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Point of Sale (POS) stories

Once confined to the front of a physical store, where you would exchange cash or present a credit card as payment for goods and services, Point of Sale today encompasses any ‘point’ at which a checkout is encountered and payments are made. This includes websites for online shopping, both in Business to Consumer and Business to Business transactions. Point of Sale infrastructure includes physical devices such as purpose-designed computers and cash-handling hardware, printers, credit card terminals, and more. Online POS infrastructure includes payment gateways and other integrated services from, for example, organisations providing credit services.
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Paymentology enters Australia with local payments ties

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Paymentology launches in Australia with Cuscal and Constantinople alliances, tapping the nation's fast-growing digital payments market and domestic rails.
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Five ways to maximise benefits of mobile-first systems

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Tabit chief executive Barry Shaked outlines five checks for Australian hospitality operators choosing mobile-first systems to cut labour pressure and lift sales.
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Zeller launches Terminal 1x to cut Aussie merchant costs

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Zeller rolls out Terminal 1x for Australian merchants, bundling POS and payments in one device to tackle rising fixed costs.
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Unpacking the Impact of Agentic Commerce Across ANZ

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Woolworths and Google push AI shopping agents into retail as loyalty schemes face a real-time test in the emerging agentic commerce era.
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Oracle launches restaurant operations platform for chains

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Oracle and NetSuite unveil restaurant operations platform for chains, uniting inventory, scheduling and cash management with AI across 110 countries.
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Lightspeed launches AI inventory tool for retailers

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Lightspeed has unveiled an AI tool in its retail platform that scans supplier documents into draft purchase orders to cut errors and admin time.
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Access Hospitality names Aravinda Gollapudi as CTO

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Access Hospitality appoints former Sage tech leader Aravinda Gollapudi as CTO to steer global platform expansion and agentic AI strategy.
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Klarna tops 1 million merchants as leisure spend surges

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Klarna has topped 1 million merchants worldwide as it accelerates into everyday and leisure spending, led by sport, hobby and wellness.
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Barrows & QSIC sync in‑store audio with digital video

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Barrows Connected Store and QSIC partner to sync in‑store video and audio, promising data‑driven, unified retail media and measurement.
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Sparkfly & PlayOn link school sports to retail data

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Sparkfly and PlayOn team up to tie retail offers and attribution to millions of US high school sports fans across ticketing and streaming.
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The supply chains seeing real AI returns have one thing in common

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Supply chains gaining real AI returns share one trait: live, shared trade data that turns fragmented logistics into real‑time decisions.
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Smart CT clinches global IT support deals to scale up

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Smart CT lands three global IT support deals covering 65,000-plus devices as it accelerates expansion across Europe, Asia and Australia.
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Diverse perspectives driving innovation for the real world

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Female leadership at Tineco ANZ is reshaping consumer tech, proving diverse perspectives are vital to real-world innovation and growth.
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Ricoh MediaMax expands Pro C9500 into thicker stocks

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Ricoh Australia's MediaMax upgrade lets Pro C9500 presses handle 800-micron, 600gsm stocks, opening new card and packaging work.
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BPC named tech leader in 2025 SPARK Matrix ranking

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BPC has been named a technology leader in QKS Group's 2025 SPARK Matrix for merchant payment platforms, recognising SmartVista's breadth.
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AI, unified commerce to reshape Australian retail by 2026

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AI and unified commerce will become core to Australian retail by 2026, as rising expectations force investment in real-time systems.
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Valiant Finance hires Joe Iavarone to drive US growth

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Valiant Finance recruits veteran Joe Iavarone as North America chief to spearhead its US push into the USD $1.3 trillion equipment finance market.
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Shopfully hires Jonny Mackay to lead Victorian agencies

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Shopfully names Jonny Mackay to lead Victorian media agency partnerships as retail media and drive-to-store strategies gain momentum.
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QSIC boosts global in-store media reliability with Datadog

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QSIC adopts Datadog to monitor 17,000-store audio network, slashing incident recovery from days to hours and boosting retail media uptime.
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Fluent Commerce raises AUD $46m to fuel AI expansion

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Fluent Commerce secures AUD $46m from Bain Capital to accelerate AI product development and global expansion of its order management platform.