POS / Point of Purchase News & Media
Amazon eyes mobile payments, POS
by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group
The online retail leader has a chance to make an immediate impact with an mPOS product.
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Stitch Labs integrates with Square
May 6, 2014
Inventory management tech provider Stitch Labs has announced an integration with Square. With this new integration, Stitch will now enable any seller to easily…
read nowChase adds dashboard for its mobile checkout
May 6, 2014
Chase Paymentech, a global merchant acquirer, payment processor and subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has announced the launch of its Mobile Dashboard…
read nowRevel Systems unveils iPad-based POS features for the visually impaired
April 30, 2014
Revel Systems, a provider of iPad POS solutions, has announced a new hardware and software product bundle aimed at providing technology features for the…
read nowSquare introduces new features for Market and Register
April 29, 2014
Square has introduced new features for its Square Market and Square Register tools. Starting this week, sellers can easily post their items on MKT.COM for…
read nowMoki, North American Bancard partner on mobile POS
April 29, 2014
Moki, a provider of mobile app security and operations, announced it has partnered with North American Bancard to secure and manage its mobile point-of-sale…
read nowSquare reportedly in acquisition discussions with rivals
April 21, 2014
Square reportedly is discussing the possibility of a sale with several rivals as the mobile point-of-sale provider continues to lose money and burn through the…
read nowRogers launches NFC-enabled mobile wallet in Canada
April 14, 2014
Rogers Communications Friday launched the suretap wallet, a new application that lets customers use their NFC-enabled smartphones to make payments at tens of…
read nowSecurities analyst predicts NFC-enabled iPhone
April 11, 2014
Apple this fall will release a new iPhone with NFC integration and also include the technology in its long-rumored iWatch, according to an investor note from…
read nowVeriFone unveils its first handheld EMV-capable payment terminal with Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi
April 9, 2014
VeriFone Systems has announced the VX 690, its first handheld EMV-capable payment terminal featuring Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi connectivity. According to…
read nowLeaf unveils Payment Apps
April 7, 2014
Leaf, creator of a mobile POS tablet specifically designed for commerce, has launched its Payment Apps, a marketplace through which merchant acquirers…
read nowBPC Banking unveils SmartVista for Retailers
April 2, 2014
BPC Banking Technologies, a provider of open system payment solutions for the global financial industry, has announced the launch of SmartVista for Retailers…
read nowOn Capitol Hill, retailers urge adoption of PIN-based cards
March 26, 2014
The National Retail Federation told the Senate today that it's time for an overhaul of the nation's fraud-prone credit and debit card system, saying banks…
read nowInfinite Peripherals approved by Visa Ready
March 26, 2014
Infinite Peripherals, a developer of mobile point-of-sale devices, announced that it has been approved by the Visa Ready program, which indicates that the…
read nowAppeals court upholds Federal Reserve's 21-cent debit card swipe fee cap
March 21, 2014
A federal appeals court has today handed down a ruling in a back-and-forth drama that grew out of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Consumer Protection and Wall Street…
read nowMobile POS set to grow 95 percent worldwide in 2014
March 21, 2014
The adoption of mobile devices for POS transactions is exploding worldwide, as retailers and consumers alike get more accustomed to retailers asking for…
read nowMost Americans hold retailers responsible for data breaches
March 19, 2014
Security software firm Feedzai has announced the results of its nationwide survey of U.S. adults, which found that 60 percent of those who knew about data…
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Report says Target knew about the data breach, but did nothing
The retailer had a working anti-malware system in place before the breach, but it was ignored.
read nowSecureBuy gets Canadian patent for signature capture tech
March 11, 2014
SecureBuy announced it has been granted intellectual property protection for its real-time, online biometric signature capture technology under Canadian patent…
read nowCreditCall, skyauth provide mobile payments for Berlin pop-up stores
March 10, 2014
Skyauth has launched its mPOS service for short-term-retailers by signing up its first customers, eight pop-up stores in Berlin.
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