Kevin Woodward August 31, 2023 Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Marketing, Mobile Wallets, Near-Field Communication (NFC), Point-of-sale, Transaction Processing, Vending
Small businesses and unattended-payments merchants are getting some attention from point-of-sale terminal sellers with updates from Elavon and Ingenico. Credit Card Pos Machine
First, Elavon, the acquiring arm of U.S. Bank, launched the talech Terminal, a mobile POS device that complements its talech Register, which debuted in 2022. Talech is a software developer acquired by U.S. Bank in 2019.
The new device, aimed at small businesses, is a handheld terminal that can work independent of, or in conjunction with, other in-store terminals. “Talech Terminal is a continuation of our multi-year strategy to deliver integrated hardware and software payment experiences for our small-business customers following the successful launches of talech mobile in 2020 and talech Register in 2022,” Joy Ghanekar, talech chief product officer, says in a statement. The new talech Terminal software on the Elavon handheld point-of-sale terminal is aimed at small businesses.
In addition to payment acceptance, the device and the talech software offers reporting features, credit card surcharge management, inventory management, and employee-management support. Elavon provides payment processing and related services to more than 1.3 million clients in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, the company says.
In related news, Tinley Park, Ill.-based Payroc says it is launching the Ingenico Self/3000 in conjunction with device maker Ingenico to cater to the unattended and self-service payments market.
Designed for merchant categories such as vending, car washes, and electric-vehicle charging stations, the Self/3000 accepts multiple payment types indoor and outdoor settings. It will be available from Payroc exclusively through Unattended Card Payments Inc., a Las Vegas-based POS equipment distributor. The terminal is already certified on Payroc’s platform.
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