With all the digital currencies and forms of payment now available, it's understandable that the notion of a cashless society has gained traction since the 1990s when the computerization of manual processes got into full swing. The popularity of smartphones...
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5 Solutions for Accepting Mobile Cash Payments in Retail
It can be said that mobile point-of-sale solutions are the future regardless of the payment mediums used - cash or card. According to Market Watch, the point of sale market is apt to experience strong growth - 18% from now...
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Increasing Your Business Valuation through SaaS
Software developers (ISVs) who hope to increase the valuation of their business, need to develop, release and market products that facilitate a recurring revenue business model. For both ISVs and Resellers the bottom line is to build a portfolio of...
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Balancing ISV and Vendor Customer Support
Balancing ISV and Vendor Customer Support ISVs who engage their hardware solution providers to create new business opportunities and innovative solutions might be surprised at how easy it is to create successful partnerships with those vendors. Through partnership programs, hardware...
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European Retail Trade Shows — No Signs of Slowing Down
Go back five or ten years and you would have thought that businesses would see less value in attending trade shows in the modern digital world; where information is instantly at our fingertips thanks to the internet. In fact, the...
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EMV Making Slow Progress
The adoption of EMV technology (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) at the POS in the U.S. has been slow and, at times, confusing. When the deadline for merchants to start accepting EMV chip-enabled cards passed in October 2015, more than two-thirds...
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2017 Outlook: Eight POS Trends to Watch
Each new year brings changes, reaffirmation of trends and patterns, and new developments. In the retail and hospitality space, expect to see in 2017 a continuation of the trend toward mobility, cloud-based solutions and the emergence of Unified Commerce strategies....
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POS Industry Trends, Payment Disruptors and Cash Usage
In an interview with ETA's Transction Trends, APG's V.P. of Global Marketing, Stephen Bergeron discusses some industry trends, payment distruptors, and his personal cash usage "By automating the cash management process at the point of sale and back office...
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APG: The Channel Is Our Lifeline
APG Cash Drawer has always done business through the channel, and we plan to continue this approach well into the future. As new players find their way into the POS channel, we thought this would be a good time to...
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Does the Surge in UK Contactless Payments Hint at Cash’s Demise?
One in five retail purchases under £30 in the United Kingdom these days are completed with contactless payments. Instead of handing cash to a store clerk or swiping a card, shoppers use "tap and go" cards, smart cards or mobile...
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