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POS system vs card machine
A card machine from your bank does one job: take a card payment. A POS system records the whole sale — what was sold, who sold it, how it was paid — and does useful things with that record.
Side by side
| Card machine | Revoluno POS | |
|---|---|---|
| Card payments | Yes | Yes, on a Revoluno terminal |
| EcoCash and other wallets | No | EcoCash, OneMoney, Omari, InnBucks, ZIPIT |
| Cash sales | Not recorded | Recorded in USD and ZWG |
| What was sold | Only the amount | Every item, with stock updated |
| ZIMRA fiscal receipts | No | With the Fiscalisation module |
| Reports | Card settlements | Sales by product, cashier, branch and payment method |
Do you need both?
If you already have a bank card machine, a POS sits alongside it and records the sale — though you will be entering the amount twice and matching the two at cash-up. A Revoluno terminal does both in one: the sale and the card payment happen together, and mobile money and cash go through the same till.