In years past, mobile merchants whose jobs took them from one location to
another (e.g., salespeople, truck and limousine drivers, delivery services) and
who wanted to accept credit card transactions either had to use a manual credit
card imprinter or wait until they returned to the office to enter the sale. With
mobile products, these merchants are no longer chained to manual imprinters or
to their desks. Instead, mobile merchants now have several portable terminal
options with built-in PIN pads — some with printers — that help finalize the
sale at the point of sale.
