Mobile payments are projected to grow to $1.7 trillion by 2017, so forward thinking companies and retailers have already started to adapt. Visa has released a set of incentives for merchants to use mobile options, MasterCard has formed a partnership with Google and Google Wallet and PayPal recently struck a deal with 15 retailers, including Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble, Abercrombie & Fitch, Jamba Juice and others, to give consumers the ability to pay with their mobile phones.

There are several mobile payment platforms available, and pcAmerica customers can choose from three applications that work with the company’s POS packages.

Restaurant Pro Express™ and Cash Register Express™ accept payment through Google Wallet, a mobile payment system that stores credit cards, loyalty information and gift cards. Currently, there are more than 300,000 merchant locations that accept Google Wallet, including Bloomingdales, Subway, McDonald’s, The Home Depot and 7-Eleven, among other major retail and restaurant chains.

The software also integrates with Paydiant, a software-only, cloud-based solution that gives restaurants and retail stores the ability to accept mobile payments and offers using their existing POS infrastructure. Paydiant’s mobile payment platform allows banks, retailers and restaurants to incorporate mobile wallet capabilities into their own iPhone® and Android™ applications. A number of retailers in Colorado, Massachusetts, New York and South Carolina have already started using the integrated solution.

pcAmerica’s POS packages also work with ISIS Mobile Wallet, an ultra-secure mobile payment functionality that includes several safeguards against theft or fraud. Users are protected with a remote wallet locking function, a pin-protected wallet and secure element safeguards that protect from counterfeiting cards stored in the wallet. The platform is currently launching in Austin and Salt Lake City, but ISIS ready phones will soon be available through AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.

Don’t get left behind when mobile payments take over. Please call your account manager for more information at 1-800-722-6374.