Magnetic Stripe Readers
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on June 20, 2018
What You Use to Swipe Credit Cards
Touchscreens (All-in-Ones)
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on June 20, 2018
What's a touchscreen?
What You Need to Know About TLS 1.2 and SHA-2 Security Requirements
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on February 02, 2018
As of January 2018, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has mandated that all merchants and their customers must be updated to TLS 1.2 and SHA-2 encryption standards to accept and process credit cards. Failure to sw...
How to Run Transactions Using the VX 805
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on January 29, 2018
The key proponent for switching to EMV chip-card readers is for retailers to be able to run transactions quickly without any worry. Plus, these pinpads are less likely to be hacked — keeping your customers' card and bank information safer than eve...
POS Nation Offers New Cloud Retail POS Software
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on June 09, 2017
Cloud-based POS software has grown in popularity over the past years, and for good reason. Designed for single store and multi-location businesses, c...
What is QIR Certification?
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on February 10, 2017
What is QIR Certification? As of January 1, 2017, POS Nation is QIR certified.
POS Nation Reviews
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on February 03, 2017
Over the past 16 years, we've helped over 5,000 companies find the perfect POS system for their business. We know that each business is different from the other, so their solutions should be unique, too. To commemorate all our employees' hard...
Did Apple Alienate Mobile POS Providers?
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on September 30, 2016
Square, Intuit, and PayPal are just some of the popular mobile POS systems that utilize magnetic stripe card readers. These readers work simply by plugging straight into the iPhone’s headphone jack. As of this month, Apple decided to officially re...
How to Ensure a Strong Start for Your Business
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on September 15, 2016
At POS Nation, about 50 percent of our customers are new businesses. The first year is the most important, and nerve-racking, year for new business owners. Starting f...
Ways to Get to Know Your Customers Better
Gina Obert
By Gina Obert
on July 22, 2016
You want to understand your customers, right? Of course, you do. But in a world changing and growing quicker every day, it can be hard to truly know and understand who your customers are. For this reason, we thought it would be helpful to sha...