Valor VP300

The Valor VP300 is a PIN pad: a customer-facing device that handles card entry and PIN capture for a till or point-of-sale system it plugs into. It is not a standalone card machine. It has no printer, no network connection of its own and no battery, and it connects by RS232 or USB to a host system that runs the sale and prints the receipt. If you need a device that works on its own, the VP100 is the countertop terminal in this range.

What it is designed to do, it does well. The PIN entry process is protected by PCI PTS 5.x certified security, which is the point of a dedicated PIN pad: the cardholder's PIN is entered into hardened hardware rather than into a shared screen. A 2.4-inch colour touchscreen with an included stylus handles digital signature capture, and there is a built-in customer feedback rating system for businesses that want to collect satisfaction scores at the counter.

It accepts tap, chip and swipe. Contactless is EMV Contactless L1 and supports Mifare and FeliCa alongside the standard schemes.

Because it works as part of a wider setup, whether the VP300 suits your counter depends on what it needs to connect to. We confirm compatibility with your existing till or POS software before quoting rather than after, since the connection is by serial or USB and not every system accepts both.