Attended vs Unattended Payment Kiosks - 2 views
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Self-service payment kiosks are growing in popularity with customers, with 40% of customers preferring to use self-service kiosks over human contact based transactions. Research has shown that by adding self-service, businesses could see a saving of $1-3 million in operational costs.
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An attended payment terminal is where the sales assistant will activate the transaction.
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An unattended self-service payment terminal is where the customer will activate the transaction.
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More establishments are going to unattended payment kiosk. I remember a little over a year ago McDonald decided to install unattended kiosk. I thought it wouldn't work . Due to taking away from the staffing of the restaurant. This article talks about attended or unattended kiosk. Shaving off 1-3 million dollars off your book will certainly will help profit margins.
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This article states the differences between an attended and unattended payment systems. The article recommends asking your businesses financial getaway or payment handler to advise as to whether your business requires an attended or unattended payment terminal.
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This article explained the differences between attended and unattended POS. The major difference between these two is based on the people who activate the transaction. Attended payment terminals are reliant on a member of staff being present to activate the transaction, while unattended payment terminals are for environments where there will not be a member of staff to assist the transaction. The customer instead will be the one to activate the payment. The conditions for the two are also different. Contactless is also an issue in POS selection.