Processing payments with the Chip & Swipe card reader
You can accept supported payment cards with the Chip & Swipe card reader.
Supported payment types
You can use the Chip & Swipe card reader to accept payments from the following payment types:
- Visa and Visa Debit
- Mastercard and Debit Mastercard
- American Express
- Discover (only for locations in United States, Canada, and United Kingdom)
- Diners Club (only for locations in United States, Canada, and United Kingdom)
- JCB (only for locations in United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand)
- Union Pay (only for locations in United States and Canada)
- eftpos (Australia only)
- Interac (Canada only)
Most national debit cards such as Interac, girocard, or eftpos cards that are co-badged with Visa or Mastercard can process payments outside the card issuer's country using Visa and Mastercard. Some co-badged debit cards that don't process payments through Mastercard or Visa might not work outside the card issuer's country.
On hardware that supports contactless payments, customers might also present any supported card brand that they've loaded on a digital wallet such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay.
Accept payment with the Chip & Swipe card reader
- From the Shopify POS, tap Checkout. When the Chip & Swipe card reader is connected, it displays Swipe or Insert card at the top of the screen.
- Allow the customer to swipe or insert their card. The chip must face up towards the Shopify logo.
- If an account selection is required, then the customer must select either a checking or savings account. Depending on the bank that the customer uses, they might also be prompted to select which language to complete the transaction in.
- Allow the customer to discretely enter their PIN on the PIN entry screen. After the customer enters their PIN, they tap the green button with the checkmark logo.
- When the transaction is successful, the customer can remove their card and you can choose whether to provide a receipt.
- Tap Done.