Black Friday 2026 In-Store POS Data: Projected Sales & Contactless Trends In-store spending on Black Friday 2022 reached $9 billion through POS systems — down 3% from 2021 due to inflation.… Read More
Square Cash App Now Processes $250 Billion Annually (2026) Square’s Cash App payment volume hits $250 billion/year. Here’s how this affects Square’s POS business.… Read More
Toast Raises Series G: Valued at $5 Billion (2026) Toast’s Series G funding round values the restaurant POS company at $5 billion. What it means for the market.… Read More
Contactless Payments Hit 50% of US In-Store Transactions (2026) For the first time, contactless payments (tap/phone) account for majority of card transactions in America.… Read More
Clover POS Reaches 1 Million Merchants (2026) Fiserv’s Clover brand hits 1 million merchant milestone, becoming the second-largest POS network in US.… Read More
QR Code Ordering Becomes Permanent: 67% of Restaurants (2026) What started as pandemic necessity is becoming permanent. 67% of full-service restaurants now offer QR ordering.… Read More
Square Acquires Afterpay: Expands Into BNPL (2026) Square’s $29B acquisition of Afterpay signals a pivot toward fintech beyond core POS business.… Read More
Toast Files for IPO: Restaurant POS Giant Goes Public (2026) Toast files S-1 for IPO, valuing the company at $3 billion. This is the biggest restaurant tech exit ever.… Read More
Cloud POS Adoption Hits 60% in 2026: What It Means for You COVID-19 permanently shifted POS infrastructure to the cloud. 2020 saw unprecedented demand for remote-enabled POS.… Read More
Digital Payments on Black Friday 2026: What POS Data Shows In-store spending falls 7% YoY but payment technology modernization accelerates.… Read More