PDQ Classic & combined reader - (Contactless)

Contactless technology

Take quick payments of £15 or less.

  • No authorisation needed, such as signatures or PIN numbers
  • Transactions in under a second could help reduce queues, allowing you to serve more customers
  • Same secure network as chip and PIN
  • Higher spend from customers who aren't limited by the amount of change in their pocket
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How accepting contactless payments helps your business

This innovative card reader lets customers pay for products that cost £15 or less, like a coffee or newspaper, in less than a second. Using contactless technology, small value transactions are processed securely at phenomenal speed, so you no longer miss out on sales because customers don't have enough change.

The benefits of going contactless

…for your business
  • Card payments of £15 and under, are processed in less than a second.
  • No authorisation, signature or PIN is required, unless cardholder details need to be verified.*
  • Reduced queues allow you to serve more customers.
  • Become the preferred retailer for contactless card users.
  • Higher spend from customers who aren't limited by the change in their pocket.
  • It uses the same secure network as chip and PIN.
  • Be part of a reward programme set to be one of the biggest of it's kind in the UK- Barclaycard Freedom
…for your customers
  • They always have the correct 'change'.
  • No need to worry about PIN numbers or signatures, unless their details need verification.
  • Shorter queues as customers are served faster.
  • No contact is required, speeding up the transaction.
  • Contactless keeps a record of their spend.
  • Barclaycard Freedom is easy for your customers too. They can use their existing Barclaycard to earn and redeem Reward Money.

A step-by-step guide to using a contactless terminal

Any debit or credit card with the Wave symbol can be used to pay for products worth £15 or less, in these simple steps:

  1. Cardholders simply touch their card to the reader and the payment is made.
  2. This contactless payment is processed through the same secure network as chip and PIN.
  3. The whole transaction is complete in under a second.
 
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