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alwayshaveneverholdd · 4 years ago

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Your university is in the opposite direction of your workplace but for some reason you still make the hour drive out to Incheon every morning before classes just to see your coworkers and pretend to study while you’re actually watching Youtube videos. Maybe it’s the sense of family or the Dunkin’ pride, but on the rare days that you can’t make it out there, your entire day starts off with sad boi energy. But today is normal—it’s a good day, and even with the bustling ambiance of people moving to and fro on Terminal 1’s walkway around you, you have no trouble zeroing in on the dorky-looking boy standing behind the POS system at Dunkin’ Coffee House.

It’s Mark in his stupid Dunkin’ visor and he looks half-dead as he swipes the credit card of a short old man. You draw closer, readjusting your book bag strap over your shoulder with a smirk tugging your mouth in one direction. suddenly, Mingi pops up from under the espresso machine with a yelp. His back is turned to you and Mark and the aforementioned turns around to say something to him. As you approach them, you peer over the counter to see that Mingi has dropped the entire 50 lb pail of Cafiza and it looks like a billion dollars of cocaine has fallen expensively to the ground. The old man narrows his eyes at the two men who are now panicking and no longer paying attention to the front. He shakes his head and turns around to leave. You notice that there are only two other customers immersed in their work at tables a few feet away from the counter.

You snake over to the cash register to take the old man’s place, watching Mark and Mingi argue for a moment. Mingi places his gigantic hands over the visor on his head, almost completely covering the top of it. His eyes, wide and afraid, keep darting from the chemical to the cameras installed above them, spouting about how the bosses are going to fire him while Mark tells him to vacuum it up, but, “나 진공 청소기 못 해, 임마! 이거는 진공청소기로 길을 잃을 거야!” I can’t vacuum it, dude! It’ll get lost with the rest of the vacuum dirt!

“그럼 진공 청소부터 해, 멍청아!” Then clean out the vacuum first, dumbass!

“나한테 소리 지르지 마!!!” dON’T YELL AT ME!

“Welcome to Dunkin’!” You say, causing them both to turn their attention to you. “Where we dunk on our haters and have emotional breakdowns over coke.”

Mingi is the first one to shout, “아아아!” AHHHH! And you know that that’s his way of saying, “thank God you’re here!” because he’s book smart but common sense is not his forte. In your three years working with Mingi, you’ve watched him improve very slightly. Yet here he is. Still kickin’ it at Dunkin’.

Mark laughs nervously before responding, “Welcome to Dunkin’, are you ready to get dunked, ma’am?”

Taking a step or two to the side so you can lean over the pick-up counter, you gesture to the fallen Cafiza pail and calmly say, “쓸어버려, 새끼들.” Sweep it up, dipshits.

“넌 너무 시적이야,” You’re so poetic, Mingi mutters before sulking over to the broom like he’s upset that he didn’t think of that first.

While he does that, Mark sighs all the way over to you where he pretends to type something in on the POS screen. “The usual?”

“Yes indeedy, sweety.” You hand him an invisible credit card and he pretends to swipe it before turning his miserably tired eyes on you and telling you it’ll be right out. So you reach over the counter to pat his shoulder and say, “SoundCloud isn’t worth the dark circles, Mork.”

Mark’s voice crescendos into a yell as you walk away to find a table. “Yes, iT IS.”

There’s a small square wooden table right up against the divider bookshelf separating Dunkin’ from the Hooters next door. With a small laugh, you remember how upset everyone was when your old coworker Wendy quit to go work next door. Mark had deemed her and the entire Hooter’s establishment as “an enemy of the Dunkin’ brand”. But you’ve seen him peeking around the large bookcase to peep the Hooter’s waitresses. At the end of the day, sexual frustration wins over loyalty—at least for Mark. You don’t really care that Wendy went to Hooters, but you definitely enjoy saying, “Pleasant Hooter’s!” every time she leaves after you two meet up.

After setting up your laptop and making sure that it’s plugged in, you take a seat, but you don’t open up the sleek electronic device you dropped your entire first paycheck on three years ago. Instead, you look out at the terminal floor and watch people say goodbye or greet each other. A little boy runs into his father’s arms, screaming with joy as his father embraces him and picks him up. A young man you’ve never seen before holding a bouquet of red roses stands unsure a few feet away, looking around with a worried expression. You’re suddenly very aware of the thump of your heart against your rib cage because you remember. You stare at the bouquet and you remember.

You can suddenly smell the songpyeon your mother was making in preparation for Chuseok. You can see the metal door in front of you and feel the weight of the trash bag you had carried all those years ago. You yelled over your shoulder to your mother in the kitchen that you were taking the trash out before stepping outside and almost tripping over a pair of Doc Martens. He was sitting there in the stairwell, back against the wall, eyes gently closed, dry lips parted, chest rising and falling slowly—a bouquet of red roses lying limp in his hands. His bangs were in his eyes and you wanted to move them away like you always did, but you couldn’t bring yourself to touch him. You looked him over with pathetic tears welling behind your eyes. You turned away. You went downstairs to take out the trash.

“오빠!” BABY! A piercing shriek pulls you from your memory and you focus your eyes again to see a girl running toward the young man and throwing herself onto him. He barely catches her, dropping the bouquet, and she wraps her legs around his waist as she hugs him.

Your drink is set down in front of you and you look up to see Mingi staring down at you with one eyebrow raised. “친구야 왜 슬퍼?” Why do you look sad? He then turns his body back toward the counter momentarily to point to where Mark is now scrubbing the outside of the espresso machine. “우리가 화학 약품을 치웠으니까 걱정하지 마.” We cleaned the chemicals up, so don’t worry. You smile. Mingi has always vibrated such an innocence that you enjoy. You’re the same age, but you view him as a little brother. Well, a little huge brother.

After assuring him that you’re okay, he turns to go back to work and you mutter under your breath as he takes big clunky steps, “Fee-fi-fo-fum…” He towers over Mark, who hands him the sponge and directs him to finish up. Mingi just nods and begins the task given to him. “I am a giant but I am not dumb.”

You continue watching your friends, leaving your drink neglected on the table before you. Mark suddenly looks toward the front with wide-eyes, spouting apologies to the customer that walked up while you were all distracted. Mingi stands by, ready to make the drink or retrieve the donut that will be ordered. But he’s squinting at the customer like he knows him—and you have to admit the customer looks a bit familiar from behind. You think hard for a moment. Not super tall, a bit taller than Mark, dark hair, long trench coat that you know is to combat the heavy snow falling outside the windows that are blocked by a divider. You can’t really see his build because of that, but you squint now too to try and notice anything from the back of his head. You think you notice freckles, but you’re not sure. Just the thought is enough to send you into another stomach-flipping memory.

Now you can smell the fresh rain on the pavement again. You can feel the colorful dragonflies beating the shit out of your insides—the once pleasant friends that gently let you know when you were nervous were now betraying you. You can feel his warm skin under your fingertips and the wetness on your cheeks. You can hear his low voice cracking, saying, “제발 울지마—사랑한다.” I love you—please don’t cry. You can see his comforting eyes, red and wild. You lowered your lips to his neck, gently kissing the freckles you admired but never spoke of. He broke out into a sob and pulled you closer to him.

“아!” Ah! Mingi says loudly and you’re pulled from the memory again—and it’s a good thing, too, because you can feel your tear ducts throbbing, desperate for release. He points at the customer with a wide smile. “최산!” Choi San!

The walls close in on you from every direction. The seafood restaurant across the walkway, the Hooter’s to the left, the bar sitting in the middle of it all. Everything begins to shake and collapse and your lungs are punctured with each breath and they give out one-by-one and you can’t breathe and you can’t breathe and San is standing at the cash register and Mingi gestures toward you and San looks over and his eyes are still comforting but you can’t look at him so you stare down at your lap and everything is still shaking so you close your eyes because you can’t cry and you can’t think about Choi San’s freckles and Choi San’s bouquet of roses and you can’t breathe and the first time Choi San kissed you and you can’t breathe and you can’t breathe and you can’t—

“Are you okay?” You suddenly feel a cold hand on the fabric of your black dress shirt. It’s Mark because he has the coldest hands in the world and you’d know them anywhere. But it’s strangely comforting to open your eyes to Mark standing over you with on hand on your back and Mingi crouching beside you with his eyebrows drawn in. He places an apprehensive hand on your knee. He knows. You’ve never mentioned San’s name, but Mingi is smart. You know he’s figured it out.

You just now realize that you’re heaving and Mark rushes away, talking about getting water. A guilty frown spreads over Mingi’s face and he mumbles, “미안해—나는 네가 서로 아는 줄 알았는데 네가 말한 그 사람이 아닌 것 같았어.” I’m sorry—I thought you knew each other but I didn’t think he was the guy you told us about. You just focus on Mingi, afraid of what you’ll see if you look up again. And then Mark returns with the water and you gulp it down. Your breathing begins to normalize but your pulse is still rapid and the blood begins to roar in your ears because you know what you’re about to do.

Mingi stands up and says he’ll tell him to leave, but you stand in return and say, shaking, “아니. 나는 그와 얘기하고 싶다.” No. I want to talk to him.

“근데…” But…

Ignoring them both, you gently push them aside and stare straight at Choi San, who’s still standing there. He’s returning your gaze and there’s something so sullen about it. It’s raining stars in his irises. It’s been three years, so naturally, you’d freak out upon seeing him—especially considering the way things ended and the way things started. You notice a piece of luggage he’s parked next to the counter. You wonder in passing if he’s visiting or staying. Then, like doves in the fall, your thoughts flock to the void of your mind and you’re left empty and full as you approach him. Your heart is on fire and the ashes accumulate in the pit of your stomach, providing a warmth that spreads all over your body. Even after all this time, Choi San…

You know he’s worried by the way he’s looking at you. But all you can do is bite back the urge to touch his face and say, “오랜만에.” It’s been a while.

And a sad smile dances across his lips as he looks down at you the same way he did at the beginning.

“구십삼퍼센트 스타더스트.” Ninety-three percent stardust, he said as you two gazed out at the twinkling night lights of Seoul. His arm was pressed up against yours; he tilted his head up to turn his attention to the sky. “불꽃으로 만들어진 영혼들 함께, 우리는 모두 사람들의 이름을 가진 별 뿐이다.” With souls made of flames, we’re all just stars that have people names.

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albertacash · 2 years ago

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How Does the POS Register System Keep Tracks of All Tasks?

A Point of Sale (POS) system is a software and hardware setup that is used to streamline commercial processes. A competent POS register system can simply keep track of all a store manager or restaurant owner's daily and quarterly tasks because it can manage sales, inventory, staff, consumer marketing, and more.

What is POS System Software?

The two primary types of software that POS systems can use are on-premise software and cloud-based software.

There is no internet connection with the on-premise retail cash register. The store manager or an IT employee must maintain it in order to preserve all the data on a closed system inside the business.

The internet is necessary for the functioning of cloud-based POS software. Store managers must pay a certain amount, typically monthly, in order to access a cloud-based solution because it is SaaS, or software as a service. The good news is that your provider, not the store management, is in charge of any issue repairs or updates. Additionally, you may access your information from anywhere and it is always backed up.

What features should POS software include?

Complete payment integration

The only way to accept payments used to be through a partnership with a third-party payment processor, but this has disadvantages. You would frequently have to manually enter order totals and credit card data into your payment terminal at the checkout. This makes it more likely that customers will be under- (or over-)charged and slows down checkout.

Mobile payment

If you've ever used a standard cash register at a store, you are aware of how annoying it is to stand in line to make a purchase. With a point of sale cash register, you may eliminate payment lines and move your checkout closer to the clients.

Centralization of inventory control

Although the majority of POS cash register software assist in managing shop inventory, they rarely assist retailers in managing inventory across several channels, including numerous store locations, their online store, and warehouses. Nevertheless, whether you manage one store or several, efficient inventory management is essential to the smooth operation of your business.

This is where POS software that combines online and an offline sale is beneficial. Data from both online and offline stores can be seen in the same reports, making it easier for you to quickly get a full picture of how your brand is performing.

Final Words

A POS register system is a significant purchase that shouldn't be made hastily. After all, you and your employees will utilize the system every single day that you are in operation. Spend some time doing your research and keep in mind that the greatest place to begin is by analyzing and outlining your demands and objectives for the company.

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blog-theninehertz · 3 years ago

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Custom Payment App Development Popular Business Model

Standalone Financial Services

It is the most popular business model for apps like Cash app and used by many P2P payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square Cash, Alipay, M-Pesa, Airfox, and many more. They allow online and in-person P2P/C2B payments with or without terminating accounts and debit/credit cards. These kinds of apps have mobile wallet app features.

Mobile OS Functions

This kind of business model is mainly used by brands like Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Android Pay, and more. They only permit financiers transfers inside their product ecosystem. ‘Pay’ is somewhat a default device feature than an app here. This model also includes card tokenization and device-based thumbprint authentication for improved protection and comfort of use.

Bank-Centric Functions

We see that some banks use peer-to-peer payment app or devices to consumers and guarantee traders they have the expected point-of-sale (POS) acceptance ability. This kind of app picks from and deposits instantly into bank accounts rather than a deposited currency account. Some apps of this model are Dwolla, Zelle, PopMoney, clearXchange, etc.

Social/Messaging/Web Functions

This is mainly made for integrating payment systems into social media platforms. Social media payments guessed that we’re more likely to transfer the frequent amounts to people we have daily contact with. This kind of model allows millions of users to transfer cash while texting anywhere. Some popular platforms which use this model are Facebook Messenger, Kik, WeChat, Snapchat, Square Cash, G Pay Send, etc. You might be interested know more about multimedia messaging app development.

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tobiasenfagan95 · 4 years ago

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The Basics of a Point of Sale System (POS)

Point of sale (POS) might be known as a cheque or money wrap and can be usually the positioning in a shop or restaurant at which trades for the foreign market services and goods occur. A place of sale system on average denotes the physiological electronics and peripherals which can be utilized to run a trade. This hardware could have a check out, a passionate computer or possibly a portable smart apparatus like a tablet . Value Added Resellers (VAR) interchangeably use the definition of POS whenever they talk the hardware and also the checkout locale. The bank card industry increases the confusion. Merchant services providers that process credit card trade and also their Independent Sales Organizations (ISO's) will make reference to standalone charge card terminal being a POS also. A POS inside this sense is merely the peripheral that reads that the creditcard, sends the trade data between your shop and charge card chip and could issue a receipt formerly approved.

The very first POS hardware proved to be a mechanical check out devised by way of a Dayton saloon owner called James Ritty at 1879. The reason was to keep customers and employees fair. It's tricky to discover a mechanical check out now; the vast majority of all POS systems are electronic, meaning that they utilize a digital cash register or computer procedure. Electronic POS is occasionally referred to as ePOS. Electronic cash registers help enhance a number of their conclusion of day calculations which shopowners will need to process on an everyday basis. Realistically they're simply used at shops which have not automatic, desire a backup system or do not process many trades on daily basis.

The POS System is hardware that's united with marijuana dispensary pos software and peripheral apparatus. This hardware really helps a shop clerk or partner manage the earnings process. At a fundamental degree POS program handles the trade calculations. But, POS applications is fairly scalable and modules could be included for bookkeeping, inventory and also customer relationship management (CRM.) Value priced applications choices can be found which could give a little shop-owner some of these various tools the massive fortune 500 retailers utilize.

POS peripherals are apparatus such as:

Receipt printers

Provide an actual record of this trade

Magnetic stripe reader (MSR)

Automate the entrance of credit card, driver's permit or dedication card Details

Bar code scanners

Automate the entrance of advice entirely on services and products, loyalty coupons and cards. This information has been referenced at Universal Product Codes (UPC) and Quick Response (QR codes).

Cash Drawer

A drawer on the POS utilised to safely save coins and cash.

POS Keyboard

Ordinarily is retail tempered keyboard constructed to resist the constant used within a retail environment and can be utilized to input customer, products or services data. Often times it'll possess the MSR builtin. Many large stores utilize mechanical keyboards that are ranked for higher utilization compared to the usual normal consumer computer group.

Signature Capture

Used to store a digital listing of a client's touch

Electronic Scales

Automate data entry to burden Details

Computer Display

Used being a monitor to exhibit information. Might possibly have touchscreen display tech.

An average of huge businesses have customized or built that the hardware, applications and peripherals to meet their particular needs. The objective is always to process trades within the quickest and most precise frame as a way to maintain their clients happy, partners trainable and bookkeeping true.

Small and Medium companies (SMB retailers) an average of buy off the shelf hardware packages together with applications customized to their industry perpendicular. Now this program no longer have to live on a computer from the store it might be hosted on a cloud and then also sold under the applications for a service version (SaaS.)

Mobile POS is available nowadays that prevents POS users out of being tied to a particular location in a shop. Mobile POS devices permit a few or most the functionality of the hardware and applications in a conventional point of purchase system onto a system that ties in an individual's hands.

POS systems came a ways since 1879 and certainly will continue to alter adding both features and benefits. At the conclusion they'll carry on to aid restaurant and store proprietors manage and quantify their operation, alleviate rote job and boost customer satisfaction.

John Enderlin retains and MBA in Technology Management

He's now the Product Sales Manager for POS peripherals CHERRY. John can be managing CHERRY's brand fresh cell point of selling initiatives with products just such as the iTransigo Mobile POS. CHERRY hasbeen fabricating computer peripherals and input devices as the 1950's.

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cophinaphile · 4 years ago

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An Overview About Retail POS Software

A Retail POS program is just a tool which assists business people for making trades simpler, fast and easy to both the buyers and sellers. It aids to keep earnings records and stocks for prospective usage.

The numerous great things about experiencing a purpose of selling applications in your business place are reasons to spend money on one. It facilitates receipts, process credit card transactions and help to keep tabs on someone's clients too. Using this application, the stream of traffic and trades in market terminals are unquestionably made to maneuver faster and much more economically without putting any records of trades moving on.

These started with all the oldest kinds of cash registers. They included proprietary applications implemented inside them. But, there's just really a good limitation on the operation and communication capacities of such techniques. This was the way that it had been before IBM introduced main frame computers which function as a shop control. It's a massive capacity once it has to do with point of purchase registers.

From the continuous energy to produce systems better and improved, retailers in numerous businesses tried outside to produce their very particular apps that could help in the efficacy of their procedures inside their very particular companies. Old Canal Cafe used a best dispensary pos which lets clients make their orders at front entry of their establishment while they input, and also a copy of their details and orders will be published at your kitchen.

A growing number of applications were developed on several different platforms. A whole good deal of men and women could produce their particular systems they made to work effectively together with their business' needs. The systems became expensive overtime as the components were offered off the plate.

Any contemporary systems may get the job done for as long as there's just a high operating rate, rate of usage and remote supportability. It's likewise critical to have lowcost, a superior amount of functionality and extreme reliability to produce your money worth whatsoever.

Due to this current, work is done to generate the evolution of automatic systems standardized. There's in addition your time and attempt to digitize POS apparatus more readily. An even far more contemporary option comes from the shape of online applications that only takes a functional Internet connection.

Before actually employing a POS program, it can be most beneficial to go round, research relating to it and also learn about the fundamentals. This comprehension of this inspiration of the technique may be the ideal means to get the absolute maximum out of it.

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highriskmerchantaccountlist-blog · 4 years ago

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acidpos6 · 4 years ago

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Point of Sale (POS) System for Small Business

Running a store necessitates a range of admin, administration and advertising and marketing skills. From making certain there’s enough inventory to piecing together month-to-month product sales reviews, these abilities are important in making certain your retailer runs effortlessly.

Through an productive point of sale (POS) system can significantly help in making sure that your entire procedures are running efficiently. On this page, we speak to two skilled professionals who’ll share tips about what you have to have within a POS and the way to select the right option for your store or cafe.

People of any particular age who proved helpful in retail or foods support may possibly recall the times before present day point of sale (POS) systems. We manually added the expense of things in a cash create an account -- once we were actually fortunate, the create an account had been a personal computer with the cost of the items pre-programmed into tactics. We happened to run credit cards with a clumsy, flatbed bank card imprinter that utilized carbon paper. And bank card (or private check out!) transactions weren't immediate, and it also might have been two time or higher prior to the cards costs struck your budget.

Periods have changed, and now the modern technology to history purchases to make income can be small enough to fit into the palm of the palm. Here's what you ought to learn about POS and ways to select the best to your company.

What Is a POS?

Imagine a POS system as being the convergence point when a consumer along with a business come up with a package. The phrase "have a look at" or "register" could be used to reference the POS, however these are simply stations where the purchases take place. Present day POS fluctuate widely, from equipment for scanning charge cards that connects directly to your mobile phone, to finish systems with terminals and income compartments. Whether easy or sophisticated, today's POS permit vendors to band up a purchase within minutes, and do all of it digitally. At times the expression POS may be used interchangeably together with the word reason for support, as clients might use a similar technology to make profits.

Making use of POS Technological innovation

Consider how often you utilize a credit or bank card for transactions -- getting petrol, investing in your everyday latte or food, or acquiring that great new skirt or a collection of golfing clubs. Using the POS technologies, the system's computer software employs the barcode around the tag of the product you got (or maybe the crucial rule to the distinct entrée or consume, with regards to a restaurant) being an inventory control process along with an successful method to control the deal. In theory, a firm is aware of the amount of lattes, sweaters, or golfing groups still left the storefront, and when any have been returned. In addition, the POS process could increase dealings -- that is crucial in the restaurant or coffee house, by way of example, wherein a long range with the counter-top contributes to grumbling buyers. More sophisticated POS software program will actually put together details on buys, consumer record (to ensure big spenders could possibly get premiere therapy), what merchandise is relocating well and what things keep stagnant. This all information may help businesses to maximize earnings and eliminate waste materials. Ultimately, in the bistro or bar, a party of 10 will more often than not question to split the examine. With the proper POS, basic section from a admission into 10 is simple and speedy.

Mobile POS

Portable POS methods may also be producing waves as small businesses, parent-teacher associations and other groups who want episodic usage of a POS method acquire the main benefit of an instant point of sale that doesn't require the customer to visit his/her lender website or PayPal bank account. The computer hardware is smaller than a gold dollar and can squeeze into a pc tablet or cell phone. The application provides nimble response occasions for a nominal charge per transaction -- usually the retailer will move that along towards the shopper. The Rectangular Readers is the best identified of such portable POS gadgets, probably as it was the very first item (launched during 2009), as well as the technology has carried on to improve, but there are additional cellular merchandise, including PayPalHere, which interfaces having its large brother PayPal.

Fees: Software and hardware

Figuring the fee to get a POS process may be difficult since most services websites wish to accumulate your computer data before supplying you with an estimate. In essence, even though, the fee for a POS can be cracked out into the expense of software and hardware, and the fee for handling repayments.

On the least expensive finish, you will find simple portable POS solutions that provide totally free hardware and software, enabling you to swipe charge cards utilizing your mobile phone or pc tablet, with all dealings taking place inside the cloud. The services charges you a repayment processing charge and that's that.

About the high end, if you're buying hardware and software to use with multiple terminals, you'll have to look at the cost of certification the item per terminal (more than $800-$1200 for any non-Cloud process), the expense of each terminal's credit card computer software (perhaps another $300-$500 each), and, when you don't have the terminals currently, among $2,000-$3,000 per terminal.

Organizations can minimize the price of equipment by renting them month-to-month or buying remodeled terminals. You'll want to aspect in the expense of training based on the difficulty of the computer software and the savviness of your consumers. There could be fees for added registers or gear. To acquire the very best costs, the consumer could be secured right into a multiple-year deal, so know about what you're getting. In the event the company doesn't have their own transaction cpu, you're about the hook to find a processor chip suitable for the device. Ultimately, modernizing the machine costs, way too -- professionals estimate a mid-scaled to huge business could spend among 15-20% annually in servicing and help charges.

Methodology

For review uses, we've evaluated the wide variety of POS methods offered, taking into consideration prices, range of motion alternatives, customer service, buyer and skilled rankings, simplicity of use, and also the company's ranking with certified reviewing entities. We held the following musts in mind:

•Trustworthiness

•Cost

•Mobility

•Instruction

•Rate and Security

If reviewing POS techniques mind-to-go believes overwhelming, it might seem sensible so that you can assist brands like Acidity Point of Sale -- they could do the vast majority of legwork for you.

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melody2019stuff-blog · 6 years ago

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POS machine is transforming intelligent

Smartphones are no longer a mere communication tool. Various "experts" continue to give it a variety of functions. In July 18, China UnionPay added another item to this list. China UnionPay announced that it is the first to transform a POS machine from a hardware terminal product to an application product on a smartphone. Just download an app to complete the registration, NFC mobile phone can be turned into a POS machine, non-contact bank card and UnionPay QR code. The cost of deployment and maintenance are reduced, and the functions and value-added services are also more abundant.

China UnionPay related people listed the four major competitiveness of this product: First, mobile POS is a software product, which is lower in cost than traditional hardware touch screen cash registers, and can also reduce maintenance costs by using the maintenance network of mobile phone manufacturers; The POS program runs on the TEE+SE platform, so Android can be opened for easy integration with various application scenarios. Third, since the QR code transaction also runs on the TEE+SE security platform, the security is higher; Mobile phones will be used by everyone, and training costs are low.

Two of the "TEE+SE" mentioned are two security technologies, and they are "escort" for mobile phone POS, which also continues the style of UnionPay in this respect. Earlier, many insiders told the Beijing Business Daily that the safety and convenience of UnionPay NFC technology was “always on”. According to the data, the total fraud rate of UnionPay online in 2017 was 1.36BP, which was significantly lower than the global and Asia-Pacific average. The fraud rate of UnionPay's small-scale exemption visa-free was lower. The annual fraud rate in 2017 was only 0.18BP.

In addition to technical support, UnionPay also has stricter settings on human standards. According to the above-mentioned relevant person introduction, the mobile phone POS can be opened to small and micro merchants, but according to the different information submitted when the merchant opens, it has different levels, corresponding to different transaction limits, and the opening requires a strict review process, and the individual cannot Open it at will.

According to Xue Hongyan, director of the Internet Finance Center of Suning Financial Research Institute, the mobile phone POS product released by UnionPay has enabled the smart phone to have POS function, which frees the POS acquiring business from the dependence on the exclusive POS machine and reduces the layout and maintenance of the scene. The cost can be more easily penetrated into various offline scenes, opening up a broad market space for POS acquiring business.

In fact, direct POS receipt through mobile phones is the ultimate dream of the payment industry. From the traditional "most" POS machines that were familiar to people, to the matchbox-sized mobile phone card readers in recent years, the volume of POS machines has become smaller and visible to the naked eye.

This reflects the increasing demands of people on the convenience experience. At the same time, safety performance has always been one of the most important factors. According to public information, as early as 2012, there were many mobile phone card readers in the Chinese market. The product is still an external device. After connecting the mobile phone, the mobile phone can realize the bank card receipt. The retail price is only tens of yuan to several. The most convenient thing is that many manufacturers' equipment can apply for an ID card and a bank savings card.

However, the low threshold also gives the criminals a chance to take advantage of them. The mobile phone card reader is easy to use for credit card cashing, and is called “cash artifact” on the Internet. When many merchants sell products, they even directly use "cash-out" as a selling point, claiming that "credit card cashing, low commission, convenient and quick".

Since then, the payment practitioner has introduced a product that directly inserts the card slot into the mobile phone, but all such products need to pass the UnionPay certification, and the mobile phone replacement speed is very fast, and it is basically difficult to pass the CUP certification cycle, and new models will appear. Coupled with the lack of information security at the time, such products have not ended. Xue Hongyan said that all kinds of mobile phone POS products on the market were essentially intelligent upgrades to traditional POS machines. They did not solve the problem of POS business dependence on exclusive machines, and it was not revolutionary.

He further analyzed that in terms of functional positioning, the mobile phone POS product launched by UnionPay is not to replace the intelligent POS machine, but a complementary tool to help the POS acquiring business sink to various scenes that cannot be covered by intelligent POS machines. Go in. Therefore, the competing products of mobile POS products are not smart POS machines, but payment methods such as offline code payment, transfer and even cash transactions. Compared with these payment tools, mobile POS has no problem in terms of receipt efficiency and risk control. Even with specialized intelligent POS machines, it is not expected to put pressure on small-scale dual-free wind control through a well-equipped risk control system, such as the merchant grading system and the real-time risk control strategy.

However, some insiders have reservations about the development of mobile POS. According to industry insiders, UnionPay's mobile POS is a counter-attack product developed for the offline under-acquisition environment, which is increasingly being eroded by WeChat payment and Alipay. For example, the current fast payment code of WeChat, both parties only need a smart phone to complete, without the need for other devices. However, WeChat payment and Alipay can quickly occupy the market not only because of the payment function, but also the comprehensive service provided by the two users makes the mobile phone POS difficult to compete.

Another payment industry person told the Beijing Business Daily that at present, the application scenarios of mobile POS are very limited. Due to the lower and lower cost of POS machines in recent years, coupled with the rise of two-dimensional code payment, many merchants can purchase a scanning code device for payment of more than 200 yuan. The size of the POS machine is already large, and the deployment is close to saturation. In this case, there are not many scenes that need to use the mobile phone POS. For example, going to the countryside, it is inconvenient to bring a large POS machine, you can choose the mobile phone POS. The UnionPay also mentioned in the introduction that the acquiring institution can use the mobile phone POS A broader small micro market, rural market, international market, etc.

“If a mobile phone is attached with the POS acquiring function and frequently scans the code, it will need to be questioned if the use of other functions will be affected. At the same time, be wary of it becoming a new cash-out tool.” The above-mentioned payment industry further stated that mobile POS The launch of the POS device manufacturers will also form a competition to some extent.

The 2017 financial report released by many POS manufacturers has shown a clear differentiation. The companies with rapid transformation have maintained positive growth in revenue and net profit. The net profit of some companies that have not caught up with the pace has dropped by nearly 50%. The industry believes that the production of POS equipment itself has a historical burden behind the development of the payment industry.

These are the reasons for not optimistic about the prospects of mobile phone POS development. However, UnionPay also said in the product positioning introduction that mobile phone manufacturers will have the opportunity to participate in the once closed industries such as POS, and re-energize the POS market. Consumers can complete payments anywhere, anytime, in the way they like, and their role transitions with merchants will become easier. For the prevention of cashing, UnionPay said that UnionPay will take measures to prevent it by adopting real-time risk control and “low-level merchants' low quota” measures.

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How to choose a sunlight readable display or monitor ?

Touch screen technology

Touch screen – an information input device, which is a screen that responds to touch.

History

The touchscreen was invented in the United States as part of programmed learning research. The PLATO IV computer system, which appeared in 1972, had a touch screen on a grid of infrared rays, consisting of 16 × 16 blocks. But even such low accuracy allowed the user to choose the answer by clicking on the right place on the screen. In 1971, Samuel Hurst (the future founder of Elographics, now Elo TouchSystems) developed an elograph – a graphic tablet that operated on a four-wire resistive principle (U.S. Patent 3,662,105). In 1974, he managed to make the elograph transparent; in 1977, he developed a five-wire screen. Together with Siemens, Elographics managed to make a convex touch panel that was suitable for picture tubes of that time. At the 1982 World’s Fair, Elographics introduced a touch-screen TV. In 1983, the HP-150 computer with an IR-touch screen was released. However, in those days, touch screens were used mainly in industrial and medical equipment. Consumer devices (telephones, pocket PCs, etc.) included touch screens as a replacement for a tiny keyboard when devices with large (full front panel) LCD screens appeared. The first handheld gaming console with a touchscreen is the Nintendo DS, the first mass-media device that supports multi-touch is the iPhone.

Application.

Touch screens are used in payment terminals, information kiosks, equipment for trade automation, handheld computers, mobile phones, game consoles, and operator panels in the industry.

Advantages and disadvantages of handheld devices

Advantages  The simplicity of the interface.  The device can combine small sizes and a large screen.  Speed dial in a relaxed atmosphere.  The multimedia capabilities of the device are seriously expanding. Disadvantages  No tactile feedback  High power consumption.  Particularly thin screen models, even with minor damage, run the risk of being cracked or even broken.  Hygiene of Screen. Advantages and disadvantages of stationary devices Advantages

In information and vending machines, operator panels and other devices that do not have active input, touch screens have established themselves as a very convenient way of human interaction with the machine.

Advantages:

 Increased Reliability.  Resistance to harsh external influences (including vandalism), dust and moisture resistance. Disadvantages  (For capacitive screens). No tactile feedback.  When working with a vertical screen, the user is forced to keep his hand on weight. Therefore, vertical screens are suitable only for occasional use like ATMs.  On a horizontal screen, hands obscure the view.

Even with a sharp pen, parallax limits the accuracy of positioning operator actions on touch screens without a cursor. At the same time, using the cursor creates additional difficulties for the operator, reducing ergonomics. When using the screen with not completely clean hands, use is difficult due to the the difficulty of moving the fingers, as well as the resulting fingerprints and spots, if the screen does not have special coatings to neutralize them. These disadvantages do not allow using only the touch screen in devices with which a person works for hours. However, in a well-designed device, the touch screen may not be the only input device – for example, at the cashier’s workplace, the touch screen can be used to quickly select goods, and the keyboard to enter numbers.

Principles of operation of touch screens

There are many different types of touch screens that work on different physical principles.

Resistive Touch Screens – Four-wire screen

The principle of operation of a 4-wire resistive touch screen

The principle of operation of the 5-wire resistive touch screen The resistive touch screen consists of a glass panel and a flexible plastic membrane. Both the panel and the membrane are coated with a resistive coating. The space between the glass and the membrane is filled with micro-insulators, which are evenly distributed over the active area of the screen and reliably insulate conductive surfaces. When the screen is pressed, the panel and membrane are closed, and the controller, using an analog-to-digital converter, detects the change in resistance and converts it into touch coordinates (X and Y). In general terms, the reading algorithm is as follows: A voltage of + 5V is applied to the upper electrode; the lower one is grounded. The left and right are short-circuited and the voltage on them is checked. This voltage corresponds to the X-coordinate of the screen. Similarly, + 5V and ground are applied to the left and right electrodes, and the Y- coordinate is read from the top and bottom. There are also eight-wire touch screens. They improve tracking accuracy, but do not increase reliability.

Five-wire screen

The five-wire screen is more reliable due to the fact that the resistive coating on the membrane is replaced by a conductive one (the 5-wire screen continues to work even with a slotted membrane). A resistive coating with four electrodes at the corners is applied to the rear window.

Initially, all four electrodes are grounded, and the membrane is “pulled” by a resistor to + 5V. The voltage level on the membrane is constantly monitored by an analog-to-digital converter. When nothing touches the touch screen, the voltage is 5 V.

As soon as the screen is pressed, the microprocessor picks up the change in membrane voltage and starts calculating the contact coordinates as follows: A voltage of + 5V is applied to the two right electrodes, the left ones are grounded. The voltage on the screen corresponds to the X-coordinate. The Y-coordinate is read by connecting to the + 5V of both upper electrodes and to the “ground” of both lower. Features

Resistive touch screens are cheap and pollution resistant. Resistive screens respond to touch with any smooth, hard object: hand (bare or gloved), pen, credit card, pick. They are used wherever vandalism and low temperatures are possible: for the automation of industrial processes, in medicine, in the service sector (POS-terminals), in personal electronics (PDAs). The best samples provide accuracy of 4096 × 4096 pixels. The disadvantages of resistive screens are low light transmission (not more than 85% for 5-wire models and even lower for 4-wire), low durability (no more than 35 million clicks at one point) and insufficient vandal resistance (the cover-up is easy to cut). Matrix Touch Screens Design and principle of operation

The design is similar to resistive, but simplified to the limit. Horizontal conductors are applied to the glass, vertical to the membrane.

When you touch the screen, the conductors touch. The controller determines which conductors are closed and transfers the corresponding coordinates to the microprocessor.

Features

They have very low accuracy. Interface elements have to be specially arranged taking into account the cells of the matrix screen [8]. The only advantage is simplicity, cheapness and unpretentiousness. Typically, matrix screens are polled line by line (similar to a matrix of buttons); This allows you to set up multi-touch. Gradually replaced by resistive. Capacitive Touch Screens Design and principle of operation

Capacitive touch screen operating principle

A capacitive (or surface-capacitive) screen uses the fact that an object of large capacity conducts alternating current.

The capacitive touch screen is a glass panel coated with a transparent resistive material (usually an alloy of indium oxide and tin oxide is used). The electrodes located at the corners of the screen supply a small alternating voltage (the same for all angles) to the conductive layer. When you touch the screen with your finger or other conductive object, a current leakage appears. Moreover, the closer the finger to the electrode, the lower the screen resistance, which means that the current strength is greater. Current in all four corners is recorded by sensors and transmitted to the controller, which calculates the coordinates of the touch point. In earlier models of capacitive screens, direct current was used – this simplified the design, but when the user contacted the ground poorly, it led to malfunctions. Capacitive touch screens are reliable, about 200 million clicks (about 6 and a half years of clicks with an interval of one second), do not let in liquids and tolerate non-conductive pollution perfectly. Transparency at 90%. However, a conductive coating located directly on the outer surface is still vulnerable. Therefore, capacitive screens are widely used in machines that are only installed in a weatherproof room. Do not respond to gloved hand.

It is worth noting that due to differences in terminology, surface and projection- capacitive screens are often confused. According to the classification used in this article, the screen, for example, the iPhone is projective-capacitive, and not capacitive. Projection Capacitive Touch Screens Design and principle of operation

Projection Capacitive Touch Screen

On the inside of the screen is a grid of electrodes. The electrode together with the human body forms a capacitor; Electronics measures the capacitance of this capacitor (gives a current pulse and measures the voltage).

Samsung was able to install sensitive electrodes directly between the sub-pixels of the AMOLED screen, which simplifies the design and increases transparency. Features

The transparency of such screens is up to 90%, the temperature range is extremely wide. Very durable (bottleneck – sophisticated electronics that handle clicks). PESE can use glass up to 18 mm thick [10], which leads to extreme vandal resistance. They do not respond to non-conductive contaminants, conductive are easily suppressed by software methods. Therefore, projection-capacitive touch screens are widely used in personal electronics and in machines, including those installed on the street. Many varieties support multi-touch.

Touchscreens for surface acoustic waves Design and principle of operation

The screen is a glass panel with piezoelectric transducers (PES) located at the corners. At the edges of the panel are reflective and receiving sensors. The principle of operation of such a screen is as follows. A special controller generates a high-frequency electrical signal and sends it to the probe. A probe converts this signal into a SAW, and reflective sensors reflect it accordingly. These reflected waves are received by appropriate sensors and sent to the probe. The probes, in turn, receive reflected waves and convert

them into an electrical signal, which is then analyzed using a controller. When you touch the screen with your finger, part of the energy of the acoustic waves is absorbed. The receivers record this change, and the microcontroller calculates the position of the touch point. It reacts to touch with an object that can absorb a wave (finger, gloved hand, porous rubber). Features The main advantage of a screen on surface acoustic waves (SAW) is the ability to track not only the coordinates of the point, but also the pressure (here, rather, the ability to accurately determine the radius or area of pressure), due to the fact that the degree of absorption of acoustic waves depends on the pressure at the point touch (the screen does not bend at the touch of a finger and does not deform, therefore, the force of pressing does not entail qualitative changes in the processing by the controller of data on the coordinates of the impact, which captures only the area b, overlapping the path of acoustic pulses). This device has a very high transparency, since the light from the imaging device passes through glass that does not contain resistive or conductive coatings. In some cases, glass is not used at all to combat glare, and emitters, receivers and reflectors are attached directly to the screen of the display device. Despite the complexity of the design, these screens are quite durable. According to the statement of, for example, the American company Tyco Electronics and the Taiwanese company GeneralTouch, they withstand up to 50 million touches at one point, which exceeds the resource of a 5-wire resistive screen. Surfactant screens are used mainly in slot machines, in guarded help systems and educational institutions. As a rule, surfactant screens are distinguished into ordinary ones – 3 mm thick, and vandal resistant – 6 mm. The latter withstand the fist of an average man or the fall of a metal ball weighing 0.5 kg from a height of 1.3 meters (according to Elo Touch Systems). The market offers options for connecting to a computer both through the RS232 interface, and through the USB interface. At the moment, controllers for SAW touch screens are more popular, supporting both types of connection – combo (data from Elo Touch Systems). The main disadvantage of a SAW screen is a malfunction in the presence of vibration or when exposed to acoustic noise, as well as when the screen is dirty. Any foreign object placed on the screen (for example, chewing gum) completely blocks its work. In addition, this technology requires touching with an object that necessarily absorbs acoustic waves, that is, for example, a plastic bank card is not applicable in this case. The accuracy of these screens is higher than matrix ones, but lower than traditional capacitive ones. As a rule, they are not used for drawing and entering text. Infrared touch screens

The principle of operation of the infrared touch panel is simple – the grid formed by horizontal and vertical infrared rays is interrupted when you touch the monitor with any object. The controller determines where the beam was interrupted. Features Infrared touch screens are afraid of pollution and therefore are used where image quality is important, for example, in e-books. Due to its simplicity and maintainability, the circuit is popular with the military. Often on this principle do the keyboards of intercoms. This type of screen is used in Neonode mobile phones. Optical touch screens

The glass panel is equipped with infrared illumination. At the glass-air boundary, total internal reflection is obtained, at the glass-foreign object boundary, light is scattered. It remains to capture the scattering picture, for this there are two technologies: In projection screens, a camera is placed next to the projector. This is how, for example, Microsoft PixelSense works. Or they make photosensitive an additional fourth sub-pixel of the LCD screen. Infrared touch screens

Infrared touch screens are afraid of pollution and therefore are used where image quality is important, for example, in e-books. Due to its simplicity and maintainability, the circuit is popular with the military. Often on this principle do the keyboards of intercoms. This type of screen is used in Neonode mobile phones. Optical touch screens

Allow you to distinguish between pressing your hand from pressing any objects, there is a multi-touch. Large touch surfaces are possible, right down to the blackboard. Strain gage touch screens

React to screen deformation.

The accuracy of strain gauge screens is low, but they withstand vandalism perfectly. The main application is ATMs, ticket machines and other devices located on the street. DST touch screens Main article: Dispersive Signal Technology The touch screen DST (Dispersive Signal Technology) responds to glass deformation. You can tap the screen with your hand or any object. A distinctive feature is the high reaction rate and the ability to work in conditions of severe screen contamination.

Induction Touch Screens

The induction touch screen is a graphic tablet with an integrated screen. Such screens respond only to a special pen.

They are used when a reaction is required precisely by pressing with a pen (and not with a hand): high-end art tablets, some tablet PC models. 1. Supported with restrictions, maximum 2 touch points. 2. If you need only a glass panel, without any transparent conductive films – conditionally 95%. If you don’t even need it (you can use the standard screen coverage) – conditionally 100% 3. High – down to the pixel (accurately tracks a sharp pen). Medium – up to a few pixels (sufficient for finger taps). Low – in large blocks of the screen (drawing is not possible; very large interface elements are required). 4. Limited by the reliability of electronics 5. Limited by sensor fouling. 6. Limit – equipment of limited access (personal electronics, industrial equipment). Premises – shared access in a secure room. Street – general access on the street.

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Anyone who takes a laptop outdoors on a sunny day will know that standard LCD screens cannot support well in very bright environments. The main reason for this is that the backlight on the screen must compete with the incident sunlight, and the sun will inevitably be brighter.

In outdoor-readable displays, the display should be bright enough so that the display can be seen under strong sunlight, and the contrast of the display must be maintained at 5 to 1 or higher. Although it is possible to read a display with a screen brightness of fewer than 500 nits and a contrast ratio of 2 to 1 in an outdoor environment, the quality of the display will be very poor. The best sunlight-readable monitor is usually considered an LCD with a screen brightness of 1000 nits or higher and a contrast ratio greater than 5 to 1. In a dark outdoor environment, this display can provide excellent image quality.

These are the key features that enable us to choose the best sunlight-readable display or monitor.

High Brightness

The daylight visible screen has an ultra-bright backlight, which helps to promote the image in high ambient light conditions. The standard brightness measurement for LCDs is (candlesticks per square meter) cd/m2 or Nit.

nit is equal to 1 cd / m2, so these terms are interchangeable. Candela is the standard unit of brightness and it is measured on a standard area of 1-meter square for the screen. LCD screens used for desktop monitors have usually rated anywhere between 250cd/m2 and 450cd/m2 and large public display monitors range from 350cd/m22 to 700cd/m2. Some manufacturers claim that 700cd/m2 is a high-brightness screen, which is technically true, but it is not classified as visible light. Generally, anything higher than 1000cd/m2 can be regarded as a daylight screen, but as with most technologies, the bigger the better. Screens rated at 2500cd/m2 and above will produce excellent results in very bright conditions. Currently, the brightest LCD available has a rating of 5,000cd/m2.

High working Temperature and Thermal Management

A lot of power is consumed by a high-brightness backlight system and it becomes the source to increase the LCD temperature. The brighter the backlight, the greater the heat dissipation problem. In addition, if the LCD is used under sunlight, more heat will be generated due to sunlight. This problem affecting LCD panels used in sunlight is that they are easily damaged by solar heat. When the liquid crystal layer is heated, the crystals warp, forming dark spots on the screen. If removed from the heat source, these patches will usually cool and return to normal, but repeated exposure will eventually cause permanent damage.

The heat of the sun interferes with the color of the screen. Ordinary displays or LCDs can be used less than 50 degrees, and these TFT LCDs can turn black at 50 degrees. The temperature problem can be solved by proper thermal management design. LCD panels used in professional high-brightness displays can be used in extreme temperatures without warping or turning black.

Color Generation

However, having a bright backlight alone does not make the LCD screen look good. Merely turning on the light source behind the screen may result in fading, poor contrast, and disappointing images. To produce realistic images, the screen needs high contrast and accurate color reproduction. The full matrix LED backlight can provide high brightness, but combined with local dimming, it can create a high-contrast image with deep black levels. By calibrating the color of the screen can help to produce more natural colors. Many LCD screens tend to cast blue, causing colors to look cool. Ensuring that the screen is properly calibrated helps to maintain true color reproduction, so that skin tones look natural and whites look like pure white.

Waterproof

The outdoor-readable display has a waterproof stainless-steel housing. These are ideal choices for factory flushing environments. In addition, they are very suitable for outdoor use in inclement weather. The panel mount case is made of aluminum or stainless steel and this allows them to be embedded mounted. Outdoor LCD monitors with high brightness can work in a wider temperature range. Therefore, this broadens the environment in which they can be used. In addition, the temperature range is also very important when used outdoors. When we combine extreme operating temperatures with outdoor waterproof enclosures, we ensure that high-brightness monitors can work normally even in the harshest, humid, and hot environments.

Viewing Angle

The viewing angle refers to the angle at which the image quality of the LCD is degraded and is unacceptable for the viewers. When the observer moves to the side of the LCD, the image on the LCD will degrade in three ways.

The brightness drops

The contrast usually drops at a large angle

The color may change

The definition of LCD viewing angle is not absolute, because it depends on your application. For LCDs used in outdoor applications, it is not enough to define viewing angles based on CR alone. In very bright ambient light, when the screen brightness drops below 200 nits, the display is almost invisible.

A high-quality, high-brightness screen looks good in any situation. Whether the content is installed internally or externally, the increased brightness can make your content shine. Sunlight-readable displays using transflective displays are very suitable for personal use because they do not require a lot of power and affordable.

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How to choose a sunlight readable display or monitor ?

Touch screen technology

Touch screen – an information input device, which is a screen that responds to touch.

History

Application.

Touch screens are used in payment terminals, information kiosks, equipment for trade automation, handheld computers, mobile phones, game consoles, and operator panels in the industry.

Advantages and disadvantages of handheld devices

Advantages:

Principles of operation of touch screens

There are many different types of touch screens that work on different physical principles.

Resistive Touch Screens – Four-wire screen

The principle of operation of a 4-wire resistive touch screen

Five-wire screen

The design is similar to resistive, but simplified to the limit. Horizontal conductors are applied to the glass, vertical to the membrane.

When you touch the screen, the conductors touch. The controller determines which conductors are closed and transfers the corresponding coordinates to the microprocessor.

Features

Capacitive touch screen operating principle

A capacitive (or surface-capacitive) screen uses the fact that an object of large capacity conducts alternating current.

Projection Capacitive Touch Screen

Samsung was able to install sensitive electrodes directly between the sub-pixels of the AMOLED screen, which simplifies the design and increases transparency. Features

Touchscreens for surface acoustic waves Design and principle of operation

Allow you to distinguish between pressing your hand from pressing any objects, there is a multi-touch. Large touch surfaces are possible, right down to the blackboard. Strain gage touch screens

React to screen deformation.

Induction Touch Screens

The induction touch screen is a graphic tablet with an integrated screen. Such screens respond only to a special pen.

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These are the key features that enable us to choose the best sunlight-readable display or monitor.

High Brightness

High working Temperature and Thermal Management

Color Generation

Waterproof

Viewing Angle

The brightness drops

The contrast usually drops at a large angle

The color may change

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Automated Teller Machine (ATM)

An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic banking outlet that allows customers to complete basic transactions without the aid of a branch representative or teller. Anyone with a credit card or debit card can access cash at most ATMs.

ATMs are convenient, allowing consumers to perform quick self-service transactions such as deposits, cash withdrawals, bill payments, and transfers between accounts. Fees are commonly charged for cash withdrawals by the bank where the account is located, by the operator of the ATM, or by both. Some or all of these fees can be avoided by using an ATM operated directly by the bank that holds the account.

Outlook of the automated teller machine (ATM) market

Extensive market research carried out by the analysts at Technavio has shown that the automated teller machine (ATM) market will grow at an impressive CAGR of close to 8% during the forecast period. The increasing demand and requirement for ATMs in developing nations is a critical factor driving this market’s growth globally. In most developing countries, the governments are introducing various programs, specially designed to meet the requirements of the rural customers. Moreover, the government initiatives in the form of disbursing benefits, including food stamps, through electronic machines to reduce costs will propel the growth prospects of the ATM market in countries such as Nigeria, India, and Kenya. Using these benefits, the end user can access deposit accounts with the help of cards that work at ATMs and POS terminals, thereby aiding in the growth of this market over the forecast period.

In this industry research study, the analysts have estimated factors such as the increasing deployment of ATMs in off-site terminals to aid in the growth of this market during the predicted period. Moreover, the deployment of new off-site ATMs in the rural and semi-urban sites will help in reducing the cost associated with the migrating transaction from the tellers. Also, with the deployment of more ATMs, the number of customers is expected to increase significantly, which will boost ATM use. Furthermore, an increasing number of ATMs are deployed in busy locations that include petrol pumps, retail malls, and high traffic areas. These off-site ATMs offer a broad range of value added services such as coin dispensing, check deposits, request for check books, cash deposits, mobile top-ups, and last nine transactions mini statements. Therefore, the increasing availability of ATMs in off-site areas will propel this market’s growth in the coming years.

TOP COMPANIES:

ACG Quality Parts, Service, Security & Solutions

Welcome to ACG – "WE MAKE IT EASY!"

ACG is a values-based company, we believe in delivering quality, expertise, and unparalleled service! Established in 1986 in Atlanta, GA, ACG has operating offices in Atlanta, Las Vegas, London and Poland.

The markets we serve and support, include the ATM hardware and service industry, Smart Safe hardware and service industry, Financial Institutions and the Gaming industry. As well as ATM deployment companies, service and maintenance companies, and parts brokers across the globe with premium total ATM, Parts, Services & Solutions:

ATM and Smart Safe Re-manufacturing (FI & Retail)

Customer Equipment Face LIft's

Parts supply (New and Refurbished FI & Retail)

Bench Tech Parts Refurbishment

Anti-Skimming and Security Solutions

Technical CSE Training Courses

Managed Services

Project Management

Gaming Support Services

Regional Field Services

Turnkey Installation (ATM & Kiosk's) Nationwide

And More!

With several world-wide warehouse locations, in the US and overseas, we have one of the largest selections of repair parts in inventory, therefore our customers experience increased up time.

ACG is committed to the highest industry compliance standards, offering top notch economical solutions. Our reputable firm has strict quality control standards.

“Your company needs a partner in business, not just a vendor. Let us show you how we can help you by doing what we do best, “WE MAKE IT EASY”.

3SI Security Systems

3SI Security Systems is the leading ATM and Cash Machine Protection Systems provider with solutions designed to recover stolen cash, apprehend criminals, and deter crime. Protect the machine, cassettes, and the cash inside against all types of criminal attacks through GNSS/GPS Tracking, Tracing, or Monitoring Technology.

With over 48 years’ experience, 3SI is committed to help to create a #SaferWorld. Our innovative solutions boast a 70+% success rate, have helped recover over $119 million in stolen property, and have led to the arrest of thousands of dangerous criminals.

Paragon Application Systems

Since 1994, Paragon Application Systems has been helping our clients innovate and succeed by providing world-class testing solutions that promote system availability, improve operational efficiency, and deliver the best customer experience. As the leading independent provider of simulation, configuration, and test tools for the payments industry; we work with issuers, acquirers, processors, and ATM fleet owners from across the globe to manage, automate, and integrate their ATM and payments testing environments.

Our solutions protect the leading financial services brands throughout the world, ensuring they meet the increasing demand from their customers foranytime, anywhere services. We have served more than 600 clients globally, helping them drive more than 100,000 ATMs, connect to over 100 interchanges, and process thousands of transactions per second.

Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Market Outlook – 2027

The global ATM market was valued at $20.58 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $30.50 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2020 to 2027. An automated teller machine(ATM) is an electronic banking outlet that allows customers to access all basic transactions of bank such as deposits, withdrawals, view account balance, transfer balance between accounts, and clear check at ATM without the aid of branch representative or teller.

ATM facilitates 24/7 availability of banking services to customers. Increase in installation base and maintenance activities has impacted the revenue generation drastically. To perform depositing and cash dispensing from ATM, it is necessary to have an efficient cash management solution. Cash recycling acts as an efficient cash management solution, which offers benefits to banks such as counterfeit detection, complete & total accuracy, and enhanced customer experience.

Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Market Outlook – 2027

Report Synopsis

Persistence Market Research (PMR) offers an eight-year forecast for the global Automated Teller Machine (ATM) market between 2018 and 2026. In terms of value, the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) market is expected to register a single-digit CAGR during forecast period. This study demonstrates the market dynamics and trends globally across seven regions: North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa, which influence the current nature and the future status of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) market over the forecast period.

Report Description

This research report provides a detailed analysis of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) market and offers insights about the various factors driving the popularity of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) technologies and their advantages. The report includes an extensive analysis of key industry drivers, challenges, market trends, and market structure. The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) market study provides a comprehensive assessment of stakeholder strategies and imperatives for succeeding in the business. The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) report segregates the market based on screen size, type, and different regions globally.

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Dubai cinemas re-opening with limited capability: All you need to know

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This weekend will carry a bit little bit of pleasure to the entertainment-starved denizens of the UAE as cinemas re-open after months of social restrictions in place in gentle of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Might 25, beneath the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makotum, Vice President and Prime Minister of Dubai, alongside with Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Government Council, the gradual reopening of enterprise actions in Dubai was introduced from Wednesday, Might 27, which included cinemas, leisure facilities and leisure venues such because the the Dubai Ice Rink and the Dubai Dolphinarium.

It was additionally introduced that there will likely be no restrictions on motion between 6am and 11pm.

So, how precisely are cinemas readying to welcome you again to the films?

REEL CINEMAS

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Reel Cinemas by Emaar Leisure has acknowledged it’s “implementing a new hygienic system to create a healthy environment that will complement its different offerings,” in a press release to DailyKhaleej.

With social distancing guidelines nonetheless in place, Reel Cinemas will implement a 30 per cent capability rule, alongside with introducing normal well being and security measures. These embrace the next:

• Temperature checks are required prior to entry

• Carrying a face masks is obligatory

• Hand sanitising utilizing the sanitisers offered

• On-line tickets buy

• Social distancing of two metres aside

• Contactless funds are inspired

• Social distancing maintained contained in the theatre

• Households are allowed to sit collectively (a most of four folks)

• Social distancing when queuing

• Age limits acknowledged by authorities will likely be utilized, and our employees might need to confirm the age by seeing your Emirates ID card

• Kids beneath 12 and adults over 60 years outdated won’t be admitted as per the UA E official precaution and security measures in public locations

• Compliance with the acknowledged security measures is legally required in all areas inside the cinema

• 30 per cent in-cinema seating capability

• For eating in and F&B experiences solely disposable cutlery will likely be used

• Rigorous sanitisation routines will likely be carried out in any respect touchpoints

• For sanitisation and cleansing, supplies used are these authorized by Dubai Municipality

• Touchless sanitisers are positioned across the cinema

• Employees will likely be sporting masks and gloves always

• Employees temperature will likely be checked often

• Employees will preserve a excessive degree of non-public hygiene

VOX CINEMAS

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VOX Cinemas has acknowledged it’s reopening “in compliance with government guidelines and have taken all necessary precautions to ensure it is safe”. It additional provides: “During our temporary closure, we conducted enhanced cleaning and sterilisation of the premises and we have also implemented enhanced safety protocols.”

The cinema has additional acknowledged is utilizing fogging machines to disinfect giant areas and employees are cleansing and sanitising surfaces after each visitor interplay, paying specific consideration to excessive contact factors comparable to counters, POS, fee terminals and self-service kiosks.

“With the continued support of the United Arab Emirates government, I am confident in our ability to navigate these unprecedented times together,” Cameron Mitchell, Chief Government Officer of Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas and Majid Al Futtaim Leisure & Leisure, mentioned. “Our employees have demonstrated resilience in addressing the challenges of this distinctive interval, and I’m extraordinarily happy with their outstanding efforts that may now permit our leisure experiences to reopen safely.

“To address any concerns that people may have, we have designed an extensive range of new measures to ensure a healthy, safe and comfortable experience for all. We look forward to welcoming our valued guests back and creating great moments together again.”

It’s now obligatory for company to put on a face masks and staff are required to put on a face masks and gloves We have now additionally launched new measures to be sure that bodily distancing is maintained all through the visitor journey,” Vox Cinemas has additional acknowledged.

“For added comfort and to maintain safe distancing, two people from the same family or group can sit beside each other and all seats beside, in front and behind them will remain unsold,” Mitchell additional informed DailyKhaleej.

He additional added that as well as to their already sanitisation requirements, “we have put in place enhanced measures to ensure the health and safety of our guests and employees. We’ve increased the time between movie sessions to allow for a thorough cleaning of our auditoriums which includes using disinfecting fogging machines.”

Friends are inspired to get pleasure from a queue-less expertise by advance-booking their tickets on every web site and app. To additional minimise bodily contact and publicity, contactless fee choices can be found in all companies.

Security ambassadors to information company on finest bodily distancing observe have additionally been employed by the cinema, whereas the capability within the auditoriums has been decreased and seats subsequent to, in entrance of and behind your choice will likely be left vacant to preserve a protected distance between company.

In line with authorities restrictions, people above the age of 60 and youngsters beneath 12 years of age won’t be allowed to enter. Particulars on the Vox Cinemas pointers are as follows:

• As an added precaution, additionally it is now obligatory for workers to put on a face masks and gloves and their temperatures will likely be checked earlier than each shift. Friends will need to adhere to authorities steering.

• Set up of sanitiser dispensers at entrances

• Disinfection of washroom cubicle equipment after each use

• Cinema auditoriums will function at 30 per cent occupancy and this decreased seating capability could have vacant seats beside, in entrance and behind to preserve a protected distance between company.

• A 2-metre distance will likely be maintained between company.

• Introduction of a queue-less expertise ticketing and F&B purchases to minimise contact in queues. Persons are inspired to guide on-line.

• Providing contactless fee and contactless meals assortment choices and self-scanning of tickets to cut back contact and publicity.

• Vox Cinemas will likely be open from 10am to 10pm till additional discover.

• Tickets will likely be obtainable for buy from 6pm, Tuesday, Might 26.

• In line with authorities restrictions, people above the age of 60 and youngsters beneath 12 years of age won’t be allowed to enter.

DailyKhaleej has reached out to Novo Cinemas and Roxy Cinemas for his or her up to date pointers.

WHAT’S PLAYING?

Late Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan in ‘Angrezi Medium’ Picture Credit score: Equipped

In case you are questioning what will likely be taking part in on the cinema within the first few days of opening, assume the Vin Diesel-led thriller ‘Bloodshot’, alongside with ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘Bad Boys for Life’ and late actor Irrfan Khan’s closing movie, ‘Angrezi Medium’.

Bollywood buffs may watch Tiger Shroff’s ‘Baaghi 3’, whereas Indian regional content material consists of ‘Forensic’ (Malayalam), ‘Trance’ (Malayalam) and ‘Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal’ (Tamil).

Households can watch Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson return to ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ and watch the Oscar-nominated ‘Little Women’, whereas superhero buffs will get an opportunity to watch ‘Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey’.

Reel Cinemas has assured ticket costs stay the identical and details about present timings will likely be up to date on the web site.

Additionally these questioning about their new drive-in enterprise, The Dubai Mall Zabeel expertise is schedule to open in “the very near future”, they are saying.

New motion pictures will take some time to return to screens as movie shoots and productions have shut throughout Hollywood and Bollywood over the previous few months with a number of huge productions comparable to ‘Mulan’, ‘A Quiet Place 2’, ‘Sooryavanshi’ and Ranveer Singh’s ‘83’ delayed due to it.

New Vox Cinemas Drive-in at Mall of the Emirates Picture Credit score: Ahmed Ramzan/DailyKhaleej

Earlier this month, the Vox Cinemas Drive-In theatre opened to the general public on Might 17 amidst offered out night reveals at 7.30pm each day at Mall of the Emirates, however had to shut its operations inside days of opening because the UAE prolonged its motion restrictions beginning Might 20 from 8pm to 6am each day.

Prospects who had bought tickets obtained an e mail addressed by Cameron Mitchell, CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas, which promised a full refund in gentle of the present circumstances, with ticket holders getting precedence in rebooking tickets when the cinema reopens.

The drive-in cinema was positioned on the Stage three parking of the mall, subsequent to Ski Dubai. Tickets are priced at Dh180 + VAT per automotive. A most of two folks had been permitted per automotive and the ticket worth consists of entry to the film in addition to an F&B package deal for 2 folks consisting of caramel popcorn, salt popcorn, nachos, M&Ms, gentle drinks and water.

Guests are hoping the drive-in theatre will open from tomorrow as effectively.

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The Three Watershed Moments in Crypto in 2018–And No, They’re Not What You Might Think

2018 was a hellish ride for crypto, but it did see three watershed moments. After the jubilation and talk of lambos and moons during the ICO-infested 2017, the past year ushered in an era of greater price restraint, hype restraint, and a toning down of the borish “when lambo” talk.

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May History Be The Judge

When history gets its opportunity to judge 2018’s impact on the cryptoecosystem, I believe it will not be the obvious things that stand out as significant. Memories of the big chill and the prolonged bear market will have long faded. Just as it somewhat has toward 2017’s bitcoin cash fork, anger over the bitcoin cash hash wars will similarly have tempered (though Craig Wright’s disposition may not). The SEC’s persistent dedication to indecision will long be forgotten.

No, 2018 will be looked back on as the year in which human malfeasance and incompetence threatened to destroy cryptocurrencies despite unheralded developments in the background suggesting a promising future. It will tell a narrative that says we very much need crypto to protect ourselves from ourselves. Price volatility, regulatory permission, and coin tribalism in the long-run mean little.

Three Watershed Developments

Cryptocurrencies will ultimately rise or fall with their ability to technologically achieve their purpose. Human egos and narrow self-interests will do whatever they can to ruin it, but the technology will either stand on its own two feet and crypos will thrive, or it won’t. 2018 saw a mixture of setbacks, unforeseeable events, and set-ups for the future.

This author’s view is that the three most significant–watershed–events of 2018 in cryptocurrency were the near-death experience of arguably the coin best-suited for mass adoption and micro-transactions courtesy of Francesco Firano (the setback), the flight to bitcoin from Tether during the great USDT race for the exits (the flight to bitcoin proving there is more trust in crypto technology than crypto people), and Pundi X’s rollout of POS machines in Colombia (the set up for a future of the more common use of cryptographically secure money over fiat). Those, I believe, were the three watershed moments for crypto in 2018.

The Set-Back: How One Incompetent Lunatic Brought ex-RaiBlocks Nano to its Knees

Nano, originally known as RaiBlocks (RAI), then Nano (XRB), before its full rebrand to Nano (with a ticker of NANO), was one of the most promising peer-to-peer cryptocurrency projects of early 2018. It transacts virtually instantly and for free, with mining undertaken by small amounts of computational power provided by the transacting parties. It is a peer-to-peer payment system based on a technology known as block lattice (not too dissimilar from the tangle protocol commonly associated with IOTA, Byteball, and the now discredited Oyster Pearl).

Excitement surrounding Nano reached fever pitch with its rebranding, its impending listing on Binance, and its surging price–hitting $20 USD from around $6 in April (albeit, down from a high of up to $30 in the madness of January). Indeed, to many, though its technological architecture is entirely different, it is the crypto that bitcoin could and possibly should have been:

$nano reminds me of the early $btc days. At first nobody cared; then it got really popular because the old system failed (transaction fees); then there was a huge exchange heist and people lost trust – guess what’s next

— Ilia Sakowski (@IliaSakowski) April 27, 2018

Then it got Firano-ed. Francesco Firano, once a member of the RaiBlocks development team, operated an exchange known as BitGrail, where around 75 percent of Nano was traded. BitGrail was allegedly hacked on February 14th, though many suspect Firano had a hand in either orchestrating, covering up, or faking the security breach. Those allegations remain unproven.

Legal action by Nano holders against Firano continues, but the BitGrail hack sapped Nano of much of the enthusiasm building up around it. In fact, at the time a lot of the brewing intoxication with Nano was replaced with a ferocious hatred of Francesco Firano–largely justified–and certainly not helped by the arrogance and indifference he repeatedly demonstrated toward, well, anyone who dared question his integrity.

The BitGrail debacle was not only an eyesore to a crypto community that remains reliant on centralized exchanges behaving themselves, but it also dealt a potentially fatal blow to one of the cryptoeconomy’s most promising projects. Nano currently trades at around $1.50, according to CoinBillboard.

While Firano faces the Italian legal system, his abrasive tweets have slowed to a snail’s pace, offering some respite to those with tender eyes and ears and a preference for good manners. He may not be as loathed as Roger Ver, but he should be. Whatever Firano is found guilty of, his demeanor was barely fit for a black market meth clinic, let alone public consumption.

The Flight: Tether’s Demise Did Not Cause a Panic Crypto Sell Off, But a Panic Bitcoin Buy Up

Tether’s dramatic fall from grace had been predicted and expected by most crypto observers for a long time. In fact, it was perhaps the event many feared the most: if Tether Ltd’s claims that USDT were backed on a 1:1 basis with USD reserves were to prove false, the 2017 bitcoin bull run would evaporate, suggesting some truth to some findings that bitcoin’s price was overly reliant on Tether backed by money that didn’t exist.

On October 15th, the stablecoin plunged to as low as 87 cents as confidence in its validity plummeted. Many pundits took delight in watching, in real time, the unfolding of what many viewed as a pure money-printing scam. But if bitcoin’s price surge in 2017 was a product of that alleged scam, what would the knock-on effect on the OG cryptocurrency be?

The widely referenced University of Texas at Austin (UTA) study that attributed half of bitcoin’s 2017 price rise to the printing of USDT went so far as to accuse Tether and Bitfinex of manipulating the price of bitcoin with Tether. The fear was, naturally, that were Tether to ever unwind, the bottom would fall out of bitcoin.

In the end, Tether’s dramatic fall saw a flight out of Tether, but not to USD, (likely explained by fears of a lack of USD in reserve with Tether Ltd). The flight to quality was to bitcoin. As Tether Ltd went on to responsibly burn 500 million USDT, bitcoin avoided any collateral damage.

The implications will be substantial in the long run. Whatever role Tether had played in bitcoin’s price support was now gone. Bitcoin stood up against the collapse of faith in USDT and became the target of the flight to quality. While counterintuitive at the time, it makes sense in retrospect. Without faith that there were sufficient reserves of USD to back up Tether, the crypto community placed its faith in bitcoin.

She may not sit on the most nimble of blockchains, the old mare, but she sure is stable and–like a good Greta Garbo poster–has stood the test of time.

The Set Up: Pundi X Quietly Rolled Out POS Solutions to the Adoption Problem and We Barely Noticed

Their profile is unusually low and they don’t make endless announcements about upcoming announcements about inconsequential developments or non-partnerships. On August 19th, Pundi X signed an agreement with Manticora Capital to roll out 1,000 point-of-sale devices to retailers in Colombia as a first run trial. They plan to deploy 100,000 by 2021.

That date may well prove to be a defining moment in crypto history. It is not about merchant adoption. It is not about a POS terminal infrastructure deciding to accept crypto. It was about a crypto enterprise understanding that it was their responsibility to make crypto retailable–spendable by consumers and earnable by merchants.

The company has signed a deal with UTRUST, a leading payments gateway. It has arranged with Coinnest to release 300,000 multi-cryptocurrency POS cards to the exchange’s customers. In another significant, and yet again understated deal, it incorporated NEM into its point-of-sale infrastructure. That step means their XPOS machines connect to both the Ethereum and NEM blockchains, and can accept bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, NPXS, LTC, XEM, and ACT, as well as credit cards. In May, QTUM signed up to join what is sure to be a growing list of cryptos accepted in Pundi X’s ecosystem.

No gimmicks. No champagne-drenched launches on yachts. Pundi X actually got more attention with its prototype blockchain phone, the X Phone, than it did with XPOS. It may take years to realize, but Pundi X’s production and distribution of physical POS devices may well prove watershed insofar as the organization understood it had to bring crypto to the people, to the merchants, and it had to provide the infrastructure to do that–not the other way round.

As we look back on 2018 years from now, Munger games, the prolonged bear market, and SEC rejections will look like mere noises and distractions. The three watershed events of the year that really matter–the February 14th near-death experience of Nano, the August 19th XPOS gateway moment, and the October 15th flight to bitcoin–demonstrate the promise of crypto, the faith it has earned over ten years, and its fragility in the hands of fallible people.

Because in order to thrive, crypto needs to be as trustworthy as it is trustless, it needs to be ubiquitous, and it needs to have shaken the bad eggs out of its ecosystem.

Sound off below. Was there another watershed moment in 2018 we missed? Is watershed too strong a word to describe these three events mentioned?

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Exciting Possibilities in the Contactless Payment Market & Their Potential

Europe will dominate the Contactless Payment Market:

Europe will dominate the Contactless Payment Market during the forecast period. This is due to technological advancements and increasing usage of contactless smart cards in the region. North America and Asia Pacific follow suit. The growth of the contactless payment in North America is due to growing adoption of cloud based contactless technology solutions. Asia Pacific will be the fastest growing region with the growth of technology, development of infrastructure, and increasing technological penetration.

Selected Regulatory Analysis Done in the Full Report:

The contactless smart cards have a major share in the contactless payment modes. However, mobile handsets are expected to be the fastest growing segment in the developing countries of the world, since they are secure and convenient for the customers to make payments. This segment will have excellent opportunities in the Contactless Payment Market during the forecast period. The retail and consumer goods sector has “tap and go” transaction for speeding up the checkout process. Hence, this sector is expected to have a good growth in the market. Contactless payments will be used in businesses such as gas stations, movie theatres, convenience stores, and restaurants. In the travel and tourism sector, contactless payment is advantageous for travellers as it is easy and convenient.

Selected Driving Factors Mentioned in the Full Report

Innovations in technologies such as Internet of things boosts the growth of contactless card machines.

Growing demand for speedy transactions, especially in the retail and transport sector will propel the demand for contactless payment systems.

Growing awareness of plastic money among the buyers will enhance the growth of contactless payment.

Supply of cards with Near Field Communication (NFC) feature for contactless payment spurs the demand for the NFC smart card.

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Key Players of the Contactless Payment Market : The key players of the Contactless payment market include Gemalto NV, Ingenico Group, and Verifone Systems, Inc..Gemalto offers contactless transactions for customers in the form of contactless cards, mobiles, and wristbands. Igenico provides contactless payment options such as contactless credit cards and NFC enabled smartphones with payment systems such as Apple pay and Android pay. Verifone has recently announced its decision to enable North American payment devices for supporting Mastercard EMV transactions, including contact and contactless. Customers will have a faster checkout as a result.

The Contactless Payment Market is Segmented as Indicated Below:

Growing awareness of plastic money among buyers and increasing frequency of purchases provides opportunities for the Contactless Payment Market.

A. Contactless Payment Market By Solution 1. Payment Terminal Solution 2. Contactless Mobile Payment Solution 3. Device Management Solution 4. Transaction Management Solution 5. Data Management Solution 6. Security and Fraud Management Solution 7. Hosted POS Solution 8. Analytics Solution

B. Contactless Payment Market By Payment Mode 1. Mobile Handsets 2. Contactless Smart Cards 3. Contactless Form Factors

C. Contactless Payment Market By Application 1. Government 2. BFSI 3. Telecommunication & IT 4. Transportation & Logistics 5. Energy & Utilities 6. Healthcare 7. Retail 8. Hospitality 9. Others

D. Contactless Payment Market By Geography (17+ countries) E. Contactless Payment Market Market Entropy F. Company Profiles

1. Gemalto N.V. 2. Giesecke & Devrient GmbH 3. Ingenico Group 4. Verifone Systems, Inc. 5. Wirecard AG 6. Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. 7. Inside Secure 8. Oberthur Technologies Sa 9. on Track Innovations 10. Proxama, PLC

More than 10 companies are profiled in this report

G. Appendix: Abbreviations, Sources, Research Methodology, Bibliography, Compilation of Experts, Disclaimer.

What can you expect from the report?

The Contactless Payment Market Report is prepared with the main agenda to cover the following 20 points:

1. Market Size by Product Categories 2. Market Trends 3. Manufacturer Landscape 4. Distributor Landscape 5. Pricing Analysis 6. Top 10 End User Analysis 7. Product Benchmarking 8. Product Developments 9. Mergers & Acquisition Analysis 10. Patent Analysis 11. Demand Analysis (By Revenue & Volume) 12. Country level Analysis (15+) 13. Competitor Analysis 14. Market Shares Analysis 15. Value Chain Analysis 16. Supply Chain Analysis 17. Strategic Analysis 18. Current & Future Market Landscape Analysis 19. Opportunity Analysis 20. Revenue and Volume Analysis

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