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Are Contactless Payments Right for Your Business?
Almost every EFTPOS machine in New Zealand is capable of accepting contactless payments, and that’s for good reason. Over 440 million transactions take place via an EFTPOS machine every year in New Zealand, making our country one of the biggest users of the payment platform in the entire world. A natural extension of the EFTPOS [...]
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Terminal Spotlight Move 5000
Looking for a way to enhance your customer experience, decrease transaction times and boost productivity? Then check out our Move 5000 – the latest payment terminal from Ingenico which is a game changer! Whether your business is a bustling bar or fine-dining restaurant, The Move 5000  can make transactions even easier for your customers. Your customers won’t [...]
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What terminal is right for my business?
Whether you’re a stall-holder at a local market, run a busy Café or a Tradie that’s on-the-move, payment terminals aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution. So which terminal is right for your business? Well… that depends on a few different variables – your business type, your customer and your budget. The new Telium Tetra range [...]
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Leaving your wallet at home is no longer an issue for Kiwis
Kiwis have been spending with their mobile phones rather than their wallets, according to the latest figures which reveal that just over 20% of all payment transactions in 2018 used contactless technology. The data reflects the changing attitudes of New Zealanders who have been slower on the uptake of contactless payment technology than some of our international [...]
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Contactless Payments Security Myths Busted
Paying by card is safe, and it’s even safer if you make a contactless payment. Take it from someone who knows. Christine Hogan, Skyzer’s Software Certification & Support Manager, knows more than most about the risks of card payments and says she feels 100% confident of the level of security in the New Zealand [...]
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The important of selecting the right payment terminal and re-seller for your needs
If you can’t accept payments, you may as well shut up shop. As a merchant, you want your payment terminal to make things easy for you and your customers. It should be easy to operate and integrate well with your other business systems. But more than anything, it should WORK! This may not be [...]
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The value of a trusted re-seller to a business
Twenty years ago, a payment terminal was little more than a calculator with a modem attached. A reseller could drop it off in a box at the merchant and that was pretty much it. Over the years, the terminals have gained many features to make it easier for customers to pay and merchants to run [...]
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Chinese Payments Services
Are you missing out on half a million customers? More than 90% of the nearly 450,000 Chinese who visit New Zealand every year have said they will be more inclined to spend money with vendors who offer them the opportunity to make mobile payments. Being able to use their familiar, trusted mobile payment platforms is one of [...]
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Changing Nature of Payment Terminals
More than 6% of New Zealand merchants still use dial-up for their payment terminals. The number is dwindling, but we’re likely to see it for a long time still. Earlier plans to end dial-up functionality has been put on hold, as some rural areas do not have access to ADSL or fibre-optic networks. Paymark, who [...]
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Contactless Payments
Every new technology has to overcome past practice. When electronic payments started, people found comfort in handing over a card as if it were a bank note. Signing for a credit card payment is like signing a cheque and typing in your PIN is the electronic version of a signature. So of course, contactless payments [...]
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