From the C-level on down, the buzz about mobile in retail has steadily increased ever since Apple began using mobile devices in their stores. The use of tablets (such as the iPad) is growing rapidly, with shipments increasing at a rate of 38% in 2013, according to Mobile POS: Hype to Reality, a new study from research firm IHL Group. (more…)...

Handpoint launched its new Chip and PIN mobile Point-of-Sale (mPOS) system for small, medium and enterprise merchants. (more…)...

Square, the digital payments company, is launching in Japan, the company announced on Thursday. Japanese merchants can get a Square Reader for free and start accepting payments with it for 3.25% of each transaction. (more…)...

Eftpos Australia says it will begin mobile payments trials with selected Australian retailers in the next few months. Eftpos – which is owned by 14 of country’s largest banks and retailers – accounts for almost 80% of debit card transactions processed at the POS in Australia. (more…)...

Square has announced Square Stand, a beautiful new hardware for brick and mortar businesses that turns an iPad into a complete POS. With local businesses increasingly tearing out their old POS systems to run mobile Registers, Square Stand gives merchants a remarkable new way to manage and grow their business, all for the price of a cash register. (more…)...

Monitise has launched Monitise mPOS a white-labelled mobile payment service for banks, mobile operators and acquirers to offer their business customers the ability to accept card payments on a mobile device and layer on a scalable array of services enabling merchants to manage money on the move from one secure solution. (more…)...

Mobile payment systems are catching on massively, with MPOS devices having grown significantly over the last year. (more…)...

SumUp announced a partnership with Revel Systems, a leading provider of high-tech tablet-based cash registers. The deal means that Revel Systems tills will now be equipped to process debit and credit payments, as well as cash, using the SumUp API. (more…)...

Italian mobile POS startup Jusp has now secured a $6 million equity round with two Italian VCs, making it one of the biggest rounds in Italy this year. The round was led by Principia Sgr together with Vertis Sgr with the participation of some Angel Investors: Stefano Calderano (previously BNP Paribas and Intesa), Paolo Guida (Lehman), Giulio Valiante (Saldi Privati and Jobrapido), ...