{"id":28642,"date":"2016-01-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/https-blog-cdesolutions-com-2016-01-new-year-new-pos\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:55:56","slug":"new-year-new-pos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/new-year-new-pos\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, New POS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\" class=\"hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text\" style=\"\" data-hs-cos-general-type=\"meta_field\" data-hs-cos-type=\"rich_text\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s 2016, and just like any other year, many of us are starting off the year with new goals and new plans to accomplish them.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<br \/>\n  <!--more-->Many businesses also implement changes and improvements at the beginning of a new year.&nbsp; These changes can vary greatly depending on the needs of the business, plans for growth, as well as the ambition of the people who work at the organization.&nbsp; Because consumers are also setting their own personal New Year resolutions and are just generally in the mood for change, the beginning of the year is a great time to make some upgrades to your business and show you care about keeping up with the changing times.<\/p>\n<p>With the recent updates in the payments ecosystem, updating your POS terminals is a great way to improve your business.&nbsp; Although making a major shift in the technology you\u2019re using may seem like a large undertaking, with the right plan and the right resources, it can be pretty easy to do.<\/p>\n<p>First, make sure you know <em>why<\/em> you should update your POS terminals.&nbsp; The recent switch to EMV is, of course, one huge reason to do so.&nbsp; With the United States\u2019 adoption of this technology, merchants will now be held liable for any fraudulent payments they accept without updating their terminals to EMV capable devices.&nbsp; Upgrading to EMV capable terminals will not only protect your business and your customers from fraud, but also save you money in the long run.&nbsp; You can learn a lot more about switching to EMV technology right here on our blog.<\/p>\n<p>Smart chip cards aren\u2019t the only technology you should make accommodation for.&nbsp; NFC, near field communication, is the actual technological requirement that a terminal must have to accept EMV cards without inserting the chip into the terminal.&nbsp; This is the same technology that allows for mobile wallet payments like \u201cApple Pay\u201d or \u201cGoogle Wallet\u201d to be processed without the presence of any credit card.&nbsp; These types of transactions have become popular because of the elimination of the<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s 2016, and just like any other year, many of us are starting off the year with new goals and new plans to accomplish them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":28643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[205,234,215,217,228],"class_list":["post-28642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-announcement","tag-industry-news","tag-new-pos-terminal","tag-pos-equipment","tag-technology","tag-upgrading-pos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/244"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31271,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28642\/revisions\/31271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goebt.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}