Service Checkout, Says LS Retail

July 11, 2023
When consumers are shopping in stores in the post-pandemic age, they seek new checkout experiences that offer the same benefits they’ve grown accustomed to online. Kristjan Johannsson, general manager at...

Quick Reads
Celerant and Sezzle Expand Collaboration, Add In-Store BNPL Options

May 15, 2024
Celerant Technology now enables the users of its eCommerce platform to offer their customers buy now, pay later (BNPL) options when checking out in-store as well as online. The company has implemented additional integration functionalities with Sezzle to allow these options at the point of sale, in-store, Celerant said in a Wednesday (May 15) press release. The two companies had already partnered to offer BNPL options online, […]

Worldpay Launches Tap-to-Pay Offering for Merchants

May 02, 2024
Payment facilitators (PayFacs) using Worldpay’s services can now offer their merchants tap-to-pay on iPhone. The payments technology firm said in a Thursday (May 2) press release that two of its PayFac...

Epos Now Considers Sale of Minority Stake

May 01, 2024
British payments group Epos Now is running a private placement process to sell a minority stake in the business and bring on a strategic partner “for the next stage of...

Toast Debuts Restaurant Marketing Tools as Diners Show Caution

May 01, 2024
Restaurant technology platform Toast has debuted digital storefront and marketing tools. Toast’s Digital Storefront Suite offers website and online ordering capabilities, while its Marketing Suite combines marketing tools and automation...