A petition has been launched on Change.org asking PayPal to bring its online payment service to Nigeria by Lagos-based design company CreativityKills. The petition, which at the time of going to press had 88 supporters, said, though being citizens of the country with the largest economy in Africa, Nigerians that want to take part in
Edgetech Solutions, a banking solutions company based in Zimbabwe-Harare, will soon launch a mobile payment application that uses NearBytes technology to transmit payments through sound. The solution named Edgepay integrates Edgetech systems, NearBytes and POS APIs to build a solid Mobile Payment application. With this app, which will be released for iOS and Android platforms
Chris Souther recently wrote a post for the VeriFone Blog about the need to address the threat in retail security, as evidenced by the rash of recent security breaches in major retail stores across the globe. He had this to say: The recent security breaches at major retail centers have elevated the need for more
The point of sale (POS) retail market is evolving like never before, as traditional paper-based payments (cash and check) have increasingly lost favor with consumers and merchants and are quickly being replaced by plastic cards and alternative payments. Javelin Strategy & Research released 2014 Retail Point of Sale Payment Forecast: The Mobile Payment Square-Effect and
NCR has announced the launch of NCR Silver Pro Restaurant Edition (Silver Pro), a new point-of-sale (POS) solution for North American small- and medium-sized restaurants. Silver Pro uses the NCR SilverTM Small Business Platform with built-in customer engagement tools, simple analytics and online reports, and turns any iPad and iPad Mini running the latest iOS
BitPay, world leader in business solutions for Bitcoin digital currency, announces a partnership to integrate bitcoin acceptance into VisualTouch, Toshiba’s premiere POS Software Solution. Toshiba VisualTouch is a complete point of sale system that provides the advanced POS functionality needed for business management. VisualTouch POS is used in the Hospitality, Food Service, Grocery, Retail and
NCR Corporation has announced that Tesco is improving the customer checkout experience by piloting a new, high-speed retail checkout solution from NCR. Each unit allows three shoppers to pack and pay at the same time, using innovative imaging technology to automatically scan products placed on a conveyor belt. The four units at the new Tesco
The installed base of mPOS devices is set to increase fivefold over a five-year forecast period, reaching the 51 million mark in 2019, or 46% of the overall POS. The increase in uptake is not just being driven by micro-merchant adoption, as mPOS vendors are increasingly focused on mPOS penetration higher up the value chain.
TSYS announced expansion of its cloud and tablet-based point-of-sale technology offerings by forming a strategic partnership with ShopKeep POS. Designed and built by an experienced small business owner, ShopKeep makes it simpler for active and aspiring retail shop and restaurant owners across the country to start, manage and grow a successful business all from an
Digital River, a provider of Commerce-as-a-Service solutions, has announced that it signed a global payments agreement with Morinda, Inc., a direct-selling company that markets nutritional, health and wellness products. Morinda is using the Digital River World Payments solution – including its international payments gateway and credit card processing capabilities – to build a localized European
