Touchless Payments Are The New Reality

A truly touchless payment process has never been more important in the restaurant industry.  It’s now a key piece to a larger effort for rebuilding public confidence in dining out and the general return of the full-service restaurant industry.

While most people are familiar with contactless payments, like Apple Pay and Google Pay – which use near field communication (NFC) to conduct payments with device-to-device proximity – these are not the only way for restaurant operators to present customers with a touchless payment experience.

By extending the POS to the table, it’s possible for nearly any restaurant to adapt their payment experience so that there’s never the need for customers or employees to handle credit cards. Instead, there’s a need to reduce contact between the server and customer. There’s a solution to this that also enables restaurant operators to reliably meet the government’s new requirements.

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