Traditional MPOS

Accept payments using a dedicated mobile hardware or dongle accessory

Benefit from our simple, low-cost acceptance solutions that use mobile devices to drive best-in-class consumer experiences.

Target Audience

  • Acquirers
  • Fintechs
  • Merchants

Related APIs

Traditional Mobile POS uses card reader accessories that attach to the audio port, USB port, proprietary connector or via Bluetooth on mobile devices. These accessories offer magnetic stripe, EMV chip card and/or contactless acceptance and are sometimes referred to as “dongles.” Other accessories referred to as “sleeves” generally wrap around or encase the mobile device and may be capable of performing magnetic stripe, EMV chip and NFC-contactless transactions with PIN verification.


Components that can be outsourced to Engage partners

Here's the value chain of a merchant environment with Traditional MPOS solutions supplied by qualified Mastercard Engage partners.

Related solutions

Acceptance Experience: Mastercard Sonic Branding

Traditional MPOS

Traditional MPOS accept payments using a dedicated mobile hardware or dongle accessory. <br> Acquirers can select traditional MPOS solutions from a Mastercard® Engage–qualified partner.

Mastercard Sonic for MPOS

Sonic at Checkout provides stronger assurance to cardholder around safety, trust, and acceptance. Acquirers can select Mastercard Engage-qualified partners that offer Sonic at Checkout for MPOS and ToP devices.