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April 02, 2026

New Cash Management Foundations for Shopify POS

We rebuilt cash management across POS and the POS channel in Admin, and added new register extension targets and APIs. Track, control, and reconcile cash with register sessions, reason codes, and a new cash drawer and ledger model.

What’s new in POS
  • Updated Register UX: See a clear summary of each register session on device, including improved cash tracking, a breakdown of payments, and granular cash activity that shows when a drawer was opened and by which staff member.
  • Native cash reason codes: Require a reason code for any non‑order cash activity (for example, opening the drawer or making adjustments). Enable and customize codes from the POS channel to get the audit trail you need.
  • Open drawer setting: Control whether a device automatically opens the cash drawer after an order—useful for staff using mobile devices on the sales floor.
What’s new in Admin (POS channel)
  • Register sessions tab: A dedicated tab in Admin shows sessions opened and closed, and expected cash balances across locations and per location. Improved filtering and export make accounting and reconciliation faster.
New Foundation, APIs, Extensions
  • Cash drawer and ledger model: Multiple devices can contribute to a single cash drawer. Move beyond “one device = one session” with sessions across devices that roll up to one drawer via an updated data model and APIs. Payment reporting stays device‑level; cash reporting can span contributing devices with a ledger that provides full auditability of every cash event.
  • Register extension targets: New POS targets let apps plug into open/close procedures, show alerts when balances exceed float/min/max thresholds, and enrich session details with custom logic or reporting.
  • Automated workflows via API: Use APIs to open and close sessions programmatically, create cash drawers and reason codes, assign devices to a drawer, and pull custom reports.

If you run multiple registers, share drawers across staff and devices, or need tighter control over how cash moves in and out of stores, these features give you more accountable, end‑to‑end cash tracking.

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