POS & Payment Processing Articles

  1. Gartner Predicts Drone Delivery Won't Take Off Anytime Soon 2/23/2017

    Delivery drones will make up less than 1 percent of the commercial market by 2020. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

  2. Targeting Value: Bull's-Eye On Value Added Resellers 2/2/2017

    Value added resellers (VARs) have long been sought after as high quality distribution channels for point-of-sale (POS) manufacturers. Their high-touch interaction with end-users and expertise in end-to-end business management solutions have made them rising stars and ideal partners within the POS industry. Over the past few years, software developers and payments processing companies have also seen the light as they, too, have come to appreciate VARs’ distribution value.

  3. Win True mPOS Business Today 2/1/2017

    Three experts explain how VARs can find, win, and support true mobile POS (mPOS) solutions today.

  4. 5 Ways Your Point Of Sale System Can Boost Margins 2/1/2017

    There is a common misconception higher margins are one of the easiest ways to improve business performance. By Doug Smith, director, product marketing, retail and distribution, Epicor Software

  5. RSPA Inspire 2017 – Day 2 Recap 1/31/2017

    Day 2 of RSPA’s Inspire continued the Roadside MBA educated that started the day before. Today, Scott Schaefer took the stage first and reinforced some of the lessons learned the previous day. One of my favorite nuggets from his session was concerned with increasing profitability. He said that every decision you make for your company should have some direct impact on profit (good or bad). If you decide to do something that doesn’t affect profit, you should question if you’re spending your time wisely.

  6. POS, Payment Processing, AIDC, And IP Video News 1/31/2017

    Datacap Systems has completed US EMV level 3 certification with BluePay and released an EMV-capable version of NETePay available for download. NETePay for BluePay’s host-based processing platform provides Datacap and BluePay POS partners with the ability to deliver US EMV functionality via an evolving list of PIN Pads through a simple out-of-scope interface.

  7. Why Manufacturers Are Overpaying On Partner Submitted Claims 1/31/2017

    Ineffective management of partner submitted claims contributes to a host of problems for manufacturers. By Alex Weinbaum, Computer Market Research

  8. RSPA Inspire 2017 – Day 1 Recap 1/30/2017

    Day 1 of RSPA’s Inspire kicked off today at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. While some might think an event like Inspire is an excuse to sneak in a vacation on the business dime, they’d be very wrong. Sure, the venue is gorgeous, but it only serves as a backdrop for the networking, education, and relationship building that takes place. In short, for the VARs, vendors, distributors, and yes, the sole media representative (me), Inspire is priceless. You can’t get this level of the aforementioned networking, education, and relationship-building with any other event. Over the course of the week, all attendees will learn a lot, laugh a lot, build memories, share life and business lessons, and establish or strengthen lasting relationships, if not friendships. Again, nowhere else.

  9. Why E-commerce Metrics Are A Windfall For Merchants 1/30/2017

    Cash is king year round, of course, but a pile of crisp, new currency isn’t the only trove of riches available to e-commerce merchants in the busy, holiday shopping season. Along with the immediate payoff of heavy sales, the rush of holiday customers gives e-tailers an invaluable flood of data that can continue to pay off into the future, potentially turning one-time shoppers into loyal, lifetime customers.

  10. 2017 Payment Trends: Technology, Security Lead The Way 1/18/2017

    Each year, payment technology continues to evolve and introduce new solutions that disrupt the payments industry. From advances with payment processing products like point-of-sale hardware and terminals to new technology and security products, many innovations have changed the current state of payments. By Bill Lodes, EVP of Business Development and Strategy, First American Payment Systems