Jason Vissers

Payline Mobile fills a niche in the payments industry that few others have managed to tap into yet. You get a fairly capable mPOS with competitive pricing and one with a high degree of account stability. That’s the real value of Payline Mobile. But is it right for your business?

CardConnect is a merchant services provider and major ISO of First Data (now Fiserv). The company offers a full range of high-quality products and services (including an excellent integrated payments platform). However, lengthy contracts, high termination fees, and inadequate pricing transparency make it a poor choice for most small business owners.

LendingPoint offers loans to consumers who have credit scores in the 600-680 range. It is a useful tool for people without the best credit profiles. It is suitable for startups but because of its narrow focus, the funding might work out for a very small number of entrepreneurs.

PayPal offers a comprehensive suite of services for merchants, from the mobile POS app (the focus of this review) as well as online card processing, business financing, POS partnerships, and much more. Want to use PayPal POS to get paid? PayPal Here is becoming PayPal Zettle — read our updated review for more about features and pricing.

We feel that the total value provided by Stax’s platform — including credit card terminal sales, centralized invoicing, data analytics, inventory management, and other features — makes the service worthwhile, especially combined with the stability of a full-service merchant account.

TradeGecko is a cloud-based inventory SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) application for small- to medium-sized businesses. Now that the TradeGecko inventory management platform is part of the extensive Intuit family as QuickBooks Commerce, it has a lot going for it. But is it the right software for you?

For such a large, traditional processor, Elavon offers a few advantages. The company deserves credit for eliminating its early termination fees and disclosing its flat-rate pricing plans. At the same time, it loses a few points for not disclosing the availability of interchange-plus pricing and for inconsistent customer service and support.

With PayJunction’s unique suite of products and services, merchants can organize their sales data, eliminate paper-based inefficiencies, reduce risk, broaden customer payment options, and eliminate the need for a traditional credit card terminal. All this can save you time, boost your profits, and streamline your business practices.

With no monthly minimum fees, no binding contracts or cancellation fees, and a growing number of feature options, it’s clear that iZettle is worth a generous amount of consideration for mobile processing. While iZettle now serves a dozen countries, including Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, and Germany, we focus on the company’s UK services for this review.

QuickBooks GoPayment (formerly Intuit GoPayment) enables taking payments on the go, and for most merchants, the draw of GoPayment is probably that it syncs with QuickBooks Online. The seamless QuickBooks integration makes it easy for you to keep track of your funds and expenses on the go.