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Handheld vs Countertop EPOS: Which Is Right for Your Business?
Choosing an EPOS (Electronic Point of Sale) system isn't just about screen size - it’s about the flow of your workspace. Your hardware dictates how your team takes orders, moves through a crowded room, and cashes up at the end of a shift.
When queues build up, the bottleneck is rarely the person behind the counter; it’s the friction in the workflow. The fastest checkout flow is a unified one: where products, cart, and payment exist in a single hand-held journey.
How to bridge short-term cash gaps without slowing the business
You’ve had a brilliant week. Sales are strong, the momentum is real, and then you hit a wall because the cash hasn’t caught up yet.
That’s not a business problem. That’s a timing problem. And a cash advance is built to solve exactly that.
Card Machine Stopped Working? How to Keep Taking Payments
Your card reader just stopped working. Mid-service. Mid-queue. The customer's card is out, and your terminal has gone blank.
That's not just inconvenient, it's money walking out the door. On a busy Saturday market or a packed Friday dinner service, even twenty minutes of downtime can cost you hundreds of pounds in missed sales and customers who don't come back.
How to Accept Klarna Payments as a Small Business with Lopay
We’ve all been there. You send a payment link to a customer for a high-value product or a large service invoice, and… crickets. They want what you’re selling, but the upfront cost is making them hesitate. What if you could give them the flexibility to spread the cost, while you still get paid in full, immediately? Now you can. We’re thrilled to announce that eligible Lopay merchants can now offer Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) via Klarna directly on their Payment Links!