Yes, but only if this Android POS is certified under PCI PTS, which is governed by PCI Security Standard Council https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/, backed by all the global payment card organizations. The primary goal of PCI SSC is to protect the Debit/Credit card data.

WizarPOS's Q1 is one of the world first PCI PTS certified Android POS.

Other than using PCI PTS certified Android POS, it is also doable to develop the tap-on-phone payment application to accept NFC contactless bank cards on a regular off-the-shelf Android phone, if this payment application is compliant with PCI CPOC regulation and policy defined by card organizations regarding the transaction amount limitation. Please contact WizarPOS sales to learn more about our tap-on-phone solution.

Yes, PIN-on-glass is secure enough to protect the cardholder's PIN as long as the point-of-sale device is certified under PCI PTS. The fraud liability will be shifted from merchants to card organizations in case there is any security breach.

Yes, all WizarPOS terminals support NFC contactless payments. These devices are certified by Visa payWave, MasterCard payPass, Amex expresspay, Discover D-PAS, and JCB J-Speedy. They also support Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay.

1. Easier application development. As an open platform, Android is a developer-friendly platform. With numerous mature developers, resources, and off-the-shelf components available in the Android community, application development becomes 10 times easier than it was on Linux POS at a much lower cost.
2. Quicker integration. odern application frameworks and API make it super quick to integrate the payment application with other applications, such as inventory management, loyalty program, or restaurant management software. The integration could just take days, instead of months as it was.
3. Independence of device vendors and more. Unlike the conventional proprietary POS devices, investing in the payment applications is independent of what the hardware device was chosen. These intellectual property assets could be saved when a client switches to new devices.
4. More features. A WizarPOS Android POS offers more features than a smartphone does: it enables a much wider range of innovations. For example, the map and GPS function could replace the traditional taxi meter with a piece of software on the POS.

Yes.

Yes.

Please go to the Developer page or contact WizarPOS sales to retrieve our SDK. You would be able to start programming your application in minutes if you have Android's ADK experience.

Leveraging the advanced architecture of Android, applications can talk to each other in a modern way through open APIs, either locally or via a network. Like how one application invokes other applications or web-based services on a smartphone, it is the same on Android POS, not only easy and straightforward in terms of application development, but also smooth from the user experience point of view.

You will be assigned an account as soon as you purchase terminals. With this account, you can configure the application list to be deployed in the Terminal Management System (TMS), as well as options of how you want to schedule downloads. The actual download will start as soon as the devices are connected to the network.

Yes, ISO/ISVs will have full control of the “App Store”. They can configure the application list, the blacklist, and the whitelist for terminals they own or manage. It is also doable for them to organize these terminals into multiple groups or multiple levels of subgroups for which these lists could be customized.

If you don't have your own application development resource, WizarPOS is willing to offer application development services. Please contact our sales team. WizarPOS payment expert team is delivering high-quality solutions to our clients worldwide quickly and professionally every week.

A retail POS is an ECR computer equipped with a touch screen, scanner, cash drawer, and a customer display. This computer typically comes with Windows OS and software to manage the inventory, pricing, sales, and probably the customer data in stores. If the store needs to accept bank cards, a payment device will be deployed as well.

The essential workflow of a retail POS system is similar to a multi-lane supermarket or a mom-and-pop shop in the street. The computer scans merchandise barcodes, sums up prices based on the setting in the retail POS software, prints and shows the total amount of payments, then a cashier takes cash or accepts a bank card. A payment device is engaged in this case.

Depending on the magnitude of buying power a merchant has, its POS software or SI vendor might integrate the ECR computer with the payment device so that the transaction amount could be sent through a cable automatically, rather than manually input by the shopkeeper.

1. Save counter space. Compared with clunky traditional ECR computers, Android POS is highly integrated and slim. Hence, it helps keep the counter tidy.
2. Intuitive user interface and over-the-air setup & troubleshooting dramatically reduce the burden of training and maintenance.
3. Wireless connectivity, by their nature, supports cloud-based POS software-as-a-service.
4. One single platform for both payment acceptance and POS software, so the user experiences of both clerks and customers are integrated and smooth.
5. One single platform for both countertop and mobile devices, for instance, the same software can run on both WizarPOS D3 and q2. It brings flexibility, for example, the line-busting at busy hours could be easily handled with a few extra handheld Android POS.
6. More affordable, thanks to the advanced supply chain of the Android ecosystem. The Android POS is much more cost-effective than the traditional hardware.

Overall, the total cost of owning and running a retail Android POS system could be trivial while it opens up various innovative solutions, which makes lives much easier for merchants, no matter whether they are supermarkets, big chains, or just a small mom-and-pop shop.

A restaurant POS is an ECR computer equipped with a touch screen, cash drawer, printer at the counter, and the kitchen. This computer typically comes with Windows OS and software to manage the reservations, menus, tables, orders, and bills. In most cases, the restaurant will deploy a few handheld payment devices as well, for waiters to collect payments at the table.

Usually, servers need to walk back and forth between tables and the cash register counter several times: take the order at the table, open the table and key in the order into the POS software at the counter, fetch the receipt when the customer asks for the bill, get the payment device from the counter to take payments at the table, and finally close the table in the POS software.

In a restaurant, Android POS technology could be applied to both the ECR at the counter and the payment devices.

The countertop ECR could be replaced by Android tablets such as WizarPOS D3, which is much more affordable, has built-in wireless connectivity to eliminate the mess of cords, supports better touch panel experience and more intuitive user interface as what a tablet/smartphone offers, and is more stylish and slimmer than the clunky traditional ECR.

The payment device could be replaced by Android POS such as Q1/Q2/Q3. Unlike the conventional POS to only perform payments, an Android terminal is an open platform connected to the network all the time, with the basic payment app and a simple customized application on it to talk to the restaurant software, a server can manage all workflow on one device, at the table.

Furthermore, thanks to the excellent wireless connectivity, Android POS, by its nature, supports cloud-based POS software-as-a-service, so a restaurant owner does not need to purchase or maintain expensive in-house ECR hardware. It is also much easier and faster to add new features or value-added applications, such as the loyalty program, to the POS system.