Payment Terminals

The decline in cash payments across the globe has driven the rising demand for point-of-sale payment terminals (POS terminals). In particular, customers are presently looking for wireless devices such as tablets and smartphones capable of functioning as electronic PO [...]

In our previous articles we mentioned embedded payment terminal solutions, however the concept of payment terminal cloud is still an innovative one. The purpose of this article is to describe a new conceptual approach for embedded solutions, a technology called NIO ( [...]

In our previous articles we addressed different types of payment terminal solutions. If you decide to utilize an embedded terminal solution, then one of the key questions you have to address is how to implement fulfillment of the terminals, which is going to involve [...]

The purpose of this article is to familiarize you with the features that a terminal management system needs to have in order for you to be able to rely on it. Payment terminal management systems are intended for different needs, which arise while operating the termin [...]

Traditionally, payment terminals were connected to workstations through RS 232 serial ports. As technologies evolved, this connectivity method was replaced with USB connection. Until recently most payment terminal solutions were developed based on an assumption that [...]

In this article we are going to provide a brief description of the common features of a payment terminal application. The features under consideration concern such aspects as payment processing, loyalty programs, management of agreements, and other, more advanced mat [...]

This year support of EMV standard becomes a mandatory component of payment systems of US-based businesses. Consequently, more and more merchants ask themselves how they are going to implement their terminal solutions in view of the need EMV support. The purpose [...]

If you are implementing your own terminal application or planning to integrate terminal applications into your payments ecosystem, you have to choose potential ways of interaction with payment terminals. In our previous article we discussed the pros and cons of sever [...]

If you are a player in the retail space, thinking that your business needs support for payment terminals, or if you are considering different payment terminal solutions in search of the most suitable one, this article is for you. The need for customized payment termi [...]

The purpose of this article is to analyze card-present transaction processing in greater detail and see how traditional and encrypted magnetic stripe readers (MSRs) as well as payment terminals are used, as well as to explain how MSR or terminal can, potentially, tak [...]