Point-Of-Sale (POS) Terminals Market - Global Industry Analysis

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The point of sale (POS) terminal is a combination of hardware and software which allows retail locations to accept card payments without updating cash registers to read cards directly. It is an electronic device that is used to process card payment at any retail location. Installation cost of point of sale terminals depends on the size of the business. Small business merchants may have to pay rent for the terminal along with an additional fee on per transaction.

POS read information of customer’s credit and debit card then check whether sufficient fund is available in the account or not. After that transfer, the fund from customer’s account to seller’s account and then records the transaction and provides a print receipt. POS terminal offers various benefits such as simplification of the accounting process, easy to look up past transactions, the creation of purchase orders, old fashioned faster old-fashioned cash registers, It also helps to cut down on user errors. These different benefits offered by POS terminals are the key drivers of this market growth. Additionally, high adoption of POS terminal in many sectors such as retail, healthcare, warehouse/distribution, government, manufacturing, and others help to drive the point-of-sale terminal market. However, security concern associated with this technology can impact the growth of the market.

The point of sale terminals market is segmented on the basis of product, component, region and application. Product segment includes fixed POS terminal&wireless and mobile POSterminal. Wireless and mobile POS is dominating segment as it helps business to improve operational efficiency and increase revenue through faster order processing, improved order accuracy, increased productivity and more efficient customer checkout.Wireless and mobile POS terminal was followed by fixed POS terminal due to its maximum durability.

On the basis of component segment point of sale terminals market segmented as hardware and software. These are the key components which are used in the point-of-sale (POS) terminal. Due to increasing demand from retail businesses and hospitality the POS software segment is expected to reveal high growth over the forecast period.Application segments of the market include retail, hospitality, healthcare, warehouse, entertainment and others.

Key industry participants in global Point of sale terminals market include Cisco Systems, Inc., MICROS Systems, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company,  Panasonic Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, PAX Technology Limited, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and VeriFone Systems Inc.