Campus payment solutions for retail shops
Streamline every payment at retail shops across campus with Genius™, our all-in-one POS system for colleges and universities.
Unify your university retail shop POS
Bring all of your on-campus transactions and payment data into a single dashboard. From buying textbooks to grabbing a snack at the food trucks, our retail shop point of sale systems for universities make campuswide payments safe, efficient and convenient.
Rely on compliant solutions
Regulations often change, so you need a point of sale for higher education that helps every campus retail shop keep the pace. Rest easy — Genius helps you stay secure and compliant at every touchpoint from student clubs to departments.
Get more time back in your day
Manage all of your Merchant Identification Numbers (MIDs), batches and bank accounts from a centralized POS system. Using our campus retail shop POS system for reconciliation also means fewer chances for errors and less time spent doing busy work.
Create new revenue streams
When setup is this seamless, everyone can take in-person payments. Genius makes it easy to get departments, clubs and merchants up and running with a cloud-based, university POS system for retail shops that features:
- Discounts and surcharges: Add a small credit card fee or offer discounts for cash.
- Inventory: Manage your product, set up low stock alerts and automate reporting.
- Invoicing: Create, send and track invoices easily.
- Online ordering: Get set up on the web in minutes.
- Receipts: Auto-send email and text receipts.
- Reports: Build information from sales trends, customer behavior and product performance.
- Virtual terminal: Take card payments from any computer or mobile device.
How universities can use Genius
Our point of sale for higher education retail shops works anywhere you need to accept payments:
- Bookstores: Access discounts, reporting and real-time inventory tracking on textbooks, course materials and college merch.
- Parking: Centralize payments across permits, hourly parking and fines with fully-compliant POS devices.
- Fundraising: Make support easy with in-person payments for bake sales, t-shirts and auctions.
Resources
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