Pos news and trends

Consumers’ Click-and-Mortar™ Expectations Shape Shopify’s Future
Earnings // May 08, 2024

Digital may have changed the face of retail, but consumers continue to want to shop in stores, demanding that even the most eCommerce-centric companies such as Shopify adapt. The commerce platform shared Wednesday (May 8) in an investor presentation accompanying its first-quarter 2024 financial results...

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...

GoDaddy Debuts Pocket-Sized POS for Small Businesses
POS Innovation // April 25, 2024

Web provider GoDaddy has introduced a smaller point-of-sale (POS) tool for small businesses. Smart Terminal Flex, announced Thursday (April 25) is designed to fit inside an apron pocket while still helping businesses operate with more efficiency. The tool, the company said in a news release, is “ideal...

Interviews & Exclusives
Lightspeed CEO Points to B2B Sales as Next Engine of Small Merchant Growth

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 […]

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...

The Challenge of Establishing Trust in the Age of Anonymous Commerce

November 15, 2023
“Trust, in the digital age,” Doriel Abrahams, head of risk in the U.S. at Forter, told PYMNTS, “is a lot different than it used to be.” Gone are the days...

UK’s Point of Sale Finance Game Ripe for Payments Overhaul

April 21, 2023
Consumers and merchants are being let down by the current state of play in the traditional retail finance space — an “untouched” aspect of the checkout finance market, says Todd...

Quick Reads
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 growth.” The process will start after summer, Epos Now CEO Jacyn Heavens told PYMNTS in an email. “The goal is to accelerate to allow us to put […]

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...

GoDaddy Debuts Pocket-Sized POS for Small Businesses

April 25, 2024
Web provider GoDaddy has introduced a smaller point-of-sale (POS) tool for small businesses. Smart Terminal Flex, announced Thursday (April 25) is designed to fit inside an apron pocket while still helping businesses...

Adyen Reports Digital Transactions Rise 51% as Enterprises Increase Volume

April 25, 2024
Dutch payments firm Adyen saw its digital processed volume leap 51% year over year during the first three months of 2024. This happened during a quarter in which the company’s...