Payments
Choosing Restaurant Payments: Questions to Ask Before Signing
A decision guide for processing structure, hardware, reconciliation, refunds, disputes, exports, and data ownership.
Updated 2026-06-11 for owners.
Understand the full structure
Payment cost is not only a headline rate. Ask about processing model, platform fees, hardware, chargebacks, refunds, batch timing, deposits, and whether card-present and online transactions are priced differently.
Reconciliation should be visible
The team should be able to connect checks, tenders, deposits, refunds, disputes, and close-out records without rebuilding the day by hand.
Keep your data portable
Before signing, confirm what transaction, customer, payout, and export data you can access if you change systems later. Switching risk is lower when data ownership is explicit.
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