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Resilience is Key as Payments Acceptance becomes Mission-Critical

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers now prefer digital payment options, with cash usage declining in all major economies. Cards have become by far the most popular payment method, with contactless now accounting for most purchases made at retail stores. Equally, the terminal app should have been designed to support alternative transaction processing flows.

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A Blueprint for Retail Cyber Resilience: Evolving Tactics for Today’s Digital World

Retail TouchPoints

Storefronts are eliminating the checkout process, augmented reality is reducing return rates and virtual marketplaces are offering new consumer experiences. But as retailers digitize operations to differentiate customer experiences, they also face a growing wave of cyber threats targeting sensitive customer data and critical business systems.

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Don’t Wait Until Black Friday to Protect Your Endpoints

Retail TouchPoints

On average, nearly 20% of annual retail sales happen in November and December, and the impact of a breach can be disruptive to the business and brand. Endpoints, like laptops, tablets, mobile and BYOD devices, public cloud infrastructure and SaaS applications play a bigger role in retailers’ business and how they engage with their customers.

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4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. While businesses like salons likely already had scheduling systems integrated into their operations, others needed to deploy them quickly — and they found that the POS was a logical place to work from.

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Turn Your Store Associates into Superheroes with These Four POS Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

And process returns of stuff people don’t want! For example, a retailer’s flagship locations could have POS software running on fixed tills and also on mobile devices to assist with line-busting and in-aisle service. the fulfillment scenarios really are endless. And don’t forget that they need to sell stuff!

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8 Top Payment Processors

GetElastic

If you’re launching any sort of business you’ve thought about payment processing. With so many choices in the marketplace, the selection process can be a daunting one depending on what works best for your business. How many types of payment are accepted? Are you adopting a more modern platform or are they legacy?

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Where Payment Processing Systems Are Headed In 2020

RTP blog

market for payment systems is complex. We have over 21 million businesses, and every one of them needs some form of a payment processing solution. Payment processing is complex. However, payment technology is perhaps the best it’s ever been. However, payment technology is perhaps the best it’s ever been.