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Square Debuts Appointment Booking App to Help Service Providers Connect with Customers

Retail TouchPoints

Financial services and POS solution Square has launched a new consumer-facing app that lets customers search, discover and book appointments with beauty and personal care professionals.

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Stripe Secures $600M in New Funding, Boosts Value to $95B

Retail TouchPoints

Whether in fintech, mobility, retail or SaaS, the growth opportunity for the European digital economy is immense.”. While Stripe already processes hundreds of billions of dollars per year for millions of businesses worldwide, the opportunity ahead is much larger for Stripe than it was when the company was started 10 years ago.”.

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Payment as a Key Success Factor: Beyond Just Transactions

365 Retail

Flashback to 1994: databases and ERP systems, first commercial websites, mobile phones with colour displays, CD-ROMs, Java as a programming language or the new Windows 95 operating system with a GUI were all highly topical technologies that also kept the companies at EuroCIS busy. And mobile payment by smartphone is also picking up.

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The 6 Best Mobile POS Systems For 2022

Ecommerce Platforms

Mobile POS systems are all the rage right now, and as we head into 2022, their adoption rate is only going to increase. Mobile POS systems aren’t new, but they have grown in popularity considerably in the past couple of years. Square is widely considered by many as the best mobile POS system available today.

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As Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic, Embracing Digital Commerce Doesn’t Have to be Risky

Retail TouchPoints

This meant they had to react quickly to find alternate suppliers, which could possibly require modifications to not only their POS systems but also business operations, resiliency and third-party management. Others have plans to make these changes.

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Whose Most Secure: PayPal Vs. Square

RetailMinded

Square was famous for its in-person sales processing, where the use of mobile card readers was the primary source of transactions. At present, both portals have expanded their reach of services to provide customers with a diversified platform covering most ways of accepting payments. . Understanding POS. What Is Square?

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Best Retail POS Systems for 2020

Ecommerce Platforms

Brick and mortar stores are now increasingly seeking the best retail POS systems because run-of-the-mill point of sale solutions just don’t cut it anymore. According to a recent survey , retail executives now acknowledge the importance of modern point of sale systems in their businesses, and are exceedingly upgrading their POS solutions.

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