When your outlet has to serve customers from abroad, how do you take their money? Cash or a credit card — but there is in fact an easier way: cross-border QR payment.
Cross-border QR payment, launched recently, lets outlets in participating countries take mobile payments from customers based in a different country without any fuss.
To take payment from an overseas customer, an outlet simply shows the QR code from its own country's scheme — PromptPay in Thailand, PayNow in Singapore, QRIS in Indonesia or DuitNow in Malaysia. When a customer from another country wants to pay, they just scan that code with whichever banking app or e-wallet they have.
What does cross-border QR payment do for your outlet?
Every country has reopened its borders, so tourists from around the world can visit Thailand again — which means local businesses can expect more visitors dropping in. According to figures from June 2023, the cumulative number of overseas visitors to Thailand across the year reached 11.8 million, with the top five source countries being China, Malaysia, India, Singapore and South Korea.
Cross-border payment by QR code makes buying and selling smooth, and it opens the door to more overseas customers coming into your outlet. Just as importantly, it is convenient, because it is cashless payment — paying without cash in a restaurant, for instance, which is very much the way people prefer to pay now.
How do you get started with cross-border QR payment?
You can contact one of the banks that support it — BBL, KBANK, KTB, SCB or BAY — and ask to enable cross-border QR.
Which currency will I be paid in?
You will be paid in Thai baht.
What do I need to tell an overseas customer?
Just tell them to scan the QR code and pay with whichever banking app or e-wallet they have.
Which countries can PromptPay QR accept money from?
At present PromptPay QR can accept payments from Singapore and Malaysia.
Where can I read more about cross-border QR payment?
Any outlet or business that is interested can read the detail in the article on cross-border payment from the Bank of Thailand
Use Qashier and let customers pay by cross-border QR payment with ease
It is easier and more comfortable with a Qashier POS terminal and software, which makes cross-border payment simpler for your visiting customers by showing the QR code right there on the screen.
Qashier's POS is also designed to be easy to work with, so you can sell and run the outlet without difficulty — one less headache for market traders and SME shops.
What stands out about Thailand's best-selling Qashier POS models, the QashierX1 and the QashierXL, is that both are dual-screen terminals.
Two screens keep selling and paying smooth. The customer can see the items and the total clearly, and you can generate a PromptPay QR for them to scan and pay the moment they are ready.
And once they have paid, the amount is recorded in the system just as any other payment would be. You can see it all in a single report, alongside your sales and your other payment types, which gives you a full view of how each day has performed.
Importantly, a POS terminal is the helper that answers what your business actually needs, and the software is designed specifically for restaurants and retail shops.
If you are a small business selling away from a fixed site, the QashierX1 is a good fit: a portable dual-screen POS terminal with a receipt printer built in, which suits night markets, booths, events and even a food truck.
And if you are looking for a POS terminal that is handsome, striking and fits in with your shop, then it has to be the QashierXL — a capable dual-screen POS terminal made to sit on the counter, and one that does the whole job.
Start running your shop better with Qashier today
If you would like Qashier to be the helper your restaurant needs, do get in touch for more information. We are ready to support you with POS terminals for retail or restaurants, capable POS software, and support from our team 7 working days a week.
For more details, contact us on Line Official: @qashier.th or call 02 544 0267