Once primarily known for POS hardware, Ingenico Group greatly increased their eCommerce payment services with the late 2014 acquisition of GlobalCollect, and will now increase their omni-channel service offerings following the acquisition of Think&Go NFC, a French company that owns technology and patents for digital display screens leveraging NFC and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons to support payments, coupons and other commerce and marketing features.
Michel Léger, Ingenico’s EVP of Innovation, said this acquisition will give the company “greater opportunity for expansion in the field of connected objects,” further elaborating that the move will help Ingenico execute their strategic plan through 2020, which looks to “strengthen Ingenico Group’s leadership in omni-channel payment acceptance.”
