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About Datacap

What We Do

Datacap develops hardware and processor-agnostic payment solutions for any Point of Sale regardless of industry vertical or operating system. Our industry-standard solutions are utilized by hundreds of Point of Sale developers in North America in an array of vertical markets.

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Our Story

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1983
Datacap Founded in 1983
Datacap becomes the first to provide cash registers with integrated payments and data capture/movement capability, sold through a network of retail systems developers and their dealers.
1983
1984
Release of DC2000™ Electronic cash and credit register
Datacap releases the DC2000, a fully integrated electronic cash register (ECR) that handles cash, credit, and check transactions. The DC2030 (pictured above) could also obtain authorizations, settle batches and provide reports on the day's activities.
1984
DC4900
1986
Release of DC4000™
Datacap releases the DC4000, a full transaction capture POS terminal that gave big data capabilities to small merchants at a fraction of the cost of the traditional products – could do store-and-forward or real time communications with a local PC.
1986
DC6000
1990
Release of DC6000™
Datacap releases the DC6000, early entry in the PC-based POS market, with Datacap’s software delivering touch screen object oriented software applications in a DOS environment, followed with Windows support.
1990
1991
Tran™ Product Line Release
Datacap releases the DataTran™, making integrated payments available to any type of ECR or POS system and is responsible for driving Datacap away from a verticalized POS terminal company to a horizontal integrated payments provider.
1991
1994
Release of PayMate 1000™
The PayMate1000 is released, a very small footprint integrated ECR intended for sale to small merchants through the banking channel, opening markets and educating banking channels on the value of integrated payments.
1994
1997
IPTran Released
Datacap releases the IPTran which gives high speed internet-based payments capability to embedded systems such as ECRs and unattended kiosks.
1997
1999
First NETePay™ Release
Datacap releases NETePay, the first industry-standard entry into the market that used high speed internet connectivity for payments. Current iterations of NETePay continue to be a standard in the payments industry today.
1999
1991 - Present
Tran™ Product Evolution
Datacap's Tran line continues to evolve with over 7 generations of Tran product lines from initial release to today. Newer generations of Tran feature plastic casework, compact design and backwards/forward compatibility for new payments features.
1991 - Present
2001
NETePay Multi-Merchant Server
Datacap releases "multi-merchant server" versions of NETePay, hosted directly by select payment processing partners with a VAR channel focus as an early entry in the cloud-based payments market.
2001
SaaS
2005
Rental Options for VARs and Acquirers
Datacap introduces product rental programs for hardware and software platforms to give both acquirers and resellers the ability to offer SaaS business models to their merchants without any upfront costs. Our SaaS-based sales models remain popular today.
2005
2006
PSCS™
Datacap introduces cloud-based tools, Product System Configuration Server (PSCS), for activating, managing and deactivating its products made deployment easy for resellers and acquirers with various levels of skill.
2006
Verifone VX 820
2010
EMV in Canada
Datacap pioneers EMV technology with major payment processors in Canada, positioning Datacap for a payments industry shift that would affect the US a few years later.
2010
2015
EMV in the USA
The payments industry in the USA implements EMV cards on October 15th, 2015. Datacap hits the ground running with pre-certified solutions and continues to be a leader in EMV certifications and device support going forward.
2015
2015
TranCloud™ released for mobile and browser-based POS
Datacap releases TranCloud™ payments hub for mobile and browser-based POS. TranCloud works with any OS and connects to wired and wireless PIN pads over Ethernet connection. TranCloud remains a popular product today.
2015
NETePay Hosted
2019
Datacap launches NETePay Hosted™
Datacap launches next generation payments platform, NETePay Hosted. NETePay Hosted extends the capabilities of the Datacap product family allowing partners to easily offer evolving payment methods and functionalities.
2019
2021
Datacap releases DC Direct™
Datacap releases DC Direct, a direct to PIN pad integration that eliminates the need for local Datacap hardware/software. Configurable in stand-alone or semi-integrated mode, DC Direct is the ideal solution for direct-selling ISVs and VARs looking for a true out-of-the-box payment solution.
2021

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