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Re:Walmart Canada stops accepting Visa cards by mseebach on Sunday June 12, 2016 @08:57AM (#11887890)
I think, for small businesses, the problem is that the setup cost and fixed operating costs are amortised over too few transactions to be negligibly cheap - and that's before considering the slightly higher actual transaction fees for such businesses.

Square, iZettle and I think PayPal and a few other are doing things in this area, leveraging smartphones, but it's still early days.

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Re:Walmart Canada stops accepting Visa cards by CydeWeys on Sunday June 12, 2016 @10:36AM (#11888259)
The Square POS terminals using tablets (it is iPads?) that rotate for you to sign are nice. I especially like how they'll automatically email you a receipt, which is great for reimbursements or filing taxes because it means I don't need to scan anything.

I've never been impressed with anything using a cell phone though. It's too clunky of an experience. I get that it might be useful for farmer's market and other very small retail situations, but when I'm going into a retail store, a real POS terminal is better.

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