LunaPay Bridge: the link between your till and your card terminal
LunaPay Bridge is the integration that connects your till or point of sale to your card terminal. Ring up an amount on the till and it appears on the terminal automatically, and once the payment is done the terminal reports straight back whether it succeeded. Nobody retypes an amount, so no typing errors and no till discrepancies at the end of the day. And where a POS integration used to be a whole project, with Bridge it is live in a couple of hours. For high-risk businesses too.
What a POS integration is
A POS integration is the connection between your till system and your card terminal. Without it, your terminal works separately from your till: your staff ring up the sale, type the same amount again into the terminal, and hope the two match. With an integration, the till talks to the terminal directly. The amount transfers automatically, the payment status comes back automatically, and your books add up on their own.
From project to a couple of hours
Anyone who has ever had a POS integration built knows how it went. Every link between a till system and a card terminal was its own project: technical back-and-forth between the till vendor and the payment party, payment protocols to untangle, development, testing and certification. Labour-intensive, complex, and quickly a matter of weeks. Bridge turns that around. All the hard work, the payment protocols, the certification and the connection to the payment infrastructure, already sits inside Bridge. Your till vendor no longer has to build a payment link of their own; they simply connect to Bridge, and Bridge handles the rest. The result is an integration that is live in a couple of hours instead of after a drawn-out project.
How Bridge works
When you check out, three things happen, all automatically. You ring up the amount on the till and it appears on the terminal. Your customer pays, contactless or by chip and PIN. The terminal tells the till the payment succeeded, and your receipt and end-of-day close add up automatically.
What it gives you
No typing errors, because the amount transfers automatically. No till discrepancies, because till and terminal record the same thing. Faster checkout, which counts when the counter is busy. And less friction for your team, with one action fewer and less discussion afterwards.
What Bridge is safe with
The payment itself always runs through the secure terminal and the certified payment infrastructure of our licensed European partners. Through Bridge your till only exchanges the amount and the payment status, never card data. The sensitive side of the payment stays where it belongs: in the secure environment.
Frequently asked questions
What is a POS integration?
The connection between your till system and your card terminal, so the amount transfers automatically and the payment status comes back automatically.
Does Bridge work with my till?
Till systems differ, so we look at that together at the intake. We work out which integration fits your till.
How long does the integration take?
With Bridge it is live in a couple of hours. The complex work, the payment protocols and the certification, already sits inside Bridge.
Does my till vendor have to build anything?
Barely. Bridge does the hard payment work; your till vendor only connects to Bridge.
What if the integration goes down?
You keep taking payments by entering the amount on the terminal itself. Your counter stays open.
Does card data pass through my till?
No. The payment runs through the secure terminal; your till only exchanges amount and status.
Is Bridge for high-risk sectors too?
Yes. Bridge is part of our payment solution for high-risk businesses.
Ready to link your till?
Request your personal proposal and find out what we can arrange for the POS integration.