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PAX Technology S90 credit card terminal with a Visa card inserted.. A payment terminal, also known as a point of sale (POS) terminal, credit card machine, card reader, PIN pad, EFTPOS terminal (or by the older term as PDQ terminal which stands for "Process Data Quickly" [1]), is a device which interfaces with payment cards to make electronic funds transfers.
Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale, abbreviated as EFTPOS (/ ˈ ɛ f (t) p ɒ s /), is the technical term referring to a type of payment transaction where electronic funds transfers (EFT) are processed at a point of sale (POS) system or payment terminal usually via payment methods such as payment cards (debit cards, credit cards or gift cards).
A virtual terminal is a software application (often a web application) for merchants which allows them to accept payment with a payment card, specifically a credit card, without requiring the physical presence of the card (“card not present transaction”).
EMV is a payment method based on a technical standard for smart payment cards and for payment terminals and automated teller machines which can accept them. EMV stands for " Europay , Mastercard , and Visa ", the three companies that created the standard.
The future of the payment processing industry is being driven by an increase in vertical-specific processors, [14] the accelerated adoption of contactless payment methods [15] (in response to COVID-19-related limitations on contact and in-person interactions), and the trend toward customer choice and autonomy, [16] particularly in western cultures.
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The Open Payment Initiative, or O.P.I. for short, was launched to standardize the application interface between the electronic point of sale (EPOS) application and any cashless payments solution installed on the electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) payment terminal.
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