{"id":161,"date":"2026-10-02T15:20:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodyx.nl\/kennisbank\/tap-to-pay-horeca\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:20:38","slug":"tap-to-pay-horeca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/foodyx.nl\/en\/kennisbank\/tap-to-pay-horeca\/","title":{"rendered":"Tap-to-pay in restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How does tap-to-pay work in restaurants?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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With tap-to-pay, a suitable phone or handheld accepts contactless payments without a separate card terminal: the guest holds a card, phone or watch against the device. At Foodyx, tap-to-pay works on Foodyx Mobile POS, through CM.com or Viva.com, and the amount comes from the order automatically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What is tap-to-pay?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tap-to-pay is a way of accepting contactless payments on a suitable device, such as a smartphone or handheld, instead of on a separate card terminal. The device reads the contactless payment; a payment provider processes the transaction.<\/p>

Which devices are suitable and which payments work is decided by the payment provider. So tap-to-pay is a combination of POS app, device and payment provider, not a property of a POS system alone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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How does tap-to-pay work with a POS system?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The payment starts with the order. The POS app on the device passes the amount to the payment function, the guest pays contactlessly, and where the integration supports it, the result comes back with the order.<\/p>

At Foodyx, your staff take the order on the Mobile POS. The amount goes automatically to tap-to-pay, the guest pays contactlessly, and the payment is then with the order in Foodyx.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What is the difference between tap-to-pay and a card terminal?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Both accept payments; neither is always better, and you can also combine them. The difference lies in the device and the place:<\/p>