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For many small businesses, especially in suburban and rural areas, the costs associated with traditional point-of-sale (POS) devices have posed a significant barrier to embracing modern payment methods. This disparity has highlighted a digital divide: regions…
Qatar Airways Cargo is empowering its online channels with real-time personalised dynamic pricing for air freight bookings with PROS Smart Price Optimization and Management. The AI-powered optimisation solution models improve win rates by personalising the…
Only four percent of workers believe that technology did not play a role in their ability to serve customers today Research by Humanforce, a provider of intelligent workforce management solutions, has shown seventy-four percent of frontline workers in…
Financial solutions firm Alliex will invest over $700 million to build shared Point of Sales (POS) across Vietnam. Alliex plans to install a total of 600,000 shared POS devices in Vietnam over the next five years, its director Park Byounggun told Deputy Prime…
Point of Sale software, or simply POS, is capable of so much more than simply accepting credit cards. It can also be a tool to manage your inventory or make reports. Retail business heavily relies on the efficiency of the process and the time needed to serve…
imageHOLDERS will be unveiling their new Mini POS kiosk called the Integrator Pro 15, at RBTE 2018. The all-in-one countertop kiosk is a versatile and robust solution with internal space for up to five devices. The latest addition to imageHOLDERS vast…
A Forever 21 data breach uncovered last November has prompted the fashion retailer to boost security at its checkout counters. In the security scare, hackers installed malware on point-of-sale machines at store checkouts in the US. A two-month long…
HP has developed a point of sales solution aiming to reimagine how technology can transform the in-store experience for customers. HP ElitePOS supports several use cases including interactive signage, employee attendance, and self-service applications like a…
Dairy Farm Singapore Group (DFSG) has confirmed it is deploying 2,000 new unified point of sales (POS) terminals across all Cold Storage, Market Place, Jasons, Giant, 7-Eleven and Guardian stores island-wide. Over 650 stores are expected to receive the new…
The MTB-3133 13” large Point-of-Service (POS) Tablet provides secure data capture, storage and transmission within a durable design ideal for food ordering. Midas Touch large POS tablet run on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise OS for seamless front and back office…
Sri Lanka’s Spa Ceylon Ayurveda retail and spa company has opened nine new points of sale in Asia, including business with standalones, kiosks and airlines since it exhibited at last May’s Tax Free Asia Pacific show and it is expecting five more new presences…
Taiwanese Point-of-Sales terminal brand Posiflex announced that they have entered into a purchase agreement with Kiosk Information Systems (Kiosk), a provider in self-service solutions. Posiflex will offer Kiosk a cash purchase for all outstanding ordinary…
The fast-growing population of smartphones and tablets are driving an Asian mPOS boom. Mobile point-of sale (POS) terminals will take on a significant role in businesses, handling 40 per cent of all retail transaction value by 2021, up from an expected 12 per…
Smartphone and tablet-based mobile point-of sale (POS) terminals will handle 40% of all retail transaction value by 2021, up from an expected 12% in 2016, a new study from Juniper Research showed. The research firm forecasts that the use of mPOS systems will…
State postal service firm PT Pos Indonesia plans to expand its warehouse facilities from 3 hectares to 3 hectares to improve its logistics services. The land acquisition and development is estimated to cost US$250 million to $300 million. PT Pos Indonesia…
Singapore-based mobile point of sale (mPOS) provider SoftPay Mobile International has arranged to buy out Vietnam MPOS Technology. Vietnam MPOS customers include Mai Linh Taxi Group, one of the largest taxi groups in Vietnam, as well as insurance companies.…
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