Event Review | Telpo at NRF Europe 2026: Smart Retail, Infinite Potential

From September 15 to 17, 2026, Telpo joined retail leaders, technology innovators, and industry professionals at NRF 2026: Retail’s Big Show Europe in Paris, France. Under the theme “Smart Retail, Infinite Potential: Telpo Defines the Next Now,” Telpo presented a comprehensive portfolio of smart retail technology designed to help businesses respond to changing payment habits, evolving customer expectations, and increasingly connected retail environments. From secure payment terminals and Smart POS devices to intelligent cash registers and next generation self service kiosks, Telpo demonstrated how connected smart hardware can support more efficient, secure, and flexible retail experiences across banking, retail, hospitality, and other commercial scenarios.

Connecting Smart Retail with “The Next Now”

As retail moves rapidly toward digitalization, businesses increasingly need hardware that can support more than a single checkout function. Payment acceptance, customer interaction, inventory operations, fiscal management, self service, and business applications are becoming part of a connected retail ecosystem.

At NRF Europe 2026, Telpo brought this vision to life through a diversified portfolio of smart terminals. The showcase demonstrated how different types of hardware can support different stages of the customer journey and address practical operational challenges, including payment security, checkout efficiency, staff mobility, limited counter space, and growing demand for self service.

This approach closely reflects the exhibition’s “The Next Now” vision by turning future focused retail concepts into technologies that businesses can deploy in real commercial environments today.

Secure Payment Terminals Built for Modern Transactions

Telpo P9: Secure Payment for Banking and Retail

Security and payment flexibility were key highlights at the Telpo booth. The Telpo P9 payment terminal is designed for industries where payment security, reliability, and flexible deployment are essential.

With a modern design and expandable configurations, the P9 supports multiple payment methods and identity options, helping businesses serve customers across different transaction scenarios.

• Magnetic card
• Smart card
• NFC contactless payment
• QR code payment
• E wallet
• Fingerprint authentication

Optional functions such as fingerprint authentication and a customer facing display further extend the P9 into banking, KYC, regulated services, and professional retail environments. Supported by major financial industry certifications, the P9 combines secure transaction processing with the flexibility required by modern merchants and financial institutions.

P9 PDA: Taking Business Beyond the Checkout Counter

Telpo also showcased the P9 PDA, a smart mobile terminal designed for businesses that require greater mobility. Its handheld form factor makes it suitable for retail floor operations, mobile checkout, inventory management, restaurants, logistics, and field services. Employees can complete business tasks closer to customers instead of relying entirely on fixed checkout counters. Together, the P9 and P9 PDA demonstrate how a secure payment terminal can evolve into a more versatile business endpoint.

Smart POS Terminals Bring Payments Closer to Every Scenario

Another major focus of the showcase was Telpo’s Smart POS portfolio, including the M1, M8, and M10. These devices respond to the growing need for convenient payment acceptance, flexible deployment, and integration with commercial software.

Telpo M1: Mobile POS for Flexible Retail Operations

Designed for mobile commercial environments, the Telpo M1 combines NFC capability, QR code scanning, and an integrated fast printer in a portable form factor. For restaurants, pop up stores, retail events, queue busting applications, and mobile service teams, the M1 helps employees process transactions and business operations wherever customers are located. Its compatibility with SoftPOS payment solutions further expands payment flexibility and supports convenient contactless experiences.

Telpo M8 and M10: Smart POS for Cashier and Fiscal Applications

For fixed retail environments, the award winning Telpo M8 and M10 provide integrated solutions for cashier operations, fiscal control, and contactless payment. The compact M8 combines a dual screen interface with an integrated printer and NFC capabilities, making it suitable for stores where space and operational efficiency are equally important. The M10 provides a larger dual screen experience and a high speed 80mm printer, making it suitable for higher volume retail and service environments.

Both devices support NFC and are compatible with SoftPOS applications, helping merchants create more convenient contactless payment experiences while integrating payment, cashier, and fiscal functions into a unified smart terminal. For European deployments, this combination of intelligent hardware, fiscal capabilities, and flexible payment technologies gives solution providers and retailers greater freedom to build localized retail solutions.

Smarter Checkout with Telpo C9 and C12

As physical stores continue to evolve, the checkout counter remains an important point of interaction between customers and businesses. At NRF Europe 2026, Telpo showcased the C9 and C12 cash register solutions to demonstrate how modern POS hardware can improve both operational efficiency and customer experience.

Telpo C9: A Flexible Hub for Modern Retail

The Telpo C9 combines a modern touchscreen design with a modular architecture suitable for various retail and hospitality environments. Its flexible configuration allows businesses to adapt the terminal to different checkout requirements, while NFC and SoftPOS capabilities help expand payment options. For retailers, restaurants, boutiques, and service businesses, the C9 can serve as a central smart POS terminal connecting checkout operations with digital business applications.

Telpo C12: Compact Design, Full Business Capability

For businesses with limited counter space, the Telpo C12 provides a compact POS solution without sacrificing essential connectivity and processing capabilities. Its smaller footprint makes it suitable for convenience stores, cafés, restaurants, bars, and compact retail counters, while multiple peripheral interfaces allow businesses to connect printers, scanners, cash drawers, and other commercial devices. By offering POS terminals in different sizes and configurations, Telpo enables businesses to select hardware according to their actual operating environment.

Expanding the Customer Journey with the New Telpo K2 Self Service Kiosk

Self service is becoming an increasingly important part of modern retail, especially for businesses looking to reduce waiting times, improve service efficiency, and provide customers with a more convenient digital experience. At NRF Europe 2026, Telpo showcased the new K2 self service kiosk, designed for applications such as self ordering, self checkout, payment, information services, and other customer facing scenarios.

Powered by Android 14 and an octa core 2.2GHz processor, the K2 is equipped with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM to support smooth and reliable commercial applications. Its 15.6 inch main display and 15.6 inch customer display, both with 1080 × 1920 resolution, provide a clear dual screen experience for users and operators.

For transaction and service scenarios, the K2 integrates an 80mm thermal printer with automatic cutter, delivering printing speeds of 150 to 200mm/s. It also supports a contactless card reader and ID or 2D barcode scanner, helping businesses accommodate different payment, identification, and scanning requirements.

One Smart Terminal Ecosystem, Multiple Business Possibilities

The Telpo showcase at NRF Europe demonstrated a broader industry shift: retail hardware is becoming increasingly connected, flexible, and scenario driven. Different businesses face different operational challenges, and a single device type cannot address every requirement.

• Banks and financial institutions require secure payment terminals and reliable identity verification.
• Retail stores need flexible checkout hardware, contactless payment, and mobile operations.
• Restaurants and hospitality businesses need faster ordering, payment, and service workflows.
• High traffic locations increasingly rely on self service kiosks to reduce waiting times and improve service capacity.

Telpo addresses these requirements through a diversified smart terminal portfolio covering secure payment, Smart POS, cash registers, self service kiosks, ticket validators, biometric identity terminals, and other intelligent commercial devices. This ability to connect hardware with real world application scenarios is central to Telpo’s vision for smart retail.

Smart Retail, Infinite Potential

Throughout the three day event in Paris, Telpo welcomed visitors, partners, and industry professionals to experience its latest smart terminal solutions firsthand. Strong interest in secure payments, SoftPOS, intelligent checkout, mobile POS, and self service solutions reflected a shared industry priority: businesses want technology that can deliver practical improvements today while remaining flexible enough for tomorrow’s retail environment.

With “Smart Retail, Infinite Potential: Telpo Defines the Next Now,” Telpo continues to explore how innovative smart hardware can help businesses improve efficiency, strengthen payment security, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new possibilities across different industries.

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