Partner Tech Self-Checkout Earns Verifone Commander Certification

Partner Tech's artificial intelligence-powered self-checkout platform has earned certification for integration with Verifone Commander, allowing fuel and convenience retailers to add checkout lanes without replacing their existing payment, fueling, loyalty or store management systems, according to a press release. The certification opens a potential market of more than 55,000 sites across North America, according to the company. Partner Tech's Alfred, Starling and Paula terminals run its Otter software, which combines barcode scanning, computer vision and transaction monitoring. Features include automatic item recognition, theft detection, security scales and age verification support, and an attendant station allows employees to monitor lanes and assist customers. The integration supports fuel prepayments and age-restricted purchases while keeping site operations centralized through Commander. For unattended retail operators, the certification signals how checkout-free and self-checkout concepts built for convenience retail are converging with vending-style payments infrastructure. The certified system is available immediately in North America and will be demonstrated at booth 6179 during the NACS Show, Oct. 7-9. Source: Vending Times — https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/partner-tech-self-checkout-earns-verifone-commander-certification/