POS SOLUTIONS
GK | May 19, 2022
GK announced its partnership with Rizing enabling customers to deliver a superior omnichannel customer experience.
GK's SAP Omnichannel Point-of-Sale (POS) is an on-premise or cloud-based integrated POS system for brick-and-mortar channels. With the native connectivity to SAP S/4HANA and SAP CAR (Customer Activity Repository), it offers customers in several industries, such as groceries, fashion, specialized, mass convenience, and hotels, a comprehensive solution for a unified global commerce strategy.
The platform provides retailers with several advantages, including:
One cloud-ready platform for all store processes that offers uniform, consistent data management and transparent communication architecture
Ability to utilize any device, any service, and any location with the option to select the features that best meet a client's business needs
Maximum adaptability to accommodate specific requirements
Multi-client capabilities for the organization as a whole that handle retail operations across industries
Modular, crucial, and real-time, with all essential processes offered as services
Highly available and aware of clusters - a system developed particularly for high availability
The proven solution for medium and enormous merchants
"We are excited to work with Rizing to help broaden our reach and scale of this solution while supporting customers with the knowledge and expertise they need to successfully provide a superior omnichannel store experience."
-Michael Jaszczyk, the CEO of GK Americas
Rizing's in-depth market experience, product expertise, and complete approach provide essential functional and technical assistance for optimizing business processes and maximizing the value of GK and SAP solutions for retailers. In addition, Rizing brings the whole package of SAP knowledge, offering a complete service portfolio that enables success for retail implementation programs.
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POS SOLUTIONS,CLOUD BASED POS
Paytabs | August 05, 2022
Swiss software expert Netcetera is enabling secure payments in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region with their 3DS acquiring server solution for PayTabs. The 3DS server is an important piece in the puzzle for PayTabs, an award winning payment processing powerhouse, offering social commerce, digital and next-generation payment solutions across the MEASA region.
PayTabs has been a formidable player in the payment ecosystem for almost a decade, offering freelancers, SMEs, banks and super merchants enhanced payment processing services and technology to process and orchestrate integrated payments. PayTabs operates in multiple markets in the MEASA region with plans to expand into more emerging and frontier markets. Being a PCI certified payment services provider, security is a key priority for PayTabs.
The search for a suitable provider to upgrade its 3DS server, has led PayTabs to reach a strategic alliance with Netcetera, a Swiss software expert offering a world-class 3DS server and solutions, comprehensive and tailored to meet PayTabs’ payment processing requirements.
Netcetera’s 3DS solutions makes it possible for PayTabs to offer authentication and verifying users’ identity. This not only ensures easy online payment whether using a computer, tablet, or mobile, it also prevents card fraud. Netcetera’s diligence, EMVCo certification and many years of experience implementing 3DS solutions for global customers all have contributed to PayTabs decision.
"This is a great step forward for our business. E-commerce is booming in the MEASA region and having a secure acquiring solution is a key part of guaranteeing customers seamless, yet secure payments. The collaboration has been smooth, and we look forward to continuing it."
-Taff Morris, VP Divisional Head of SaaS at PayTabs.
Jad Bejjani, Senior Business Development Executive at Netcetera added Carrying out this project successfully has meant bringing a new dimension of security to online payments in a B2B context.
About Netcetera:
Netcetera is a global software company with cutting-edge IT products and individual digital solutions in the areas of secure digital payment, financial technologies, media, transport, healthcare and insurance. More than 2,000 banks and issuers, and 150,000 merchants rely on the digital payment solutions and globally certified 3-D Secure products of the market leader for payment security. The owner-managed company covers the entire IT lifecycle, from ideation and strategy to implementation and operation. The balanced combination of the latest technologies and proven standards ensures investment security, from large-scale projects to innovative start-ups. Founded in 1996, Netcetera is a holding company with around 800 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional locations across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
About Paytabs:
PayTabs is an award winning B2B payments solutions powerhouse founded by Saudi entrepreneur Abdulaziz Al Jouf.
Having processed the first live payment gateway transaction in June 2014, today PayTabs processes transactions in multiple currencies, safely and securely. Using API plugins, PayTabs facilitates seamless B2B ecommerce solutions for SMEs across numerous industries to ‘plug and play’ payment features on to their websites. PayTabs prides itself on offering electronic invoicing services enabling businesses to enjoy digital invoicing, pay by QR code or secure social media payment links.
Originally backed by Saudi Aramco’s "Waed" and later by private Saudi investment, over the years, PayTabs has in-built and exported a full stack of game changing solutions. These include mobile applications, hospitality, governmental, education, airline, travel, transport, and biller solutions, to interlink the multi-billion-dollar enterprise market chain in the MENA region.
In 2021, PayTabs launched PT Touch, the first soft POS solution in the MENA market to transform smart phones into merchant point of sale (POS) terminals. More recently, PayTabs launched its own social commerce platform, Paymes to facilitate payments for the micro merchant community. Recently, PayTabs made a leapfrog move to pioneer next generation payments, by launching its home owned, globally validated unified payments and next generation transaction processing platform - PayTabs SwitchOn®.
A proven game changer in the global payments space, PayTabs has dedicated offices in the UAE and KSA and presence in many other locales including Egypt. The company is an equal opportunities employer with a diverse and multi-cultural team comprising of over twenty nationalities.
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POS HARDWARE
Square | June 03, 2022
Square announced that it is working with Apple to enable Tap to Pay on iPhone, Apple's contactless payment acceptance capability, within the Square Point of Sale app. The new product lets sellers of all sizes effortlessly and securely take in-person contactless payments with simply an iPhone and Square's industry-leading POS software. Ahead of officially introducing the service later this year, Square also launched an Early Access Program for Tap to Pay on iPhone, allowing select retailers to begin testing the new technology.
Tap to Pay for iPhone enables sellers to take contactless payments without the need for extra hardware and connects with Square's more extensive ecosystem of products designed to help them start, manage, and grow their business. With Tap to Pay on iPhone, retailers will be able to effortlessly and securely accept contactless payments using only the Square POS software and an iPhone.
"Square and Apple are making it really convenient to make sure we never miss a sale. With Tap to Pay on iPhone, I can process contactless payments quickly, even on cellular service. It provides a really direct experience so new staff can easily get up and running on taking payments on an iPhone."
-Teddy Rojas, the owner of Kona Ice Vacaville
With Tap to Pay on iPhone, retailers can unleash new commerce experiences and never lose a transaction, such as allowing workers to line-jump for faster checkouts or equipping mobile professionals to take contactless payments. Customers may use contactless credit or debit cards and digital wallets such as Apple Pay to make transactions anywhere simply and safely.
"Bringing Tap to Pay on iPhone into the Square ecosystem ensures that new sellers will have another free option to get up and running, while providing businesses of any complexity with more flexibility to adapt their commerce experiences to evolving consumer preferences and changing industry trends."
-David Talach, Head of Financial Services at Square
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