We offer a variety of card payment options that are suitable to the way your company works

At Cardsave we pride Small Business Blog ourselves on offering the best quality service in the card payment solutions business. Having started off representing a few tyre fitting companies, back in 1995, we now offer card payment solutions to over 45,000 businesses in the UK and Ireland, ranging from hair salons, restaurants, and coffee shops. Our highly skilled Territory Sales Managers are able to offer you the latest card payments options that will allow your company to accept a wider variety of customers, as well as take advantage of how time efficient and easy it can be.

We offer a variety of card payment options that are suitable to the way your company works. These are:

Countertop Terminals

These are terminals that are static and stay on your counter or anywhere where card payments will be taking place. They are suitable for retailers who have an outlet where they will like to sell their goods to potential customers. It is also possible to take e-top up for mobile phones from these types of machines, allowing you to attract further customers to your business.


Portable Terminals

Are used in businesses where the terminal is required to be taken to the customer to make the card payment. They use blue tooth technology, which enables them to be used at a distance of 25 metres, and are powered via a plug. They are likely to be used Info for small business such as restaurants and coffee shops.

Mobile Terminals

Used by businesses that require constant travelling are not always close by a power, such as mobile hair dressers, and plumbers. They use a unique radio technology to connect to merchant accounts that finalise any payments that are made. They use international roaming through Orange, Vodaphone, and O2 networks, to find the best that is in that area. When the battery runs low, it is possible to charge the machine in a vehicle or any close power source.

Virtual Terminals/ MoTo

This is a virtual set up that allows customers to carry out orders over the phone. The customer reads out their card details, whilst the merchant enters what they hear onto a computer, which processes them. The goods are then mailed to them or recorded for a pick up. This is ideal for merchant and customer as time is saved and the process is efficient.

Online Payments

Through a payment page you are able to set up online payment options for your customers to enter their details safely through a 3D secure system. The user is required to enter their card details as well as a specially created password, which allows them to complete the transaction. This type of card payment solution is ideal for Small Business that have stock but do not have an outlet to sell them from.