# POS Solution Boxes Visa's Tap to Phone Turns Phones Into POS Devices By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2021-06-18 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/visa-tap-to-phone References: [nfcw](https://www.nfcw.com/whats-new-in-payments/visa-brings-tap-to-phone-payments-to-the-us/) & [partner.visa](https://partner.visa.com/site/programs/visa-ready/tap-to-phone.html) [Visa](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apple-tap-to-pay) unveiled its Tap to Phone solution in January 2020 and the commerce in a box initiative is now helping to support small businesses in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami. As Visa describes, the "Tap to Phone technology turns sellers’ Android-based phones into point-of-sale acceptance devices, providing an on-ramp to the digital economy with the ease of downloading an app." The commerce in a box initiative provides offers, discounts and bundles to help small businesses run and protect their businesses in new ways. In partnership with the minority-owned, mobile smartphone technology and solution provider ZmBEZI, the pilot program will be equipping 50 black-owned SMBs in Washington DC with ZmBIZI’s Z1 devices with Tap to Phone. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.8/10 - Popularity: 69% | Activity: 66% | Freshness: 10% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [Retail](https://www.trendhunter.com/retail) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Mobile POS Devices:** The Tap to Phone technology turns Android-based phones into point-of-sale acceptance devices, offering wider access to digital payments. - **Small Business Support:** The commerce in a box initiative provides offers, discounts, and bundles to help small businesses run and protect their businesses in new ways. - **Innovative Payment Solutions:** Developing Tap to Phone payment solutions that can turn any phone into a payment device could disrupt the traditional payment system. ### Where This Applies - **Mobile Technology:** Mobile tech companies could benefit from developing software and hardware that enable Tap to Phone payment solutions. - **Financial Services:** With Tap to Phone, financial service providers could enhance their existing products and services and extend their reach to more consumers. - **Retail:** Retailers stand to benefit from Tap to Phone solutions. With the ease of downloading an app, retailers can deploy a POS system without having to purchase or lease costly equipment. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Tap-to-Pay Smartphone Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/apple-tap-to-pay.md) - [Contactless Payment Accepting Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tap-to-pay.md) - [Contactless Mobile Payments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/intesa-sanpaolo.md) - [Virtual Tap N' Pay Cards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tabby.md) - [Convenient Portable POS Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/square-handheld.md) - [Payment Terminal-Enabled Mobile Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mobile-payment-terminal.md) - [Contactless Merchant Payments](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paypal-2.md) - [Small Business Point-of-Sale Terminals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/small-business-pointofsale-terminal.md) - [Accessibility-Focused POS Systems](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/payment-terminal-solutions.md)