Point-of-sale

Merchants should check operating systems, since the PC-based operating systems which run most legacy point of sale software have security flaws and are targets for malware.

Amazon.com has set the standard for e-commerce with fast delivery, invisible payments and many other perks that keep consumers coming back to its site. Increasingly, the e-tailer has been experimenting with ways to streamline the payment process outside of the trappings of its website.

Already under fire from companies like Square, another outsider threatens to cut terminal makers out of the loop. It's up to device makers to adapt.

Mastercard cardholders in the U.K. will soon have the ability to choose a financing option for scheduled payments when making a purchase at a Verifone point of sale terminal accepting the new application.

Verifone has extended its partnership with Worldpay, allowing the terminal manufacturer to provide point of sale software and hardware to Worldpay customers in the U.K.

Major wholesalers at Delhi’s largest fruit and vegetable market, which serves most of the capital’s nearly 17 million people, are planning to sell their products at bargain prices in order to move perishable stock as the impact of India’s cash shortages continues to bite.

As a payments industry professional, Reetika Grewal took the situation in stride, but her experience using mobile wallets and EMV exemplifies an issue many consumers are facing.

Merchants without chip card readers are reporting that a few malicious customers have figured out how to game the system.

Any company that uses point of sale systems or technology is at risk.

ACT Canada has named Suzan Denoncourt, the country's managing director at Ingenico Group, to be co-chair of its board.

Companies that provide services for brick and mortar merchants face the challenge of adding lots of technology in a short amount of time. This is a tough task from an execution space but a big opportunity to gain returns for investors.

There’s no way to gift-wrap the EMV woes for issuers and retailers around the upcoming holiday sales season.

They may seem like a relic from a bygone era, but dial-up terminals have shown surprising staying power in today's payments ecosystem.

Phillips 66 is the third major merchant to come aboard for JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s upcoming launch of Chase Pay—alongside Starbucks and Shell Oil—and the byproduct of this deal is an overhaul of the gasoline and convenience retailer’s existing, relatively bland apps.

Grocery stores are well-oiled machines, with the placement of every product carefully researched to guide the shopper from one item to the next. But even this process has some room for improvement.

Payments technology is rapidly changing, but so is the broader environment for retailers, creating a need for flexible and diverse payment acceptance options.

The tough move from free to fee for its readers has Square adjusting its strategy to lure merchants, but it also opens the door wider to new markets, according to CEO Jack Dorsey.

Three months shy of the EMV liability shift’s one-year anniversary, issuers are making brisk progress but merchants are stuck at a crawl.

Visa announced Quick Chip four months ago, but until today the card brand has not had a place to showcase its faster EMV technology to merchants who feel burdened by the EMV payment process.

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