mPOS coming to Hong Kong

New mobile payment systems give merchants and small business owners in Hong Kong a chance to accept credit cards easily on the go. mPOS terminals allow local businesses to accept international payment cards such as Visa, MasterCard and JCB wherever they are. An external card reader is connected to the [...]

Anne Taylor2014-05-23T08:35:46+00:00Published: May 23rd, 2014|Tags: , |

Norway embracing NFC, BLE and QR payments?

Norwegians love payment cards. People hardly carry cash anymore when they can pay for anything from a coffee to daily groceries with their debit or credit cards. So why bother with a mobile wallet when payment cards are easy to carry? While Norwegians are usually ahead of the curve in [...]

Anne Taylor2014-05-23T06:10:59+00:00Published: May 23rd, 2014|Tags: |

Chip and PIN: What It Means for US Businesses

The United States is used to being well ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to technology and business. Innovation and a fast pace of technological advancement have been at the heart of the US business model throughout the 20th century, and is one reason for it [...]

Jamie Roberts2014-05-23T05:39:20+00:00Published: May 23rd, 2014|Tags: |

What is a payment gateway?

You’re buying a Ming vase. You take your vase to the counter, where the clerk scans your credit card. “I’m sorry,” she says. “This card has been declined.” Your card was just bounced by the payment gateway, the first hurdle a credit card needs to surmount in order to be [...]

Anne Taylor2017-09-08T07:52:24+00:00Published: May 13th, 2014|Tags: |

How to choose a merchant account for your mPOS

Holly moseys over to the truck and disposes of her latex gloves. Floating a horse’s teeth is a messy job, but Holly has everything in her truck a vet could possibly need. After cleaning her hands with an antiseptic solution it only takes her a minute to run her client’s credit [...]

Jamie Roberts2017-09-08T07:40:32+00:00Published: May 13th, 2014|Tags: |

Payleven mobile printer

The Payleven Chip and PIN card reader has become established as one of the successful new entrants in the mobile point of sale sector in the UK. With a clear pricing structure and easy sign up, it is also possible to buy the mobile Payleven printer too on signing up. [...]

Jamie Roberts2017-09-08T07:48:50+00:00Published: May 13th, 2014|Tags: |

What desktop printer can I use with my iZettle?

If you are serious about business and making money then you will also need a serious receipt printer. The iZettle reader can be used for businesses of all sizes and environments and the article below sets out the range of desktop printers that can be used with it. The iZettle [...]

Jamie Roberts2014-05-07T04:52:18+00:00Published: May 7th, 2014|Tags: |

Mobile Contactless Payments in Australia

The mobile payments landscape is rapidly beginning to change and contactless payment systems are becoming part of everyday life in Australia. Many of the nation’s banks have already successfully implemented various near field communication (NFC) contactless card payment systems, and there have also been trials of NFC contactless mobile [...]

Jamie Roberts2017-09-08T10:11:12+00:00Published: May 6th, 2014|Tags: , , |

Mobile and Wireless Receipt Printers

The introduction of new generation mobile payment systems of the likes of Square in the US, and its European counterparts iZettle and Payleven, which turn smartphones and tablets into credit card processing systems, is changing the business environment and creating demand for a new generation of mobile and wireless receipt [...]

Jamie Roberts2014-05-01T06:44:19+00:00Published: May 1st, 2014|Tags: , , |

iZettle Receipt Printers

The portable nature of the iZettle has increased demand for reliable yet equally portable iZettle receipt printers. While it is not actually a legal requirement under the UK Sales of Goods Act to provide a customer with a receipt, it is nevertheless a wise idea to provide one since a [...]

Jamie Roberts2014-05-01T06:06:20+00:00Published: May 1st, 2014|Tags: , |