# Terminal Payments

## How to Process a Card Terminal transaction in the POS

1. In the Sales Register, scan an item.
2. Click on the **Pay** button.

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3. Click on the integrated Credit/Debit button. This will open a progress bar and send the amount to the terminal.

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4. After the customer taps, swipes, or inserts their card, an approval or decline message will appear.

   a. If the transaction is approved, click the **DONE** button.

   b. If the transaction is declined, click the **Credit/Debit** button and ask the customer to try again with the same or a different card depending on the decline message.

   c. If the transaction is approved, click the **DONE** button.

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