Mobile Pos news and trends

Mobile Checkout Brings Ease of eCommerce Payments Into Stores
Retail // December 01, 2022

Payments innovators are pushing past omnichannel retailing to meld POS-capable channels tied to databases. It’s a unified commerce approach that brings capabilities like checkout anywhere on the sales floor. By creating digital environments in physical retail spaces, new customer interactions are enabled that not only...

Gojek Eyes Mobile POS Space With Pending Moka Acquisition
Partnerships / Acquisitions // December 11, 2019

Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek is getting closer to finalizing a deal to purchase point-of-sale (POS) startup Moka for at least $120 million, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.  Gojek is striving to be a digital payments trailblazer in Indonesia, the sources said. The acquisition of Moka, also...

Apple Pay And A Decade Of Innovation Top Payments News This Week
News // October 25, 2019

What a week it’s been! And the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything. We have deep, data-supported dives on Apple Pay, the outlooks for payments innovation in the 2020s, web sales taxes and Amazon’s holiday shopping season news. Top News...

POSaBIT Rolls Out Mobile POS For Cannabis Merchants
Innovation // July 30, 2019

FinTech firm POSaBIT is hoping to solve the problem of mobile payments for the fast-growing cannabis industry by delivering a unique blockchain-enabled payment processing and point of sale (POS) system.  The new fully compliant system will focus on the marijuana industry and will roll out...

Interviews & Exclusives
Mobile Checkout Brings Ease of eCommerce Payments Into Stores

December 01, 2022
Payments innovators are pushing past omnichannel retailing to meld POS-capable channels tied to databases. It’s a unified commerce approach that brings capabilities like checkout anywhere on the sales floor. By creating digital environments in physical retail spaces, new customer interactions are enabled that not only allow consumers to skip the line, but also improve customer […]

Bricks And Mortar, With A Dash Of Service For Customer Stickiness

July 25, 2017
Can bricks-and-mortar survive the eCommerce onslaught? In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Dave Barrowman, who serves as Vice President of Innovation at Skava, said that in the physical retail...

Quick Reads
GoDaddy Debuts Pocket-Sized POS for Small Businesses

April 25, 2024
Web provider GoDaddy has introduced a smaller point-of-sale (POS) tool for small businesses. Smart Terminal Flex, announced Thursday (April 25) is designed to fit inside an apron pocket while still helping businesses operate with more efficiency. The tool, the company said in a news release, is “ideal for brick-and-mortar businesses, particularly those that have limited space or […]

Gojek Eyes Mobile POS Space With Pending Moka Acquisition

December 11, 2019
Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek is getting closer to finalizing a deal to purchase point-of-sale (POS) startup Moka for at least $120 million, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.  Gojek is striving to...

POSaBIT Rolls Out Mobile POS For Cannabis Merchants

July 30, 2019
FinTech firm POSaBIT is hoping to solve the problem of mobile payments for the fast-growing cannabis industry by delivering a unique blockchain-enabled payment processing and point of sale (POS) system. ...

PayPal Commerce Platform To Help SMBs Compete With Amazon

June 03, 2019
PayPal announced on Monday (June 3) the launch of the PayPal Commerce Platform, which is designed to meet the needs of marketplaces, eCommerce solution providers and crowdfunding platforms. In a blog...