Your Android phone can become the checkout
SoftPOS — also called Tap-to-Phone — lets a compatible NFC-enabled Android device read a contactless card or phone directly, with no separate card machine.
How a payment flows
Four steps at the counter
A simple, familiar flow for the customer, and one less device for the merchant to carry.
Open the app
Merchant enters the amount in Pula.
Tap the card
Customer taps a contactless card or phone.
Secure processing
The payment is authorised and processed.
Confirmation
Both sides see the result and a digital receipt.
What sits behind it
A specialist acceptance solution
PayKarata's SoftPOS capability is based on a white-label Tap-to-Phone solution from a specialist vendor, integrated with our payment processing and merchant management platform.
Contactless scheme support
The underlying vendor solution supports contactless acceptance for major card schemes, including Visa and Mastercard.
Vendor security certification
The vendor's SoftPOS solution is designed around PCI MPoC and PCI DSS certification. This describes the vendor solution, not a blanket certification of every PayKarata component.
Device requirements
Requires a compatible Android device with NFC. Specific device and OS compatibility is subject to final rollout and certification.
Digital confirmation
Merchant and customer receive a transaction result and digital receipt at the point of sale.
Certification statements refer to the underlying vendor solution. PayKarata's own controls are subject to production validation, partner evidence and applicable regulatory requirements.
Bring Tap-to-Phone to your business
Join the waitlist and we will let you know when early access opens in Botswana.