Ingenico 收购 SoftPOS 供应商 Phos

Phos 成立于 2018 年，使商家能够通过在 Android 手机上刷卡直接进行付款，而无需单独的读卡器。

对于 Ingenico 而言，此次收购符合向传统硬件驱动的 EftPOS 市场提供基于软件的数字支付服务的战略转变。

SoftPOS 空间被视为一个充满活力且不断增长的市场，具有多种应用程序，适用于大型零售商、小型商户和“个体企业家”的通道内支付。 SoftPoS 终端的安装基数预计将从 3.1 年的全球 2022 万增长到 12 年的近 2027 万。

Brad Hyett, CEO of Phos, says: "We see strong customer demand and significant double-digit growth in the SoftPoS addressable market worldwide and are convinced that Ingenico will help us capture more of that market and explore new use cases with clients globally. We look forward to accelerating the business together with the Ingenico teams over the coming months."

Ingenico 打算将 Phos 嵌入到其与设备无关的支付平台即服务 (PPaaS) 中，为收单机构、支付服务提供商和独立软件供应商提供服务。

Giulio Montemagno, general manager of PPaaS for Ingenico, says: "Our clients and partners around the world have clearly identified SoftPoS as one of the biggest opportunities they see right now. They consider SoftPoS a strategic option to engage with new customer segments and develop and test innovative use cases at scale, with minimum incremental investments in technology and distribution."