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Ingenico changes hands. The European Commission has approved its takeover by Allianz
The European Commission has approved the takeover of sole control of the French group Ingenico by Germany's Allianz SE. It is one of the world's largest manufacturers of payment terminals - devices that are on the shelves of thousands of Czech shops. You can find Ingenico terminals...
You cannot log in to MY eet without a second factor. This happens every time you log in.
The free MOJE eet application will require two-factor authentication every time you log in. The Financial Administration has clarified how entrepreneurs will log in to MOJE eet — a free application that the state is preparing for small entrepreneurs to record sales from January 2027....
iPhone as a terminal: Apple adds Tap to Share, but Europe is waiting again
Apple is expanding NFC on the iPhone, but it won't be new in the EU. In iOS 27, Apple is expanding NFC technology with the Tap to Share feature, which is intended to facilitate communication between a merchant and a customer. The new feature builds on the Tap to Pay service on the iPhone and will allow you to transfer selected information to just...
The Financial Administration has published documentation for cash register developers
The Financial Administration published technical documentation for EET 2.0 and for the first time showed a specific launch schedule — live operation is scheduled to begin at the beginning of 2027. After Wednesday's first reading in the Chamber of Deputies, the second, much more specific step came. Financial Administration June 5, 2026...
Czechs shop online more often, not more expensively. And half of them will go elsewhere due to a bad payment
The growth in spending in Czech e-shops is not due to inflation, but frequency: 55 % people shop online more often than last year, a survey for PayU shows. Despite the turbulent economic development, Czechs are not reducing their consumption. According to a representative survey for PayU, they assess...
The collapse of the cash register supplier EET deprived entrepreneurs of service. What to do if your provider disappears from the market
The collapse of EET cash register suppliers has exposed a weakness that entrepreneurs have underestimated for years. On May 26, 2026, Czech Television broadcast a report about how the collapse of one of the EET cash register suppliers had led some Czech entrepreneurs into trouble — without functional cash register software, without...
Payment terminals are changing Czech tipping: when does a gesture of gratitude become psychological pressure?
Czech tipping is undergoing a quiet revolution. When a guest is handed a paper bill after lunch, he or she decides for themselves whether to add ten, twenty, or fifty crowns. Today, the waiter or waitress hands them a payment terminal with three preset buttons — typically 5 %, 10 %, and 15 % — and the guest must enter one of...
Allegro promises easy expansion abroad for Czech e-shops. Will it help you too?
Some Czech e-shops already serve so many foreign orders through Allegro.cz that they account for up to half of their turnover. This is according to fresh material published by Allegro in Deník N, which completes the picture of how quickly the Polish marketplace is establishing itself in...
Twisto expands its partner network: deferred payments are heading to premium fashion and cosmetics
Fintech Twisto has expanded its network of partner e-shops in recent weeks, and its deferred payments are now appearing in segments where BNPL (buy now, pay later) was not available until recently. According to MediaGuru, the new partners include e-shops Vermont.cz, Gant.cz, Muziker.cz, Gutta.cz,...
Biometric fingerprint cards: the end of keyboard shielding abroad, not yet in the Czech Republic
The payment card with a fingerprint sensor directly on the plastic has been operating in four countries for several years. Jordan Kuwait Bank was the first to commercially issue it on December 8, 2021 in the Mastercard World Elite version, Poland's Bank Pocztowy launched it in the same month, Turkey's Garanti BBVA in...