get in touch

POS Application Development: Faster Transactions and Larger Restaurant Crowds

POS Application

POS Application Development: Faster Transactions and Larger Restaurant Crowds

Our team equipped a restaurant chain with a custom POS application for fast transactions, 15% more patrons, and new NFC payments using Android, Discovery, HoReCa, and Java.

#HoReCa #Java

#Android #NFC

#mPOS #MobileDevelopment

Client*

A restaurant chain in Europe with an intent to scale their hospitality business.
*We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

Project in numbers

duration
9 months
team
5 specialists

The team involved in the project

industry
HoReCa
solution
POS Application
technologies
Kotlin, RxJava, Retrofit, Cicerone, Moxy, Custom Views, Toothpick

1 x Project Manager

1 x Business analyst

1 x Android Developer

1 x UX/UI Designer

1 x QA Engineer

hire the team

Challenge

We aimed to modernize POS systems for client’s authentic restaurants to boost competitiveness and customer experience.

Related objectives

Upgrade POS Systems
Enhance Service Quality
Maximize Restaurant Popularity

Solution & functionality

We proposed upgrading to Android POS with NFC mobile payments for faster transactions and error reduction.

mPOS terminals for NFC mobile payments solution

Timspark developed a mobile pay-at-the-table app integrated with the PAX A920 terminal, featuring NFC technology for instant transactions. NFC enables easy payment through card tapping or smartphone wallet apps, offering customers contactless checkouts right at their table. PAX 920 supports various payment methods, including QR code scanning, mobile wallets, Chip & PIN, and Swipe.

Safe payments

The cards are swiped at the terminal, which processes and transmits data via a secure protocol. Transaction details are stored in both the bank’s and restaurant owner’s databases for easy tracking. The Android POS application sends payment data to servers, notifies the cardholder of successful transactions, and prints receipts.

User-friendly interface and future-ready integration

Android frameworks and tools were utilized to create colorful, user-friendly layouts, distinguishing them from Linux’s monochrome interfaces. Custom API ensures seamless integration of new features and extensions, accommodating future plans for ordering and inventory tracking modes in the Android POS application.

Results and business value

We leveraged mobile technologies to speed up payments, boost table turnover, and optimize staff productivity in restaurants. This user-friendly innovation has not only improved daily operations but has drawn in a fresh wave of patrons.

Efficiency through tech integration

The mobile technology is integrated with PAX A920 terminals, resulting in lower risk of fraud, fewer chargebacks, and more creative tasks for employees.

Elevated customer experience

Transactions sped up fivefold, while attendance surged by 15% with user-friendly upgrades.

Business growth

Improved operational efficiency translated into increased revenue and paved the way for expansion opportunities in our client’s restaurant business.

Benefits for client

The new mobile way of doing things made the client’s day-to-day operations smoother, transactions quicker, and customers happier. Plus, they’ve seen more people dining in their restaurants, which set them up nicely for growth in the competitive restaurant business

Related cases

see all case studies

We appreciate your interest in Timspark

    Holistic DevOps solution for banking software lifecycle

    DevOps environment

    Holistic DevOps Solution for Banking Software Lifecycle

    Our team built a DevOps toolkit for transparent development processes in the banking domain.

    #Banking

    #Fintech

    #Cloud

    Client*

    Bank with various departments and an extensive range of 80+ digital offerings (exclusive software, CRM platforms, ERP systems, web gateways, and mobile applications).

    *We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

    Project in numbers

    duration

    September 2019 – Ongoing

    team

    12 specialists

    Team involved in the project

    industry

    Banking, Fintech

    solution

    Streamlined management of digital solutions under the DevOps toolkit

    technologies

    Jira, Microsoft Teams, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Load Runner, Selenium, JUnit, TEST IT, SonarQube, Anchore, Black Duck, Fortify, Ansible, Packer, Nexus Repository Pro, Zabbix, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Loki, Kubernetes, VMware Tanzu, Microsoft Azure, VMware, Hyper-V

    1 x Cloud Architect

    3 x Business Analysts

    1 x Project Manager

    5 x DevOps Engineers

    2 x System Engineers

    HIRE THE TEAM

    Challenge

    Due to the lack of a coherent software development strategy, the customer could not leverage the advantages of DevOps within the banking domain. Therefore, they encountered challenges such as fragmented codebases and inconsistent knowledge transfer, absence of automated testing, and extended time-to-market for their solutions.

    Related objectives

    Organize scattered codebases

    Streamline communications

    Reduce time-to-market

    Solution & functionality

    Our team considered the functional requirements provided by the customer, with cost-effectiveness and reliability in mind, to build a fully functional DevOps environment. The customer is now able to manage application lifecycle, communications, continuous integration, testing, deployment, and monitoring with more transparency and flexibility.

    Effective app lifecycle and communications management

    Our team saw Atlassian products as the option, as their functionality provides smooth implementation and ability to practice agile management. We set up Jira to handle development processes and improve communication.

    Confluence was used to generate and store documentation, which used to lack systematization.
    Microsoft Teams was implemented to streamline communication between development teams and external collaborators.

    Version control and continuous integration

    Our client lacked a centralized repository for version control and streamlined CI/CD pipelines. As a solution, our project team initiated a transition to Bitbucket, conducted training sessions on GitHub beforehand, and implemented Jenkins.

    Testing and security scans

    The team implemented tools for monitoring software vulnerabilities and maintaining effortless product quality.

    TEST IT for a range of testing functionalities: manual and automated testing, autotest integrations, extended public APIs, test libraries, user-friendly test script editors, version control, and historical data management.
    Black Duck for adherence to security protocols and SonarQube to maintain code quality and cleanliness.

    Deployment, configuration, and artifact management

    Our expert team ensured the automation of deployments with DevOps practices removing previous roadblocks.

    Bamboo — core tool for deployment and configuration. It enabled seamless integration with existing systems.
    Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles for managing deployments
    Terraform for overseeing cloud environments
    Ansible for configuring virtual machines
    Packer for images preparation and unification
    Nexus Repository Pro for efficient handling of large volumes of product and development data.

    Monitoring and logging

    Our team prioritized monitoring and analyzing events with various tools for better reliability, performance, and security of the software system.

    Zabbix — to oversee physical hardware and communication channels and generate visual representations of the infrastructure’s condition.

    Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana — to gather, store and analyze logs and product metrics.

    Grafana and Loki — to deliver up-to-date insights into developing applications and maintain ongoing monitoring.ur team prioritized monitoring and analyzing events with various tools for better reliability, performance, and security of the software system.

    Additionally, the team integrated the tool with messengers for alerts and notifications with the system’s current status and progress.

    Orchestration

    Kubernetes and VMware Tanzu were implemented to host and orchestrate containerized applications on virtual machines and physical hosts.
    This helped the team achieve centralized management, high availability, and level of performance. Additionally, these tools provide independence from cloud platforms and secure backup and recovery.

    Infrastructure

    Our experts applied hybrid cloud approaches for accessible and effective infrastructure solutions.

    VMware and Microsoft product stacks — for the private data center infrastructure to ensure the equipment’s fault tolerance
    Microsoft Azure — for hosting Windows applications
    Feedback channels from banking departments and end users — to improve product quality and implement immediate changes.

    Results and business value

    Our experts integrated DevOps strategies and helped to improve the customer’s development processes on different levels.

    Improved communication

    Efficient management

    Faster time-to-market

    10 times shorter mean time to recovery

    99.7% availability

    Effectiveness was considerably enhanced: the solution decreased the risk of flaws, enabled generation of logs, revert changes function, faster product delivery, and more effective planning, testing, and monitoring.

    Benefits for client

    Communication between stakeholders and IT departments was improved, management of digital solutions became efficient and predictable. The customer reached a faster time-to-market for their products.

    The solution boosted the customer’s metrics for critical systems: availability increased from 96% to 99.7%, and the average recovery time was reduced from 5 hours to 30 minutes.

    Related cases

    see all case studies

    We appreciate your interest in Timspark

      Mobile Banking App Development: Applications as a Digital Wallet

      E-payment platform
      Mobile Banking App Development: Applications as a Digital Wallet
      Our team developed iOS and Android applications from the ground up, with instant payment functionalities (P2P, C2B, B2B) and banking account management.
      #Banking
      #MobileDevelopment

      Client*

      Our client is a large IT company providing software development and IT consulting services for businesses and organizations, selected as a general contractor for a government project, Therefore the government financial regulator acted as the end customer.
      *We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

      Project in numbers

      duration
      2+ years
      team
      12 specialists
      efforts
      10 000+ hours

      Team involved in the project

      industry
      Banking, Information Technology
      product
      E-payment platform
      technologies
      ?
      6 x Developers
      ?
      1 x Business analyst
      ?
      1 x Project manager
      ?
      2 x QA specialists
      ?
      1 x Solution architect
      ?
      1 x UX/UI Designer
      HIRE THE TEAM

      Challenge

      The major objective for the team was to create a transparent and easy-to-use digital system for instant electronic payments with modules for personal data security, fraud protection, and others.

      Related objectives

      Digital payment infrastructure
      Availability of financial services
      Resilient system security
      Effective fraud detection

      Solution & functionality

      In order to protect confidential data, we integrated a multi-factor security system using data encryption, TLS 1.2, SSL Pinning, and checking for rooted devices. The processing itself is performed by a third party.

      Smooth user experience

      As it was crucial to guarantee an immersive user journey, we backed the smartphone solution with a range of essential characteristics and capacities.
      Our development team has enhanced the mobile application with extensive payment options. Users can make transfers and payments (via QR codes as well) on an account-to-account basis by account number, email or mobile phone number. Individual and corporate users can replenish their accounts, as well as make requests for payment (for instance, to split the bill).

      Digital wallet inside the application

      To use the app, customers are required to connect their bank card/s and undergo the authentication process, providing details such as the bank’s name, account number/card information. The amount of cards the user can link, regional or foreign, is unlimited. After the registration and veri?cation process, users get access to the digital wallet.

      Personalization

      The app gives users flexibility and a range of personal budgeting features. Thus, it allows users to check the payments record, get detailed reports on incoming and outcoming transactions, set goals, and receive notifications to be on top of the spending limits.

      Results and business value

      The team implemented a user-friendly e-payment application ecosystem with integrated modules and launched iOS and Android apps within the set deadline. The final product was successfully used by citizens of the whole country and tourists.
      System with top-level security
      High-performing iOS and Android apps
      User-friendly interface
      Feature-rich functionality
      Customer satisfaction
      The team got positive feedback from both the customer and the end-user on the exceptional standard of development and efficiency of the app, as well as the effective communication throughout the project.

      Related cases

      see all case studies

      We appreciate your interest in Timspark

        Mobile Data Security Software for Telecom Provider

        Mobile security app

        Mobile Data Security Software for a Telecom Provider with 9.5M Users

        As a part of a global team, our talented engineers built iOS and Android mobile security apps for a prominent US telecom giant.

        #Security

        #DataProtection

        #MobileDevelopment

        Client*

        A worldwide cybersecurity software leader, delivering cloud endpoint security for major enterprises while safeguarding data and ensuring regulatory compliance.

        *We cannot provide any information about the client or specifics of the case study due to non-disclosure agreement (NDA) restrictions.

        Project in numbers

        duration

        2021 – Present

        team

        7 specialists

        Team involved in the project

        industry

        Cybersecurity, Telecom

        solution

        Mobile Security Application

        technologies

        Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Android tools, Java, Jenkins, AWS

        3 x iOS Developers

        3 x Android Developers

        1 x QA Automation Engineer  

        HIRE THE TEAM

        Challenge

        Our client teamed up with a US telecom giant to build high-quality mobile data security software. Timspark led the international development team, enhancing an existing app with new features, a fresh design, data analytics, and an in-app subscription system.

        Related objectives

        Develop a mobile security app

        Improve data protection

        Upgrade app features and analytics

        Solution & functionality

        We played a key role in developing iOS and Android mobile security apps for a major US telecom and mobile services provider.

        Must-have mobile security app kit

        The app assesses device vulnerabilities, monitors network threats, and offers expert security recommendations. It proactively defends against hackers, phishing, and phone number-related vulnerabilities.

        The users stay informed with daily alerts and manage mobile traffic using a built-in VPN. All this with secure call recording and spam call blocking for a seamless mobile experience.

        Essential user roles

        The mobile security application accommodates four distinct user roles, each offering varying features and levels of data protection.

        • Users with an end-client SIM card enjoy access to the full array of application features.
        • Users with SIM cards from another provider have restricted capabilities, such as call logging and phone number vulnerability monitoring.
        • Paid subscription users benefit from comprehensive access to the app’s features.
        • Users with no paid subscription are granted restricted access to the functionalities.

        Results and business value

        We successfully developed a feature-rich mobile data security software for both iOS and Android, serving users in the US.

        Over 9.5M users secured

        This application keeps over 1.5M active and 8M passive users secure on a daily basis.

        Exceptional communication

        The client highly praised our development team of Android, iOS, and QA engineers for their technical expertise and communication.

        Future plans

        We still partner with the company to enhance the app’s functionality and provide ongoing support.

        The client reaps the rewards of robust data security for millions of users, a skilled development team, ongoing support, and the potential for cost-effective solutions, all geared toward delivering customer satisfaction and staying agile in dynamic cybersecurity and telecom sectors.

        Related cases

        see all case studies

        We appreciate your interest in Timspark

          Let’s build something great together

            Let’s build something great together

              Let’s build something great together

                Let’s build something great together

                  Let’s build something great together