Contactless payments processed R$ 1.9 trillion in 2025 — a 31% increase compared to the previous year, now representing 73.6% of all in-person card purchases in Brazil. This figure, released by Abecs, is not just a statistic: it is the clearest sign that Brazilian brick-and-mortar retail is undergoing a full digital transformation.
And it is in this scenario that a strategic partnership between Cielo, Shopify and Check Commerce arrives to close a historic gap in Brazilian e-commerce.
What was announced
As reported by IT Forum in May 2026, the three companies announced an integration that connects Cielo's SmartPOS to Shopify POS, allowing in-person and online operations to share payments, inventory, and management on a single technology platform.
In other words: a store that already sells online through Shopify can now bring that same operation to its physical point of sale — with the same dashboard, the same inventory, the same customer data, and payment processing via Cielo.
"Retail is moving very fast, and technology companies need partners that can keep up with this pace. Aliança Cielo was born to build, together with software houses and platforms, an ecosystem where integration is simple and the results are visible to the retailer at the front line."
— Daniel Queiroz, Head of Partnerships at Cielo
Why this matters: the gap this partnership solves
Shopify is the e-commerce platform most used by brands that scale quickly. But until now, expanding to physical operations in Brazil ran into a concrete problem: the lack of native integration with local payment methods.
Those trying to run Shopify POS in Brazil had to deal with integration workarounds, multiple disconnected systems, or simply give up on in-person functionality. The result was the opposite of omnichannel: two separate worlds — the online store on one side, the POS on the other.
With the Cielo + Shopify POS integration, this bottleneck is eliminated.
What unified commerce is (and why Brazilian retail needs it now)
Unified commerce is the model in which payments, inventory, logistics, customer service, and data analysis operate in a fully integrated way — regardless of where the sale takes place. It is not enough for the customer to buy online and pick up in-store. The experience must be continuous: the same cart, the same history, the same loyalty.
Recent research by Cielo itself reinforces the urgency of the topic:
- 90% of retailers believe that modern payment solutions contribute to customer loyalty
- 57% still do not use data in a structured way in their operations — a huge opportunity for integrated platforms
- Cielo's e-commerce is growing at 30% per year, above the market average of 20%
Retailers who still operate in silos are leaving money on the table — and losing to competitors who have already understood this.
What changes in practice for Shopify users
For a brand that already operates on Shopify, the arrival of a POS integrated with Cielo means:
- Unified inventory between online and physical stores, in real time
- In-person payments via Cielo SmartPOS without leaving the Shopify ecosystem
- Consolidated customer view — online and in-person purchases in the same profile
- Centralized reports and analytics — no more exporting spreadsheets from different systems
- Less operational friction for store and e-commerce teams
Check Commerce's role in this equation
Check Commerce is the company that makes this ecosystem a reality for Brazilian brands. As the only Brazilian member to have served on Shopify's Global Partner Council and the largest Shopify app developer in Latin America, Check is the technical partner that implements, configures, and supports Shopify operations — including Check POS, our integrated point-of-sale solution.
The integration with Cielo is part of Check's strategy to offer a truly omnichannel operation for the Brazilian market: from e-commerce to POS, from checkout to NFC-e issuance, all within a single Shopify environment.
If you already operate on Shopify and want to understand how to bring this integration to your physical store, or if you are evaluating migrating your operation to a complete omnichannel model, talk to our team.
