Executive Outlook: What You Need To Know About Field Payment

By Integrated Solutions magazine

Each day, millions of workers hit the road, taking products and services directly to their customers. Fix it. Deliver it. Install it. From heavy machinery to durable consumer goods, it really doesn't matter what the "it" is. The common thread among these activities is that the business gets done out in the field.

With field operations playing an increasingly vital role in driving the overall competitiveness of business across a wide variety of industries, it stands to reason that these operations have begun to move toward being an independent profit center. And since you can't have profit without the transaction — enter field payment. In today's world, customers want options as to how they pay, and, more often than not, that transaction is going to involve something other than cash.