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Jun 11, 2018

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Visa Outage Highlights the Need for Cash

A five-hour outage on June 1st that left Visa cardholders across Europe unable to complete transactions caused widespread disruption and frustration, and raised serious questions about a future cashless society. Consumers saw cards being declined as they tried to make...

May 22, 2018

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Should the Commonwealth Games get its own medal for cash handling?

More than 6,600 athletes from 70 nations and 100,000 visitors attended the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, eager to "be there" when sporting history was made. After putting lots of effort, time and money into planning and setting up the...

May 15, 2018

By Robert Banker

Best Practices for ISV Integrations with Hardware

POS ISVs looking to boost brand recognition often turn to hardware manufacturers to get their solutions to market. Partnerships to integrate ISV solutions with hardware are one of the most effective ways to create a market for your software. Teaming...

Apr 17, 2018

By Robert Banker

Does Your Vendor Deliver Partner Value? 7 Ways to Check

POS resellers are essential to a vendor's strategy to target its products to the right market. Without the benefit of channel partnerships, vendors would be hard-pressed to gain brand mindshare. But not all vendors deliver the same value, so any...

Apr 16, 2018

By Stephen Bergeron

Tips for Successful ISV Relationships with Resellers

Partnerships between POS ISVs and resellers provide mutual benefits: They help ISVs scale the distribution of their software solutions while opening opportunities for VARs to add value for their customers. How can ISVs find reliable reseller partners to build long-term...

Mar 22, 2018

By Robert Banker

5 Ways to Prevent Walkaways at Retail Stores

Long checkout lanes, disorganized shelves, and hard-to-find products lead to frustrated shoppers. And when customers get frustrated, they often give up on a store and walk out, especially if there's no associate around to help them. Retailers can avoid walkaways...

Feb 20, 2018

By Andrew Carr

9 out of 10 Largest Grocery Chains in Europe go for a Cash Drawer from APG

Europe’s Largest Grocery Retail Chains Establish Long Relationship with APG’s Bespoke Products Many perceive a cash drawer as simply a metal box used for storing cash. While this discernment may be true to millions of shoppers it could not be...

Feb 14, 2018

By Paul Griffiths

Automation Substantially Reduces Retailers’ Cash Costs and Saves Labor Hours

If there's any doubt about the impact of cash management solutions on the cost structure of retailers, consider this recent finding by IHL Group: Replacing manual processes with automation technology can save retailers an average of 200 to 500 labor...

Feb 7, 2018

By Andrew Carr

Intelligent Cash Handling in Convenience Stores

The following interview with APG's Senior Account Manager, Nick Markwell was issued by Ben Giese from Ixtenso, a media partner of the EuroCIS Retail Show in Germany. This interview covers everything you need to know about APG's SMARTtill Solution® technology...

Jan 2, 2018

By Andrew Carr

UK Consumers Still Prefer In-store Shopping

A pair of recent studies confirms that British shoppers still prefer to make purchases at brick-and-mortar stores if given the chance. One study, by London-based Adyen, reveals that even though 95% of British shoppers make purchases online, only 3% have...