The Wallee Group has launched wallee SoftPOS, the first and currently only ep2-certified SoftPOS solution in Switzerland. The solution, developed in-house at ‘homeofpayments’ in Winterthur, is now available to all integration partners, ISVs and enterprise customers. It combines the flexibility of software-based payment acceptance and true omnichannel capabilities at wallee with the established standards of the Swiss payment infrastructure.

The increasing digitalisation of payment transactions is driving greater dynamism and innovation in payment processing. This is where software-based POS solutions are creating new opportunities. Known as ‘Tap on Phone’, ‘Tap on Mobile’ or ‘Tap to Pay’, they are often positioned as a cost-effective entry-level option for accepting payments directly via a smartphone. The promise: save on the cost of a terminal. In practice, however, they are often used as a stand-alone solution running in parallel – particularly due to the key Swiss payment methods that are not supported by many providers.

With wallee SoftPOS, our new, in-house developed solution, we are taking a different approach: we view SoftPOS as a fully integrated component of a modern payment infrastructure.

Software-based POS solutions for professional use

For us, the true strength of a software-based POS solution lies in the seamless and efficient integration of payment processing into the existing processes of merchants, integrators or till manufacturers. You can completely rethink the customer journey, streamline processes and embed the POS checkout directly into specialised industry solutions.

For example, a mobile product scanner in a supermarket on which payments can be made directly. Or a ticket clerk on a train who issues the ticket on the same device that also accepts payment, or the ordering tablet in a restaurant where payment is made with a single tap.

Wallee SoftPOS now turns suitable NFC-enabled devices into a fully-fledged point of sale with contactless payments – without the need for an additional payment terminal. This opens up new possibilities for efficiently integrating payment processing into existing processes, devices and applications. Ideal for ISVs, POS manufacturers and integrators who know exactly what the perfect customer journey looks like and want to embed payments seamlessly. And, of course, always fully integrated into the entire wallee ecosystem.

Wallee SoftPOS – the first ep2-certified SoftPOS solution available in Switzerland

ep2 has formed the basis of electronic payments in Switzerland for many years. Retailers and integrators rely on ep2-certified products for fundamental, strategic advantages, which now apply equally to our new software-based POS solution. In the SoftPOS sector, this is only available to Swiss retailers via Wallee.

Wallee SoftPOS is the first and currently the only ep2-certified SoftPOS solution on the market.

Among other things, ep2 certification guarantees: With the ep2 certification of wallee SoftPOS, we bring together two worlds: the flexibility of software-based payment acceptance across a wide range of systems and the secure, efficient and regulated capabilities of the established Swiss payment infrastructure.

• Compliance with Swiss regulations for payment service providers
• Native support for key local Swiss payment methods
• High operational stability and reliability in transactions
• Low complexity in integrations and payment processing
• Long-term protection of investment through stable product cycles
• High reliability thanks to independent auditing

SoftPOS seamlessly integrated into your modern payment processing

wallee SoftPOS is, of course, fully integrated into wallee’s modern portfolio and is truly omnichannel. For us, SoftPOS is not a stand-alone solution nor a replacement for traditional terminals, but a sensible addition to payment acceptance within software processes – precisely where it makes the most sense in the customer journey.

The following naturally applies to wallee SoftPOS:

• Seamlessly integrated into the wallee portal
• Fully compatible with other products
• Can be linked to any wallee eTID
• Uses existing configurations via a SoftPOS device
• Can be activated at the click of a button and swapped with traditional wallee terminals
• Works with all major cards (including Mastercard, Visa, American Express, PostFinance Card)
• Works with Swiss payment methods including TWINT, Lunch-Check, Reka, Boncard …

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ep2 certified and ready for your use case. Where can an advanced, software-based POS solution support your till system, platform or processes today? We’re sure you can already think of many use cases.