Opting for integrated payments allows your payment terminal to “talk” directly to your POS. This helps speed up check-out times and reduces human error during check-out because your staff will no longer need to enter the transaction amount manually. In some cases, integrated payment can even reduce your payment processing rates. Download our free guide for the full breakdown of integrated vs. non-integrated payments.
We are working with Element and Mercury (now a Vantiv company) to offer an integrated EMV solution by the end of the year with both fixed and mobile terminals. In the meantime, we recommend that you contact them to upgrade to their EMV-ready hardware so you can begin accepting non-integrated magnetic stripe, Apple Pay/NFC, and PIN debit transactions immediately. If you want to learn more about our offering with Mercury and Element, you can reach them here.
Please note that we will continue to support magnetic stripe transactions and hardware on all integrated processors (Cayan, Element, and Mercury).