Cova Launches Its 'Next-Level Payment Solution' For Cannabis Retailers In Canada

Cova Software a provider of cannabis retail software, introduced Cova Pay in Canada, a payment processing solution for cannabis stores.

Cova Pay integrates with Cova Point of Sale and enables cannabis retailers to accept and process debit and credit card payments directly through the POS provider, eliminating the need for third-party payment contracts. The software will use mobile terminals that are preconfigured and extensible.

"The support I've had from Cova is unparalleled, and I attribute a significant part of our success to that," stated Helene Vassos, founder, and CEO of Ontario-based Canvas Cannabis. "Cova is a lot more than just POS software; its retail management tools help Canvas stay on top of everything. No other company comes even close."

According to the company, the current payment processing experience for cannabis retailers has proven quite costly, taxing, and time consuming. In addition to full integration with Cova's POS and e-commerce solutions, Cova Pay will offer the following features and benefits to cannabis retailers:

• Simple, centralized billing and reporting. Clients will no longer need to deal with multiple companies or platforms to see the numbers that impact their revenue.

• Cova POS will securely communicate directly to terminals, with no need for error- or theft-prone manual entry.

• Cova Pay will also deploy new hardware—modern, extensible, Wi-Fi and LTE capable terminals to complement Cova's tablet-based POS.

• End-to-end single point-of-contact support, for which the company has earned a strong reputation industry-wide.

"As Cova evolves, our mission to simplify the complex and commitment to reliability remain the foundation," stated Gary Cohen, CEO of Cova Software. "As the Canadian cannabis market has matured, retailers have exposed the need for a next-level payment solution that isn't glitchy, failure-prone, or difficult when resolving issues. We couldn't be more excited to present Cova Pay as a better, modern solution, eliminating the hassle of working with unreliable third-party payment providers."

Photo: Courtesy of Cova Software