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Key Takeaways Sri Lanka’s payments landscape has shifted fast. LankaQR now covers over 400,000 merchants through 22 acquirers, and interbank real-time transfers have grown from 8 percent to 67 percent of all interbank transactions in six years. SMEs make up…
Key Takeaways Your till already captures the raw material for better decisions: timestamps, items, prices, discounts, and payment methods on every single sale. Five questions this data can answer directly: what actually sells, when you’re really busy, what sells together,…
Key Takeaways A bike shop runs three businesses at once: retail sales, a repair workshop, and often an online store. A generic till only really covers one of those well. Serial number tracking matters more here than in almost any…
Key Takeaways A handheld POS is a portable device, usually a tablet or dedicated terminal, that lets staff take orders and payments away from a fixed till. Restaurants use handhelds for tableside ordering and payment, while retailers use them to…
Key Takeaways Most UK POS installations follow a clear sequence: account setup, product data upload, hardware delivery, on-site or remote configuration, staff training, then go-live. A well-run installation takes anywhere from a few days for a single till to a…
Key Takeaways An EPOS system is an electronic point of sale: hardware and software that processes payments and also records, reports and organises the data behind every sale. The UK has 5.5 million private sector businesses, and 99.8% of them…
Key Takeaways UK shoplifting fell 4% to 507,086 recorded offences in the year to March 2026, according to the ONS, but levels remain close to the highest on record. Cameras and staff vigilance alone aren’t enough. Retail crime cost UK…
Key Takeaways A UK POS system cost has three parts: hardware, a monthly software fee, and a card processing percentage. All three together make up your real monthly cost. Software typically costs £0 to £200+ a month. Card processing typically…
Key Takeaways PCI DSS is the global security standard for card payments. If your POS accepts cards, PCI DSS applies to you, whatever your size. The current standard is PCI DSS v4.0.1. Its full set of requirements became mandatory on…
Key Takeaways Contactless is now the default way UK customers pay. Barclays research found almost 95% of eligible in-store card transactions were contactless in 2024. The FCA removed the fixed £100 national contactless limit in March 2026. Banks can now…
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