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New order and pay capabilities with Square for Restaurants

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About the new order and pay capabilities

New order and payment capabilities, like bar tabs with preauthorization and Scan to Pay, are available for use with your Square for Restaurants POS. 

Overview of the new order and pay capabilities

Redesigned Orders tab

The Orders tab contains all your checks, tabs, and online orders to give you a single, centralized location to manage your orders.

Bar tabs with preauthorization

Preauthorization gives you the ability to temporarily preauthorize a credit card for a set amount to ensure a customer’s credit card is valid and able to pay for their bill when closing out their tab. Preauthorizations typically last around 36 hours, but may vary depending on the customer’s card network and issuing bank.

Scan to Pay

Scan to Pay allows your customers to pay for their meal by scanning a QR code on their printed receipt, helping you turn tables faster and free up more time for your staff. Scan to Pay can also help improve customer satisfaction by speeding up their payment experience.

Square House Accounts

With Square House Accounts, you can allow customers to obtain products and services without having to pay for them immediately. You can establish a spending limit for the account and the customer can make purchases within that limit. You can see a running balance of the customer’s house account and send an invoice to collect payment at a later time.

Split by item or seat

Your staff can split checks or payments among multiple guests or multiple payment types, by item or seat. Checks can be split by check, payments, or items.

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