TableSafe Calls on Creditcall

TableSafe is now safe for EMV, with help from Creditcall.

The restaurant payment tech company announced yesterday (March 31) that it is partnering with payment gateway provider Creditcall to enable EMV chip card payments and Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE). With the alliance, U.S. restaurants that implement the solution will be EMV compliant prior to the mandated Liability Shift in October 2015.

As noted in the press release, the TableSafe solution – a POS-integrated handheld device that is housed inside a bill presentation folder – now incorporates Creditcall’s CardEaseXML, an Application Programming Interface (API) that facilitates EMV chip card acceptance. Customers who use TableSafe to effectively self-checkout of a restaurant (as the device allows them to self-insert payment cards, as well as automatically calculating the tip and emailing receipts) will benefit from the additional data protection offered by Creditcall’s EMV-ready payment gateway.

“As restaurants update their technology to become EMV compliant they also want to ensure they are future proofed against the constant evolution of payment solutions,” said Joe Snell, CEO of TableSafe. “Creditcall’s integration into our pay-at-the-table technology enables exactly that. We have been impressed by the close and highly-effective working relationship with Creditcall and by the service they provide.”

“The October 2015 EMV Liability Shift is a huge problem for those businesses that have yet to react to the changes. If they fail to do so, they will become liable for the cost caused by fraudulent payment activity,” said Jeremy Gumbley, CTO of Creditcall. “By integrating our technology into their pay-at-the-table payment offering, TableSafe [is] making it easy for full-service restaurants to meet the deadline in time with a highly secure, innovative and future-proofed solution that also improves the service experience for customers.”