Lightspeed Payments
When your point of sale and your payments are built by the same team, they work in perfect harmony. Discover how this seamless integration creates one unstoppable system to run and grow your business.
Run a more effortless & reliable operation.
Reduce daily complexity and eliminate errors so you can focus on what truly matters: your guests.
- Never miss a sale: Our 99.995% uptime ensures the system is always ready, while Offline Mode keeps you taking card payments even if your internet goes down.
- Simplify your end-of-day closeout: Synced sales and payment data makes matching deposits to your POS reports faster and less prone to error.
- End the support runaround: Get fast 24/7 resolutions from a single support team for your POS, payments, and hardware, ending the vendor blame games.
Accelerate service and boost throughput.
When your POS and payment terminal are one, your team moves faster, serves more guests, and keeps service flowing smoothly.
- Empower staff to turn tables faster: With one tableside device to handle orders and payments, staff move more efficiently, allowing you to turn more tables faster and serve more guests each night.
- Finalize checks in seconds with any payment: Give guests the modern, convenient options they expect. Instantly accept tap, chip, and mobile wallets like Apple Pay to make the last step of service the fastest.
- Handle complex payments with total confidence: Easily split bills for large parties by item or guest, removing a major bottleneck from your service.
Make decisions that directly boost your bottom line.
Stop guessing. Our unified data gives you clear, actionable insights to increase profitability.
- Maximize profit on every single dish: Merge sales data with food costs to reveal your true profit drivers, not just your most popular items.
- Stop guessing and compete strategically: See how your performance compares to local competitors and turn industry trends into a concrete action plan.
- Optimize your staff, menu, and marketing: Use complete reports to see your top servers, most profitable items, and true peak hours to drive growth.
Fine Dining
In fine dining, the final impression is everything. Our system ensures the payment process is as sophisticated and seamless as your service, protecting your reputation and the flawless guest experience.
- Maintain an uninterrupted flow of service: Empower staff to manage complex orders and process payments discreetly at the table, keeping the focus on the guest.
- Handle complex checkouts with grace: Ensure every detail of a multi-course meal is tracked perfectly for a smooth, accurate checkout, even for large parties.
- End your night with a simple, swift closeout: With all transaction data in one place, managers can quickly reconcile earnings and close out accurately.
Casual Dining
A casual dining restaurant’s success hinges on volume during peak hours (turnover) and creating loyal regulars. A unified POS and payments system is your engine for increasing that speed and building loyalty.
- Turn more tables during your busiest hours: Enable guests to pay at the table to shave valuable time off each seating and maximize your revenue potential.
- Eliminate the bottleneck of splitting checks: Effortlessly split checks by seat or item in seconds, so large parties never slow down your service.
- Discover what truly drives repeat business: Learn which menu items create regulars (not just what’s popular) to build a loyal customer base.
Quick Service
For QSR, it’s a game of seconds and uptime. The line must always move, and the system can never go down. In this environment, your POS and payments system isn’t just a tool: it’s your lifeline for survival and throughput.
- Process more orders with a shorter line: Let customers order and pay in advance to reduce in-store lines and increase your hourly sales capacity.
- Stay open, even when the internet goes down: Our Offline Mode keeps you taking card payments, so your business never has to stop.
- Make smarter decisions in real-time: Use a live view of your sales and staff data to make immediate adjustments to promotions and staffing during the rush.
Rooster & Co.
“It became seamless. And that kind of relationship between these devices and your software, it’s a huge selling point… When it comes to using the new devices, even the ability to take phone orders is so easy.“
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Bluebonnet Barbecue
I’ve never used payments that just does it from the POS, but it’s so easy. It’s honestly, way better. It’s easier for customers and I think it’s just always accurate, knowing that I’m not accidentally putting the wrong amount in.”
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Terrace Bay Hotel
Taking payments right at the table has been a game changer for Drown and his team. “We’re able to get that customer in and out faster. They have a better experience and we’re able to get more people at those tables.”
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How do I sign up for Lightspeed Payments?
Whether your business is already powered by Lightspeed or you need a Restaurant POS with embedded payments, fill out our form and one of our experts will reach out to you with next steps.
What payment types can I take with Lightspeed Payments?
Lightspeed Payments accepts the following payment types:
Credit & Debit Cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners, Discover, JCB, UnionPay
Mobile Payments: Apple Pay, Google Pay
Is Lightspeed Payments safe?
Yes. Lightspeed Payments is PCI DSS validated Level 1 compliant, ensuring secure transactions. All data is encrypted end-to-end, and our in-house team provides 24/7 server security monitoring.
What payment hardware works with Lightspeed Restaurant Payments?
Lightspeed supports several devices to fit different needs:
Castles S1F2: Portable card reader for tableside/mobile payments, supporting contactless, chip, and magstripe.
Verifone P400+: Countertop terminal with touchscreen for traditional checkout.
Tap to Pay on iPhone: Use compatible iPhones for contactless payments without extra hardware.
Smart Terminal: All-in-one portable device with payment processing and receipt printing.
Is there a maximum payout that can be requested?
One-time instant payouts and same-day deposits are limited to a maximum amount of $9,999 per deposit and $15,000 per 24 hour period.
