India’s point-of-sale terminal supply is running thin as disruptions linked to the West Asia conflict squeeze imports. In ETtech’s Morning Dispatch, the shortage is described as a sudden shift affecting availability and delivery timelines, raising concerns for merchants and payments infrastructure reliant on timely hardware replenishment. Skyroot’s CEO and other tech developments are also in focus.
India’s digital payments ecosystem is feeling a pinch as a shortage of new point-of-sale terminals worsens. Disruptions to imports from China and the ongoing West Asia crisis have pushed PoS device prices up by roughly 15 to 20 percent. Payment firms are responding by extending terminal lifecycles and making tighter use of existing assets.
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