The Netherland's mobile payment market just got “agglomerated” in the fall of 2014, when Swedish iZettle stepped in as the fourth mobile payment service provider, joining Payleven, SumUp, and Adyen Shuttle. For small business owners, sole traders, non-profits or individuals who want to accept debit and credit cards without the [...]
A late bloomer in credit card payments, Germany is now embracing mobile card readers. It is one of the leading countries in the world in technological innovation, yet when it comes to payments, Germany has been among the most conservative in Europe, holding on to the cash economy. True, the [...]
Accepting debit and credit cards in Ireland is mandatory nowadays. Even though some street vendors are still taking only cash in hand, when it comes to formal business and professional services, you can buy almost anything across the country without one single note in your pocket. And this is true [...]
The 22 million (and counting) SMEs and micro business and mobile penetration upwards of 132% created a fertile ground for mobile payments in Brazil. The promise of new revenue streams has attracted multiple players to the world’s fourth-biggest mobile market and has created a highly competitive mobile payment landscape. Who [...]
So you are ready to accept credit cards, but you don’t know which mobile-point-of-sale solution to choose? It’s okay, it’s not just you, everyone has a difficult time choosing the right service. For most, it comes down to a price versus quality question. In this article, we are focusing on [...]
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 [...]