Today,
the world has evolved to become increasingly driven by convenience and
technology alike. Consumers prefer to have as many options as possible when it
comes to their paying for the products that they purchase. These options mainly
involve credit cards. They are most widely accepted method of payment used all
around the world for both online and offline purposes.
A credit
card terminal is a point of sale terminal that helps us do transactions with a
credit card. Merchants are known to possess a couple of such credit card
terminal. Most of the credit card terminal have the same
basic functions and serve the same purposes. They let the merchant insert,
swipe and key in manually the required credit card information and thus
transmit such data to the merchant service provider for authorization and then
later on it transfers the funds to the merchants.
Most of
the newer models not only possess credit cards and debit cards but also can
handle gift cards, checks and so on. The majority of the card terminal transmits
data over a standard telephone line or an internet connection that may be
either wired or wireless. Some are also able to cache the transaction data and
transmit the data to the gateway processor whenever a connection is available.
Immediate authorization is not available at the time the card is processed.
This can result in failed payments, subsequently. The remote wireless terminals
have the ability to transmit card data using either cellular or satellite
networks.
Merchants
have largely resorted to using card terminals in order to
directly capture card information instead of manually entering the card
details. Earlier
, merchants could acquire lower processing costs by processing
chip cards.
Long
range Swipe terminals
There are
various types of wireless mobile swipe terminals to choose from. One such
category of terminals is the long range swipe terminals. They connect to a
wireless signal similar to that which your cell phone is connected to. The
information submitted by the credit card holder for payment is transmitted
across this network to the merchant account for processing. This gives an
advantage to the service providers that generally do not remain in one location
too long.
Limited
range swipe terminals
Another
category is that of the limited range credit card swipe workstations. They
function within a limited radius of connectivity to the network. If we go
outside the radius we will not be able to use the device. These devices prove
to be useful for those individuals who remain in a central location and do not
travel too far from that location.
Cell
phone swipe workstation
One of
the most popular categories of wireless devices is the cell phone swipe
workstations. This type of equipment is useful as it can be attached to your
cell phone and you can take payments anywhere anytime. The card reader is
attached to the phone and a printing unit prints out the payment receipts. The
device runs off the network of your cell phone so that you need not worry about
any of the connectivity problems.
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