How SoftPOS Is Making Cashless Acceptance Work for Small Merchants Across Southeast Asia

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Six in ten consumers in Southeast Asia now prefer cashless payments, yet many small merchants still sit outside the digital economy because they’re held back by hardware costs, complex onboarding, and transaction fees. In a feature published with Tech in Asia, our CEO breaks down how SoftPOS technology is tackling those barriers head on. 

The piece covers how Soft Space is working with device manufacturers, banks, and telcos to bring sub-US$100 SoftPOS devices to market, cutting merchant setup from weeks to as little as 15 minutes, and building the infrastructure for software-based payment acceptance that can scale across Southeast Asia and beyond. 

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