Available to Maya Business account holders, the Maya Terminal Lite is a feature-packed electronic payment terminal that fits in your pocket. With the Maya Terminal Lite, your small business can accept the most popular forms of payments today, including payments by EMV credit and debit cards, payments by tap-to-pay NFC cards, QR code payments, and electronic payments via e-wallets like Maya, GCash, GrabPay, ShopeePay, and WeChat Pay. Importantly, the Maya Terminal Lite offers seamless integration with many existing point-of-sale systems, facilitating payments wherever your business takes you.
As an ultraportable payment terminal machine, the Maya Terminal Lite has support for Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G, 4G, and Bluetooth connectivity, allowing it to process payments even in areas with limited internet infrastructure. The hardware also charges through a USB Type C port for ease of charging cable insertion while you’re on the move. It can also automatically keep transaction records, as well as generate and send digital receipts to your customers via SMS and email, freeing you and your staff from the burden of fumbling with paper receipts.
The Maya Terminal Lite can perform excellently in a static brick-and-mortar storefront, though its larger but still portable counterpart, the Maya Terminal may be a better fit in this role. That being said, the Maya Terminal Lite truly shines in dynamic settings that require more mobility, going to and excelling in places that are off-limits to other card payment terminals. Here are some types of small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) that can benefit from the Maya Terminal Lite's ultra-portability:
1) Food Trucks and Mobile Catering
Maya Terminal Lite is the ideal solution for the Philippines’ growing number of food trucks and mobile catering businesses. Its compact size and ample wireless connectivity options allow you and your staff to easily process payments and track sales from any location. What’s more, the Maya Terminal device is ATEX-certified. ATEX certification is a European Union directive that ensures the safety of equipment and systems used in potentially explosive atmospheres. This means that Maya Terminal Lite is safe to use wherever food is cooked.
2) Gas or Petrol Stations
With gas stations in most of the country still being manned by gas station attendants, these businesses need a payment solution that will allow their staff to easily accept payments without having to go back and forth between their in-store POS terminal and where their customers are waiting outside. Maya Terminal Lite is perfect for this purpose, with the bonus of being ATEX-certified for safe use in such an environment.
3) Events and Exhibition Vendors
Whether it's a trade show, concert, or exhibition, vendors can take advantage of the Maya Terminal Lite to process a full range of cashless payments on the spot. Its lightweight design makes it effortless to carry around, allowing vendors to offer a seamless and convenient payment experience to event attendees.
4) Home Service Providers
Businesses offering home services like laundry pickup, plumbing, electrical repairs, or cleaning can also benefit from the portability of the Maya Terminal Lite. Service providers can quickly generate invoices and accept payments on-site, eliminating the hassle of dealing with cash or delayed payments.
5) Outdoor Markets and Pop-up Shops
The Maya Terminal Lite is the right tool for businesses operating in temporary outdoor markets or pop-up shops. Its portability, connectivity options, and ability to charge off an outlet or battery device via a USB Type C cable allow vendors to set up shop anywhere and provide customers with their choice of electronic payments.
6) Delivery Services
Delivery-based businesses, such as courier services or online marketplaces, can leverage the Maya Terminal Lite to streamline their operations. The device's compact size and reliable connectivity enable delivery personnel to collect cashless payments upon delivery, allowing the business to offer the increasingly popular “cashless on delivery” option to customers who want to inspect their items before paying.
7) Trade and Service Professionals
Freelancers and service professionals such as photographers, massage therapists, consultants, or personal trainers can greatly benefit from the Maya Terminal Lite's portability. The device’s feature set allows them to accept a full range of payments on the go, providing a more convenient and professional paying experience for their clients compared to traditional cash payments.
8) Boutique Stores and Fashion Retailers
The Maya Terminal Lite’s small form factor makes it more discreet than other payment terminal devices, which is important in certain in-store situations. Some high-end boutique stores and fashion retailers may appreciate the Maya Terminal Lite device’s understated appearance, as it could allow them to build a more intimate and immersive shopping experience for their customers.
9) Tour Operators
With the Philippine tourism industry now more vibrant than ever before, tour operators need a way of efficiently collecting a variety of payments on the go. The Maya Terminal Lite fits the bill, offering a seamless payment experience even in areas with less-developed internet infrastructure.
10) Small Cafes
The Maya Terminal Lite is a perfect companion for small cafes and eateries, particularly those with a pop-up business model as well as those that are short on counter space. With its impressive payment processing features, you and your staff can focus on providing excellent customer service.
11) Artisans and Crafters
The Maya Terminal Lite is already popular among independent career artists and craftspeople as it gives them a portable and easy-to-use solution for accepting payments through credit cards and popular e-wallets. Its small size makes it easy to accept all payment types at craft fairs, markets, and exhibitions, doing away with the many hassles of physical cash transactions.
Maya Terminal Lite Lets Your Business Move
The Maya Terminal Lite's ultra-portability makes it a great POS system for Filipino SMEs in industries where the device’s compact form factor provides a benefit. And unlike other card or virtual payment terminal options, the Maya Terminal Lite offers a complete payment solution that solves some operational issues that are common among businesses that require a movable POS system. If you belong to the mentioned industries or simply require a more portable way to accept cashless payments, the Maya Terminal Lite is worth considering.
To obtain a Maya Terminal Lite, create a Maya Business account to request your own device. Having a Maya Business account also lets you sign up for the Maya 1-2-3 Grow bundle, an exclusive promo designed especially for Philippine-based SMEs and startups.
Participating in Maya 1-2-3 Grow makes it easy to save on contactless payment processing by giving your SME a 1% MDR (merchant discount rate) onQR Ph sales for 3 months from promo onboarding. If you also create a Maya Deposit account and use that as your payment settlement account, you get an extra month of 1% MDR, growing your SME’s savings even more. Maya 1-2-3 Grow also entitles you to a no-collateral Maya Flexi Loan offer as large as PHP 2 million in just 3 months or less, perfect for supercharging your fledgling business’s growth. Sign up for Maya Business today and experience a new world of payment convenience and financial flexibility.
