Card machine for your pharmacy and chemist

Reliable card payments for your pharmacy - professional, fast, and with competitive rates for healthcare retail.

Common challenges

  • Need a reliable terminal that never goes down
  • Customers expect professional, modern payment experience
  • Transaction mix of low and high-value items
  • Want integration-ready hardware for future EPOS needs
  • Current provider's support is slow and unhelpful

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PAX A920

Portable/countertop Android terminal with 4.9-inch touchscreen, built-in Wi-Fi & 4G connectivity, and thermal printing. Its form-factor means it's ideal when payments need to be taken away from the counter. Easily handles over-the-phone payments, and is configurable for full POS integration with many third-party POS systems.

  • 4.9-inch HD touchscreen
  • Built-in printer
  • Wi-Fi and 4G connectivity
  • Contactless, Chip & Pin, over-the-phone
  • Can be integrated with multiple POS systems
  • Android payment-only terminal
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Why pharmacies choose uno

Pharmacies serve a broad customer base - from a £2 pack of paracetamol to a £50 prescription delivery. You need a card machine that handles both reliably and projects the professional image your customers expect.

Reliability matters

When someone’s picking up a prescription, they need to pay and go. Downtime isn’t an option. We supply proven terminals with backup connectivity options.

Professional and modern

A modern countertop terminal with contactless, Apple Pay, and Google Pay shows your pharmacy keeps pace with customer expectations.

Competitive rates

We compare rates across providers to match your transaction profile - whether your average sale is small, large, or a mix of both.

What you get from uno

  • A reliable terminal suited to pharmacy trading
  • Rates compared across multiple providers
  • On-site installation and staff walkthrough
  • Responsive UK-based support

Common questions from pharmacy and chemist owners

We sell toiletries and health products alongside dispensing- one terminal covers both?

Yes. The same terminal handles a £1.50 box of plasters and a £30 skincare purchase. One terminal, one rate, one reconciliation. For pharmacies with a retail counter and a dispensary counter, a portable terminal can move between both.

We deliver prescriptions to housebound patients - can we take payment on delivery?

Yes, for any payable items. A portable terminal with 4G goes with your delivery driver. Patients who owe prescription charges or have ordered over-the-counter items can pay by card at the door. Safer and more convenient for vulnerable patients than handling cash.

General questions about uno
Which card machine is right for my business?

The right card machine depends on how the business trades. A fine-dining restaurant in Covent Garden, a market trader at Glasgow's Barras and a pub beside Cardiff Arms Park take payments in completely different ways, and no single machine suits all three. uno starts by understanding how a business actually operates, and only then recommends - from a range of providers rather than from one.

Do all the card machines uno recommends take contactless?

Yes, every one of them. Apple Pay, Google Pay and contactless cards are accepted as standard on every machine uno recommends; contactless is how most UK customers now pay, and every machine features it as standard.

Will I be able to take 'over-the-phone' payments?

For most merchants, yes - available on-screen along with contactless and Chip & Pin. The small minority of high-risk business-types that are not offered over-the-phone payments by default are the exception - for the vast majority, 'over-the-phone' payments will be offered as standard.

How can we process refunds?

From the card machine, in a few taps. Refund a sale on the same day and it is cancelled outright, with the money never leaving the customer's account; refund it after the provider's daily cut-off and the customer's bank typically takes 3-5 days to return it. Every machine uno recommends handles both, and the difference is only in how quickly the customer sees the money.

Is PCI compliance as much of a chore as it is with my current provider?

With several of the providers uno works with the merchant does nothing at all, because the provider handles PCI on their behalf; with the others it is a few minutes once a year. Nobody uno works with makes it complicated, and uno tells a merchant which they are getting before anything is signed.

How long does it take to get set up?

Most businesses are up and running within a few days. uno handles the installation and configuration, then walks the merchant and their staff through everything.

Ready to choose the right card machine?

We make the effort to understand how you operate, and only then recommend the solution that's right for your business - not the provider's.

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