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Payment Device Deployment at Scale: Planning a Multi-Site POS Rollout
Agreeing to deploy new payment technology across a multi-site operation is the easy part. The hard part — the part that determines whether the project lands on time, on budget, and without disrupting store operations — is everything that happens between the purchase...
The Evolution of Payment Devices: What Multi-Site Operators Need to Know
The payment terminal sitting on your counter today bears little resemblance to the one that occupied the same space a decade ago. For single-location businesses, this evolution has been relatively straightforward — retire the old device, plug in the new one, move on....
The Hidden Cost of Managing POS Terminals Across 500+ Locations
Most multi-site retail and QSR operators can tell you what they pay for payment devices. Fewer can tell you what they spend managing them. The purchase price of a POS terminal is the visible cost. The invisible cost — the one that quietly compounds across hundreds of...
What is Payment Key Injection and Why Does it Matter?
Every time a customer taps, dips, or swipes a payment card at a retail location or restaurant, that transaction depends on encryption keys loaded into the device long before it reaches the counter. The process of securely loading those keys is called key injection —...
PCI Leapfrog: Should You Jump to v7 or Use v6 as a Stepping Stone?
PCI Leapfrog: Should You Jump to v7 or Use v6 as a Stepping Stone? By Sami Alakkam | Vice President, NewBold Technologies With the PCI v5 sunset deadline now less than 15 months away (April 2027, extended from the original Aprill 2026 date), retailers and restaurant...
Which Key Injection Strategy Is Right for Your Retail or Restaurant Operation?
LKI, EKI, or RKI: Which Key Injection Strategy Is Right for Your Retail or Restaurant Operation? By Sami Alakkam NewBold Technologies When a register goes down at 2 PM on a Saturday, the cost isn't just the repair—it's every transaction you miss while customers walk...
Technology at the Speed of Guests: Why QSR & Retail Need a New Approach to IT Managed Services
Technology at the Speed of Guests: Why QSR & Retail Need a New Approach to IT Managed Services By Johan Claassen CEO NewBold Technologies The challenge today - the quick-service restaurant (QSR) and retail industries are moving faster than ever. Customers...
Payment Device Pricing Update: What You Need to Know
Payment Device Pricing Update: What You Need to Know By Johan Claassen, CEO — NewBold Technologies Major payment device manufacturers are implementing price adjustments due to the global memory chip shortage. Here's what's happening, what it means for your operations,...