POS Terminals and Routing

Cashless Payments at the Point of Sale (POS)

The number of card payments in POS or card present business is still increasing, especially in Germany.

To offer and to handle card payments merchants in Germany usually commission external providers called network operators (Netzbetreiber), who provide POS terminals and the technical infrastructure for data communication and payment processing.

With POS terminals and routing (CP), Deutsche Card Services offer these services for POS merchants in Germany. Combined with pan-European card acceptance for Visa, MasterCard and Maestro, Deutsche Card Services offers one-stop full service, sparing their clients the necessity of committing further further service providers.

With Deutsche Card Services' [terminals] transactions of the following payment methods can be routed:

Credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club, JCB
International debit cards: Visa Electron, V-PAY, MasterCard Electronic, Maestro
German debit cards: girocard (formerly ec-cash), ELV, GeldKarte
Petrol Cards: DKV, UTA
Individual merchant customers cards

Who needs POS terminals and Routing (CP)?

POS Terminals and Routing (CP) are
addressed to merchants which are active in stationary trade in Germany, in particular those which

do business with both national and international final customers.
are also active in long-distance selling.

Reasons to choose POS terminals and Routing (CP)

Opening up new customer segments.
Exploiting sales potential by generating higher shopping basket values and spontaneous purchases.
Lower cash provision and reduction of related expenses.
Quick, smooth and secure processing.

For further information please download our [Factsheet POS Terminals and Routing] and or [Factsheet POS Terminals for Germany].