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Wonder what EMV and liability shift everyone in the credit card world is talking about? Many merchant are now noticing what is commonly referred to EMV (Europe/MasterCard /Visa). EMV is standard for inter-operation of integrated circuit cards (chip cards) for authenticating credit or debit card transactions.It is basically credit cards […]

Are you making plans to open up your prospective business? Sintel Systems understands that clients are always looking for the most cost efficient ways to open up their store by cutting costs where it is necessary. Many times clients come to us describing that they can only afford one terminal […]

Gift Card Reports Today Sintel Systems is addressing what happens to your money and your reports when you sell gift cards. If you’ve made any gift card sales today you won’t be receiving any of that money when you make your settlement for the night. Gift cards are a liability […]

Did you know that ensuring that your point of sale (POS) system receipt printing can increase revenue and decrease shrinkage? A little counter intuitive at first, but it becomes clearer when looked at closely. To clarify, when we say increase revenue and decrease shrinkage, we are pointing to two different […]

Let’s begin with: What is a gift card? According to Wikipedia.com, “A gift card is a restricted monetary equivalent or scrip that is issued by retailers or banks to be used as an alternative to a non-monetary gift. Highly popular, they rank as the second-most given gift by consumers in […]

The use of gift and loyalty cards have countless benefit and you can read more about them here: Benefits of Registering Gift Cards With Customer Information Marketing your gift cards during the year and in special seasons (i.e. Christmas, Valentines, etc.) is a very good source of revenue, but with […]

If your point of sale (POS) system seems to have slowed down, it probably has slowed down and it is felt more during the peak time which depend on the type of operation. A restaurant operation feels it more during lunch specially if it is QSR (quick service restaurant) requiring […]

What is the worst enemy of your Point of Sale system especially in restaurant, pizza, and frozen yogurt operations? It is the same idea that led Benjamin Franklin’s proverbial kite to catch lightening and allowed Thomas Edison to patent the carbon-thread incandescent lamp in 1879. Most of us think of […]

Battery Backup is your best friend! Ring, ring, the daily office telephone chimes. « Thank you for calling Sintel Systems, » greets our Sintel Technical Support representative. « How may I help you? » « My POS system just turned off, completely, » replies the client. « I’ve tried everything to turn it back on. All of […]

The first thing to understand about credit card or merchant account fees are that they come in many shapes and tiers. You can get a quote for a very low per transaction fee, but pay a higher percentage per transaction fee or higher monthly fee. So the most important factor […]