Contactless payment machine

waqasahmed

So my dad's asked me to find him a contactless payment card

His requirements are : 

Low transaction fees 
Low or free monthly cost 
The ability to have a sim card built in or maybe even connect to his phone's data via Bluetooth or WiFi or some other form 

He's a taxi driver, so he can't exactly have a payment machine hooked up to anything but he does have customers who wish to pay by contactless. What's best in that situation?

Thanks 

Emmia

waqasahmed said:

So my dad's asked me to find him a contactless payment card

His requirements are : 

Low transaction fees 
Low or free monthly cost 
The ability to have a sim card built in or maybe even connect to his phone's data via Bluetooth or WiFi or some other form 

He's a taxi driver, so he can't exactly have a payment machine hooked up to anything but he does have customers who wish to pay by contactless. What's best in that situation?

Thanks 

London cab drivers all have fully hooked up card machines these days, so there should be something suitable.  Would Square work?

https://squareup.com/gb/en/hardware/terminal

waqasahmed

Emmia said:

waqasahmed said:

So my dad's asked me to find him a contactless payment card

His requirements are : 

Low transaction fees 
Low or free monthly cost 
The ability to have a sim card built in or maybe even connect to his phone's data via Bluetooth or WiFi or some other form 

He's a taxi driver, so he can't exactly have a payment machine hooked up to anything but he does have customers who wish to pay by contactless. What's best in that situation?

Thanks 

London cab drivers all have fully hooked up card machines these days, so there should be something suitable.  Would Square work?

https://squareup.com/gb/en/hardware/terminal

He's more west Yorkshire based (private hire) . I'll have a look as r that  

waqasahmed

Emmia said:

waqasahmed said:

So my dad's asked me to find him a contactless payment card

His requirements are : 

Low transaction fees 
Low or free monthly cost 
The ability to have a sim card built in or maybe even connect to his phone's data via Bluetooth or WiFi or some other form 

He's a taxi driver, so he can't exactly have a payment machine hooked up to anything but he does have customers who wish to pay by contactless. What's best in that situation?

Thanks 

London cab drivers all have fully hooked up card machines these days, so there should be something suitable.  Would Square work?

https://squareup.com/gb/en/hardware/terminal

Would this do it?

https://www.mypos.com/en-gb/buy-card-machine/mypos-go-2

Revolut appears to be the absolute cheapest in transaction fees BUT they're contactless only

Robin9

Also look at Sum Up  

Compare SumUp card readers to find the best terminal for you

greyteam1959

Toolstation do card payment machines.
Don't know anything about them or their charges but probably worth a look online.

penners324

SumUp, Square and Zettle are the 3 best companies for this sort of thing

DullGreyGuy

waqasahmed said:

His requirements are : 

Low transaction fees 
Low or free monthly cost 
The ability to have a sim card built in or maybe even connect to his phone's data via Bluetooth or WiFi or some other form 

He's a taxi driver, so he can't exactly have a payment machine hooked up to anything but he does have customers who wish to pay by contactless. What's best in that situation?

Agree that the above three are the main players, personally use Zettle.

You have to balance low transaction fees and no monthly costs... it's trying to have your cake and eat it. Zettle has no standing charges but 1.75% on all transactions these days is fairly high (days of 5% fees etc are long gone). If you bill over £120,000 a year on cards then you can negotiate with them.

Most devices just connect to bluetooth to your mobile and then uses the mobile's internet. Obviously you need to be on a network with good coverage in your area else payments won't be going through. Our local pub is in an absolute dead spot (despite being zone 2 London) so if ever getting a taxi there always have to stop 50m long/short else payments will time out. 

400ixl

Those are the main three that people use. Wife uses SumUp and has done for years.

Wouldn't go near anything that Revolut do, cheap or not.