Point of sale (POS) software is important for any small, medium or large enterprise or business that operates in sales of any kind. As long as there is a monetary transaction necessary, the POS software becomes useful. The same is true for restaurants. The best POS software for restaurants is one that goes beyond just [...]
The Future of POS Terminals in Canada
If you think back just 15 years ago, the definition of a terminal was that old manual imprinter or what we in the industry affectionately refer to as the knuckle buster. A terminal install consisted of screwing on the copper plate that had your merchant name and merchant number stamped on it. And your supplies [...]
Cash Back: What is it & should you offer it?
Now with even your favourite coffee store accepting plastic, does anyone even carry cash anymore? While paying with cash is becoming more and more obsolete but there will always be those individuals who prefer to pay with this method. And with the ever growing concern of debt and money management, more and more experts are [...]
Which Point of Sale Solution is Right For You?
Which Point of Sale solution is right for your your business? We’ve come a long way baby. In the world of merchant processing, the Point of Sale Solution options available now for merchants has evolved very quickly from the days of the old “knuckle buster” imprinter machines. When I first started in this industry, a [...]
Cash Back – Should You Offer It?
The Point of Sale industry has completely changed the way people do business across the board. As a natural result of need, there are now many merchant service providers to choose from. With so many companies in contention for the same business, they will employ a many number of tactics to obtain a merchant. The [...]
What Type of POS Terminal Should You Choose?
A way to accept your payments. Seems simple and yet with the array of selections currently available in the market, the POS terminal you choose should boil down to more than just how much the monthly rental cost will be. And since manual deposit slips are no longer accepted at the bank, you need to [...]
Merchants Have 6 Months to Make Sure Their POS Terminal is EMV Certified
What Does EMV Mean? EMV, which stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, or more commonly known as Chip and Pin technology is coming to Canada. Already adopted in over 80 countries all over the world, this is proven technology that has had a high success rate in helping to mitigate fraudulent activity. EMV leverages a [...]
Prime Trex Terminals – Why We Think It’s Good POS Terminal for Merchants to Own
Do you remember an automobile in the late nineteen – eighties called the Hyundai Pony? I have always had fond memories of a best friend buying this model as his first brand new car. He was so proud of it and for two years it was pretty well trouble free. In time tough, the Pony [...]
Learn The Difference Between a ATM Machine & a Debit Machine?
There are many different products available in today’s markets that allow consumer’s to pay for their purchases electronically. However, there are still some businesses that exist on cash alone. It is very rare to go into a business or obtain a service and find out there is no Debit Machine or better known as the [...]
Is Your POS Equipment Out of Date?
I was recently reading an article written by Ellen Roseman who wrote an article for the Toronto Star called ‘Protect Your Card Numbers‘ and it spark some really interesting conversations about out of date point-of-sale equipment in the Canadian Merchant Account industry. Ellen talks about how she received a receipt from a business with her [...]
