Abstract: Techniques are provided for localized currency exchange and payment. In one embodiment, the techniques involve a sales system that determines a cost of an item for purchase, displays a foreign currency payment option, receives a selection of a first foreign currency, retrieves a first exchange rate corresponding to the first foreign currency, receives a first foreign currency amount comprising at least one of notes or coins, converts the first foreign currency amount to a first local currency amount based on the first exchange rate, and displays a difference amount between the first local currency amount and the cost of the item.

Abstract: Methods and systems of a point of sale controlling system are disclosed. In some aspects, a first item is scanned and the weight of the first item is verified. In response to the weight of the first item being verified, the following occurs: a counter is incremented by a first amount associated with the first item; a second item is scanned while the first item remains on the weighting system, a weight of the first and second items on the weighting system is verified; in response to the weight of the first and second items being verified, a triggering event using the counter is determined to have occurred; in response to determining that the triggering event has occurred, all items on the weighting system is moved to a bagging area and resetting the counter; otherwise all items remain on the weighting system and additional items can be scanned and weighed.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for localized currency exchange and payment. In one embodiment, the techniques involve a sales system that determines a cost of an item for purchase, displays a foreign currency payment option, receives a selection of a first foreign currency, retrieves a first exchange rate corresponding to the first foreign currency, receives a first foreign currency amount comprising at least one of notes or coins, converts the first foreign currency amount to a first local currency amount based on the first exchange rate, and displays a difference amount between the first local currency amount and the cost of the item.