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It’s a busy time in the point-of-sale arena as three vendors—GrabScanGo, Square, and Verifone—note new products, customers, and features.
GrabScanGo, the product name for GSG AveriGo LLC, says it has made its self-checkout platform a plug-and-play installation. Cerritos, Calif.-based GrabScanGo says the self-checkout platform, already in use in hotel brands such as Embassy Suites and Hyatt Place, now requires no provisioning to install, move, or operate.
Incorporating technology from Elo Touch Solutions Inc. and MagTek Inc., the new version of the platform sidesteps the need to register each terminal, configure merchant IDs, or map hardware to specific locations, GrabScanGo says. These tasks often require assistance from technical support.
Instead, the self-install version has terminals that autoconfigure based on location. Terminals can be added or moved across locations in minutes, GrabScanGo says. The platform also has iOS and Android apps that users can set up with a login. It also offers a wallet and the ability to view purchase history. The setup offers an option to use an iOS App Clip that does not require a log in. App Clips are a small part of an app that allows a user to quickly perform a task, such as payments, without downloading or installing the full app and without creating an account. GrabScanGo and MagTek launched that capability in 2024. The Android Instant App with similar capabilities is expected to launch in the second half of 2025.
Operators also can set up inventory, pricing, and analytics via a cloud-based portal.
In related POS news, Square, a unit of Block Inc., says the Uncle Sharkii Poke Bar chain will use its POS system as it expands via franchises across the United States.
The restaurant chain will use Square for franchises and adopt Square Register and Square Kiosk, and will employ Square Loyalty to foster customer allegiance.
Uncle Sharkii says it needs scalable technology that is easy to use. The adoption of Square’s services, it says, fills in gaps that its previous setup had.
POS device maker Verifone Inc. says it is working the PagBrasil, a digital-payments company based in Brazil, to enable acceptance of Pix, the Brazilian real-time payments service, for Brazilian visitors to the United States. Pix, according to a report from Banco Central do Brasil, overtook cash as a favored payment method in Brazil in 2024, and is used by 74.6% of the population.
PagBrasil is supplying International Pix, which enables Brazilian consumers to make Pix payments in the United States with real-time currency conversion. Verifone says it has the sole U.S. rights to International Pix. Activating Pix acceptance happens within the Verifone portal with no upgrade to existing systems.
Verifone says International Pix transactions are processed at a rate of approximately 2%, with no other fees.
