Kiosk Solutions Aug-Sept 2018 | Page 27

card payments Smarter payments The uptake of new technologies are ultimately driven by consumer adoption, and PIN on Glass is the next step in payment technology By John Blake, Commercial Manager, Hemisphere West Europe Ltd – www.hweurope.com Why do around 50% of small to mid-sized enterprises not take card payments in their business? The answer is often simply the cost of entry for the hardware to support card payment acceptance is too high; a micro- merchant taking a few transactions a week or even a month doesn’t want to purchase a full-blown POS or dedicated payment t