Powering the Point-of-Sale

How Hardware and Software Trends Impact the Payments Ecosystem

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In the third of five reports in our “Payments Ecosystem 2024” collection, we unpack how the lines between POS hardware and software are disappearing as providers push the innovation envelope.
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Software reigns supreme at the point-of-sale (POS). With that preeminence comes a brisk pace of innovation that is broadening opportunities for POS providers to expand their offerings—even as hardware increasingly becomes a means to deliver software.

Key Question: How are payment providers affected by factors driving change at the POS?

Key Stat: The US installed base of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) terminals will grow at more than five times the rate of in-place hardware from 2023 to 2027, per our forecast. The role of mPOS in completing transactions at the customer's location continues to increase.

authors

David Morris

Contributors

Suzy Davidkhanian
Principal Analyst, Retail & Ecommerce
Tiffani Montez
Principal Analyst, Banking
Amy Rotondo
Director, US Research
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