Mobile terminals for tableside, curbside and field payments

Who it's for

• Full-service restaurants

  Servers close checks at the table without a central terminal queue.

• Field service teams

  Technicians collect payment before leaving the job site.

• Pop-up and event vendors

  Accept cards anywhere with cellular connectivity.

Core capabilities

• Automatic cellular continuity

  When Wi-Fi is not the path, a Rivo terminal with an active SIM moves the authorization onto cellular on its own. Staff do not change a setting, and the customer does not wait. The sale continues on the SIM.

• Tip on screen

  Guests select tip percentage before completing tap or chip.

• Email and SMS receipts

  Send digital receipts without a countertop printer.

• Split payment support

  Divide checks across multiple cards on supported flows.

• Staff assignment

  Attribute transactions to server or technician for reporting.

• On-terminal health check

  The terminal reviews its own path: whether Wi-Fi is carrying traffic, whether an active SIM should take the authorization, whether the connection responds, and whether a restart will keep the terminal responsive. In most situations it completes that adjustment itself, confirms the path and returns to the sale.

• Refund controls on the device

  Refund fraud is a refund that was never a genuine sale. Every RapidCents terminal applies controls that stand between that refund and the merchant account, so a refund has to be genuine before it leaves the device.

• Location lock

  When the merchant turns it on, the terminal authorizes only inside a set radius of the business. Outside that radius it locks, including when the terminal is taken from the premises, so it stops taking payments.

• Multi-carrier SIM

  The SIM is not a card locked to AT&T, and it is not a card locked to T-Mobile. It is a universal SIM that attaches to the strongest signal available, whichever carrier that is. Several terminals in one business can each sit on a different network at the same time.

How it works

Mobile payment scenarios

• Pay-at-table dining

  Server presents check total; guest taps card and selects tip.

• Curbside delivery handoff

  Staff meets customer at car with pre-entered order total.

• On-site service completion

  Technician processes final invoice before packing up tools.

• Farmers market booth

  Vendor runs sales on LTE without venue infrastructure.

Integrations

• TouchBistro tableside

  Check totals sync from POS to mobile terminal.

• Standalone amount entry

  Enter job total manually for non-integrated field work.

• Tip pool exports

  Export tip data for payroll reconciliation.

Security

• Device PIN lock

  Require staff PIN to open payment app.

• Location lock

  When the merchant turns it on, the terminal authorizes only inside a set radius of the business. Outside that radius it locks, including when the terminal is taken from the premises, so it stops taking payments.

• Remote wipe

  Disable device immediately if lost.

Implementation

• Coverage check

  Verify LTE signal strength at primary use locations.

• Charging plan

  Docking stations or shared chargers for multi-device teams.

• Role training

  Tip, void and receipt flows for mobile context.

• Pilot shift

  Run one service period before full rollout.

Pricing

• Mobile device programs

  LTE-enabled terminals may include monthly connectivity fees. Device and processing priced separately.

For businesses in the USA

A direct answer for a business in the USA: the workflow, the limit, and what to confirm next.

• The payment workflow

  A practical view covers US technician or server taking a payment away from the counter, confirming the amount and issuing a supported receipt. Show how staff/job/table attribution works. Compare dedicated portable hardware with Tap to Pay on a phone rather than implying they accept identical entry methods. Confirm eligibility, presentment currency, settlement currency and the enabled payment methods on the USA merchant account before quoting them. An illustrative amount is an example, not a fee or a funding promise. Mobile Terminals does not, by itself, prove delivery or win a dispute.

• The problem and the limit

  Cover device loss, staff access, charging, network checks and uncertain results. The workflow should require actual battery and failover test conditions before using durability or all-day claims. Cellular connectivity is not proof of universal coverage, offline approval or uninterrupted service. Confirm eligibility, presentment currency, settlement currency and the enabled payment methods on the USA merchant account before quoting them. An illustrative amount is an example, not a fee or a funding promise. Mobile Terminals does not, by itself, prove delivery or win a dispute.

• What to confirm

  Before you rely on this, confirm US models, carrier/SIM plans, Wi-Fi needs, methods and receipts. Keep separate purchase/rental/replacement/connectivity costs from processing. In practice, account activation and USD settlement conditions; avoid all-location, foreign-use or fixed-deposit promises. Confirm eligibility, presentment currency, settlement currency and the enabled payment methods on the USA merchant account before quoting them. An illustrative amount is an example, not a fee or a funding promise. Mobile Terminals does not, by itself, prove delivery or win a dispute.

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