Card machine loyalty for your business
Bring customer recognition and rewards into the payment experience with Zeal on supported card machines. Tell us your payment provider, terminal model and number of locations so we can explore the right setup for your business.
Print your own branded receipt
Type a company name (payment provider or merchant, either works), then keep scrolling. The card machine does the rest: your name on the screen, your receipt out of the printer, and your customer's loyalty balance already on it.
Your brand on the receipt
Works for a payment provider or a merchant. Prefer a click? Use the button.
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Why loyalty fails at the counter
Most schemes ask the customer to do something extra at the busiest moment of the transaction. Staff forget to ask, queues build, and enrolment stalls within a few weeks of launch.
Enrolment inside the payment
The terminal handles recognition and sign-up as part of the transaction the customer is already completing. Nothing is added to the queue and nothing is asked of the person serving.
Check your terminal's compatibility
Zeal is software for supported payment terminals. Availability depends on the model, firmware, payment application and provider. We will review your current setup and discuss what is possible before you commit.
The card machine is the only thing every customer touches
A loyalty scheme lives or dies on how many people join it, and almost every scheme puts its hardest step first: asking a customer to do something extra while other people wait behind them.
Cards get left at home. Apps get installed once and never opened. QR codes need a phone in hand before payment rather than after. Every one of those mechanics loses most of the people it is offered to, and it loses them fastest at exactly the times a business is busiest.
The card machine has none of those problems. It is already in the customer's hands, it already has their attention for a few seconds, and using it requires nothing they have not already decided to do. It is the one moment in the whole visit that is genuinely universal.
So Zeal puts recognition and enrolment there. A returning customer sees their balance or reward while the payment completes. A new one can join in a couple of taps without giving an email address at the counter or downloading anything.
It also means the scheme does not depend on staff. Nobody has to remember the script, new starters need no training on it, and the experience is the same on a quiet Tuesday and a Saturday lunch rush.
For independents and groups
The same software runs on one terminal or across an estate. A single site gets the same mechanics a chain gets; a chain gets consistent reporting across sites because every location is running the same thing.
For a small business that usually matters more than the features. Most loyalty tools built for independents are simplified versions of enterprise products; this is the same product, sized to the counter it sits on.
What you can see afterwards
Who is new and who is returning, how often regulars come back, and which offers actually brought someone through the door again. Redemption is recorded at the terminal that issued the offer.
Because a redemption is a real transaction rather than a click, the numbers describe visits and takings. That is a different kind of information from social media reach, and it is the kind an owner can act on.
How it fits with your payment provider
Zeal is designed to run alongside the payment application on supported terminals. Availability depends on your payment provider and device, so the first step is to check your current setup.
If your current setup is not supported, we can explore an integration with your provider or discuss an alternative supported provider. Any changes to your equipment or payment arrangements would be discussed before you decide.
What is loyalty on a card machine?
Loyalty on a card machine is a loyalty programme delivered by software running on the payment terminal itself, so customers are recognised and rewarded during the card transaction rather than through a separate card, app or QR code. It is installed remotely to supported terminals and does not replace or alter the payment application already certified on the device.
What it will not do
It will not bring back a customer who did not enjoy the visit — loyalty rewards intent that already exists. It only reaches people who pay by card, so a cash-heavy business sees a smaller audience. And it builds at the speed of your trade: a quiet week is a quiet week for the programme too.
Card machine loyalty questions
Will it work on my card machine?
It depends on the model, the firmware on it, the payment application and who acquires for you. Tell us what is on your counter and who you are with, and we will confirm whether it is supported before anything else is discussed.
Does the customer need to download an app?
No. Everything happens on the terminal during the payment. There is no app, no plastic card and no code to scan, which is the whole reason enrolment holds up instead of tailing off after the first month.
Does it slow down the queue?
Recognition happens as part of the transaction rather than before or after it, so the payment itself proceeds as it does today. Nothing is added to the process your staff run, and there is no separate step to complete once the customer has paid.
Do I have to change payment provider?
It depends on your setup. We first check whether Zeal can work with your current provider and terminal. If it is not supported, we can explore an integration with your provider or discuss an alternative supported provider. Any changes to equipment, rates or settlement would be discussed before you decide.
The quickest way to find out is to tell us what is on your counter. Give us the make of your card machine and your provider, and we will tell you whether it can run Zeal.
Discuss my setupFind the right Zeal setup for your business
Tell us about your setup
Share your payment provider, terminal model, number of locations and what you want to achieve with loyalty. These details help us assess the fit for your business.
Check the fit
We review terminal compatibility and provider availability. If your current setup is not supported, we can discuss a provider integration or an alternative supported setup.
Explore a guided demo
See how recognition and rewards could fit your customer experience. Discuss your use case and the features available for your proposed setup.
Discuss your rollout
Once a supported route is confirmed, review the quote, onboarding needs and rollout plan with our team. Agree the next steps before making changes to your business.
This is how we’re revolutionising payments for our partners
See what Zeal delivers in the field. Our partners earn new revenue from their terminal estates, and their merchants get customer identification, loyalty and insight at the point of payment.
Merchants run Zeal on the card machines they already own.
More repeat visits for restaurants running loyalty on Zeal.
Customer profiles created for merchants using Zeal.
Don’t take our word for it
Manos Perdikaris
Business Unit Manager
Jean-Philippe Niedergang
CCO and CEO of EMEA Region
Boris Ferlet
SVP, Android & Partner Ecosystem
Ahmed Hanafi
Founder & CEO
Mostafa Al Sagheer
CEO
A quote for your merchant setup
Tell us about your business, payment provider, terminals and locations. We will review the fit and discuss a quote for a supported setup.
Discuss your requirements
Start with your current payment setup and loyalty goals. Our team will explain the available options, any requirements and the proposed costs before you decide whether to proceed.
Discuss the features available for your supported setup:
Identify customers and offer exclusive rewards
Card-linked loyalty in the payment experience
Your branding and customer feedback
Reporting for your locations
Insights into repeat customer visits
Want to learn more?
Planning your merchant setup
Tell us your payment provider, terminal make and model, number of locations and loyalty goals. We use this to assess compatibility and discuss the options for your business.
Ask for a guided demo and explain your use case. We can discuss how recognition and rewards could fit your checkout and which features are available for your proposed setup.
Ask our team how data is handled for your proposed setup and request the relevant security and privacy information. These details should be reviewed alongside your provider and business requirements before a rollout is agreed.
Start by discussing your setup with our team. After checking compatibility and provider availability, we can explore a demo, a quote and the next steps for a supported rollout.
Support depends on the terminal model, firmware, payment application and provider. We will check your setup before confirming availability. If it is not currently supported, we can discuss a provider integration or an alternative supported provider.
Share the countries, providers and terminals used at each location. Availability and rollout requirements need to be checked for each setup before a plan can be confirmed.