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First Data launches 'all-in-one' payment solution for restaurants

First Data Clover Mini is designed to provide business owners an "all-in-one" solution to streamline operations, expand business and customer intelligence, improve the customer experience and facilitate payments in a secure environment.

June 30, 2015

First Data, provider of payment technology and services solutions, launched the Clover Mini, its newest member of the Clover family of products, the company announced. Clover Mini is designed to provide business owners an "all-in-one" solution to streamline operations, expand business and customer intelligence, improve the customer experience and facilitate payments in a secure environment.

"Just as the smartphone changed the lives of billions of people around the world, Clover is revolutionizing the way business owners run their companies," said Guy Chiarello, president of First Data. "With its elegant design, ease of use, and ability to customize the user experience with the growing Clover App Market, Clover Mini is the comprehensive solution that business owners need."

Clover Mini enables merchants to accept most payment types, including swipe, PIN Debit, EMV (chip + PIN; chip + signature) and NFC transactions.

"We used to get really backed up on the weekends with customers trying to check out and pay, but now we don’t have that problem — Clover has made us so much more efficient," said Ed Bisconti, owner of Borgata Pizza Café in Columbus, Ohio, in a statement. "Our customers have even commented that they appreciate how secure it is."

Features include:

• Cloud-based, customized software allowing business owners to manage their business from any computer, tablet or mobile device
• Multiple layers of security and data protection, including mutually-authenticated SSL/TLS solutions and the state-of-the-art, built-in TransArmor® Solution designed to protect businesses from fraud and safeguard customer data
• Fully PCI PTS 4.0 certified, including the Secure Reading and Exchange of Data (SRED) module
• Seven-inch Antimicrobial Corning® Gorilla® Glass screen that can display a PIN pad for debit transactions or capture signatures for credit transactions
• A built-in printer
• Front-facing camera that enables easy check acceptance, and barcode and QR code reading