Introducing Spirii Point of Sale: AFIR-compliant payment terminals powered by Payter

It just got a whole lot easier to accept hassle-free contactless payments from drivers, keep on top of billing, and stay ahead of ever-changing EV legislation.

Article summary
  • Spirii has partnered with Payter to introduce contactless payment terminals for EV charging stations, aiming to simplify payment processes and ensure compliance with evolving EV legislation.
  • The Spirii Point of Sale payment terminals support various contactless payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, allowing EV drivers to pay easily without the need for specific apps or RFID cards.
  • The payment terminal system complies with the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), a European directive ensuring widespread and accessible EV charging infrastructure, and the German 'calibration law' (Eichrecht), which standardizes pricing calibration for EV charging meters and ensures transparent billing for EV drivers.
  • The Spirii Point of Sale payment terminal can wirelessly connect to multiple EV charging stations, providing EV drivers with clear cost information and access to receipts and billing details via dynamic, on-terminal QR codes.
  • The payment terminals integrate seamlessly with Spirii Connect, allowing charge point operators to manage tariffs, charge records, billing flows, and dynamic pricing efficiently within the Spirii ecosystem.
  • Charge point operators can customize the Spirii Point of Sale payment terminals with branding, enhancing brand recognition and fostering customer loyalty.
  • The contactless payment solution aligns with Spirii's commitment to making EV charging widely available and user-friendly, supporting the transition to sustainable mobility.

It’s vital that charging infrastructure continues to become widely available and as easy to use as possible. That’s the aim of recent legislative measures like AFIR – the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation – but it’s also our aim here at Spirii.

That’s why we’ve now partnered with Payter to offer simple, hardware-agnostic contactless payment terminals to our CPO partners.

Here’s everything you need to know about Spirii’s new Point of Sale proposition…

Payter + Spirii

Installing one of our Payter-powered contactless payment terminals makes the process of settling easier than ever, for any EV driver using your chargers. Each terminal can wirelessly link to one or more charging stations, providing users with everything they need to charge and pay without any surprises when it comes to cost.

Payter’s contactless payment system is fully compliant with both AFIR and Eichrect legislation, supporting contactless payments from Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more.

Drivers using these terminals will be able to use a dynamic, on-terminal QR code to access receipts and billing information, all without having to dig around for charging apps or RFID codes. With Payter, EV drivers just need to tap to pay and head off on their way.

What is AFIR?

The Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation is a European directive designed to ensure adequate EV charging infrastructure across the continent, with frequent access to charging stations along major roadways and easy, hardware-agnostic contactless payment protocols.

What is Eichrect?

Also known as the German ‘calibration law’, Eichrect comprises several distinct measures designed to standardise pricing calibration for EV charging metres, as well as to provide drivers with full transparency about billing rates – before and after charging.

Spirii integration here means that your Point of Sale terminals will link seamlessly with Spirii Connect, meaning hassle-free registration and integration with existing billing flows, dynamic pricing, and more.

Our technology, your terminals

Spirii and Payter’s solution takes care of all the hard work for you, which means you can handle limitless customer payments without worrying about checking legislative boxes or staying on top of billing.

That’s because our Point of Sale tech is fully integrated with the Spirii ecosystem, letting you manage everything from tariffs, charge detail records, billing flows, and all other platform features efficiently.

But drivers won’t know that. That’s because our payment terminals are fully customisable with your branding.

We know how important it is for charge point operators to build a recognisable, trusted brand – it’s how you’ll grow a user base of loyal, happy customers who keep on coming back and who’ll make your chargers their default port of call.

That’s why we’ve made it simple to deploy payment terminals that represent your brand, with a visual identity that’s totally yours. Our technology, your branding. That’s what makes Spirii Point of Sale so powerful.

Sound good? If you’d like to talk about installing our powerful new payment terminals, get in touch using the contact button below.

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