MICROS-Retail announces XBR and Balance Sales Audit versions 7.0

February 21, 2011

MICROS-Retail, a division of MICROS Systems, Inc. and provider of retail technology, announced the release of XBR Loss Prevention and Store Analytics version…

Square drops transaction fees for merchants

by James Wester

February 21, 2011

Mobile payment start-up Square has announced it will be dropping per-transaction fees charged to its customers. Merchants using the service to accept credit…

Retail POS Suite integrated with NetSuite cloud computing platform

February 15, 2011

MentisSoft LLC, a supplier of software and services for retail, healthcare, and educational applications, has announced the integration of its Retail POS Suite…

Contactless mobile payment services coming to the UK

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

Barclaycard, Everything Everywhere will roll out contactless mobile payment using NFC tech later this year.

Kwik Trip selects Radiant Systems technology for its convenience stores

January 23, 2011

Radiant Systems today announced a new agreement with Kwik Trip, a Wisconsin-based petroleum and convenience store retailer with 425 locations, to equip its…

Square secures new round of funding

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

January 11, 2011

According to the Wall Street Journal, mobile payment company Square has secured a new round of funding worth $27.5 million. With this newest round of funding…

NRF: VeriFone debuts mobile payment solutions (VIDEO)

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The payments giant unveiled its strategy for mobile at an early sneak-peek on NRF opening day.

HP's new retail digital signage, POS offerings at NRF BIG Show

by Christopher Hall

HP continues its move into the digital signage space and strengthens its retail offerings at the BIG Show.

Starmount launches mobile POS system for retail

January 5, 2011

Starmount has introduced its new mobile selling assistant, Engage, which it says allows retailers to deliver a more efficient, personalized store experience…

Aruba announces Wi-Fi solution for in-store mobile marketing

January 5, 2011

Aruba Networks has announced a new Wi-Fi solution for in-store mobile marketing, developed in partnership with Digby and Nearbuy Systems, that it says enables…

Tomax adds employee biometrics to POS line

January 4, 2011

Tomax, a provider of real-time merchandising and store execution software applications and services, has integrated U.are.U fingerprint biometrics from…

Council takes wait-and-see approach to mobile payments

PCI SSC announced it would not approve or list any mobile-payment applications as compliant for the time being.

TIO Networks partners with iQmetrix for bill-pay

December 14, 2010

TIO Networks, a provider of bill-payment services through kiosks and other technology, has announced a partnership with iQmetrix to serve a growing base of…

MasterCard, Visa websites shut down in WikiLeaks-related hacker attack

Hackers today shut down MasterCard Worldwide's website and disrupted cardholders' payments.

AisleBuyer introduces mobile self-checkout app for Android

November 29, 2010

AisleBuyer LLC, provider of mobile checkout solutions, announced today that its mobile self-checkout application is now available in the Android Marketplace.

U.S. Bank, Visa to begin mobile-payment pilot

U.S. Bank and Visa Inc. soon will begin testing mobile payments in more than a dozen states.

Wincor Nixdorf expands BEETLE/Fusion line of POS systems

October 18, 2010

Wincor Nixdorf Inc. today announced that it has expanded its BEETLE/Fusion product line of touch-based point-of-sale systems.

LIFT unveils suggestive selling tech for c-stores

October 5, 2010

LIFT Retail Marketing Technology announced the launch of its LIFT Station platform, an integrated suggestive selling point-of-sale technology for convenience…

Xsilva's Mac-based POS goes mobile

September 27, 2010

Xsilva Systems Inc. announced the release of LightSpeed Mobile, a mobile retail extension of LightSpeed, the company's POS platform for Mac. According to the…

ScanSource adds HP point-of-sale systems to portfolio

September 19, 2010

ScanSource POS & Barcoding, an international value-added distributor of automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) and point-of-sale (POS) solutions…