Point-of-sale

Retailers can excel at sales, service and selection, but if the point of sale doesn't have the latest technology, stores will turn off consumers.

Attacks on ATMs and point-of-sale machines are getting more sophisticated and frequent. Crooks are trying to get as much use as they can out of their skimming devices before the migration to chip cards is complete.

Attacks on ATMs and point-of-sale machines are getting more sophisticated and frequent. Crooks are trying to get as much use as they can out of their skimming devices before the migration to chip cards is complete.

Verifone has spent years clawing its way out of a crater it dug for itself, so a fresh coat of paint on its website might seem like a minor thing. But it signals the latest big shift in the company's sales strategy.

The speed of the crooks and the threat to retailers and customer data is more than enough reason to get aggressive with new identity protections.

The software allows chip card terminals to be operable much faster than with full certification. In other markets outside the U.S., semi-integration is widely used.

Harland Clarke's acquisition of RetailMeNot provides a broader range of marketing technology to serve merchants that are looking to improve mobile-driven sales against competitors such as Shopkick and Foursquare.

Harbortouch seeks to add marketing services to its existing point of sale equipment line.

The company is touring the U.S. in a large truck that contains its latest point of sale technology for banks and merchants.

Ingenico ePayments is giving merchants a new way to engage consumers at the checkout by offering a choice of games enabling participants to win merchandise instead of having to pay for it.