PayJunction has established the first cloud-controlled and completely contactless payment solution, as it looks to boost the fight of businesses against potential exposure to the virus for staff and customers.

For any businesses that allow customers inside, the PayJunction ZeroTouch Terminal has been designed to meet and exceed all current health mandates for contactless payments to avoid virus exposure. 

The ZeroTouch Terminal is customer-facing and is controlled by a web browser so it can be positioned outside of a sneeze guard, thereby maintaining social distance for any staff-customer interactions. In addition, signatures are not required; physical exchange is eliminated and receipts can be delivered electronically.

Praising the new launch and the impact it has had on his business operations, Joshua Parent, parts retail manager, Toyota Pasadena stated: “Multiple customers have thanked me for the change to contactless. It helps add a sense of safety and appreciation for our customers.”

Meanwhile, Marian Rowland, practice manager at Park West Veterinary Associates in South Carolina emphasised: “The new features of disabling signatures and receipts have been very useful. It was critical in the efficiency of our curbside services to continue doing business properly during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

It comes as the payment industry continues to experience an increase in contactless payments, with Mastercard recently reported a 40% jump in contactless payments—including tap-to-pay and mobile pay—during the first quarter of 2020 as fears of contracting COVID-19 increased. 

The firm’s CEO Ajay Banga underlined the trend was being driven by consumers ‘looking for a quick way to get in and out of stores without exchanging cash, touching terminals, or anything else’.