Local banks and retailers are intensifying efforts to enable the security of their PIN-handling systems to comply with the global triple-DES algorithm standard, says Prism Holdings.
Durban Metro has signed an agreement with EasyPay to enable the payment of camera traffic fines online or through retail stores.
Vodacom and its retail partners have adopted a prepaid solution developed by Comparex Africa.
Bernard Ford, sales manager at Softline Lorge, believes that Web-enabled software modules have resulted in point-of-sale technology coming of age.
An AT Kearney study shows that Russia and Eastern European countries provide the best opportunities for food and general merchandise retailers.
Absa has certified its retail point of sale acceptance systems with both Visa and MasterCard to ensure acceptance of chip cards.
PC-PoS has appointed Cape Town-based CPoS as a reseller of its range of point-of-sale solutions to the hospitality industry.
The Perle Universal PCI 3.3 multi-port serial card has been released through local distributor Maxtec.
PC-PoS has secured the local distribution rights of the Metrologic scanner range.
Retailers will have to use technology creatively if they are to compete successfully against traditional and new entrants in the industry. This emerged at the Cisco Systems Retail event in Cape Town.
Tellumat Telecoms has installed its Calldirector unified messaging system at the Foshini Group head office in Parow.
UCS Software has implemented its ActiveRetail software suite at Excitement Stores across the country.
PIC Solutions is to perform a Collections HealthCheck of the credit portfolios of furniture retailer Relyant Retail.