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Fast, smart, secure transactions

About smart cards
Smart cards are perfect for cashless catering. Payments are made extremely quickly (less than two seconds) by simply holding your card next to a contactless reader. At the end of service there’s no cash to count or to bank. Parents top the cards up online either by credit or debit card or by bank transfer and they can also see a breakdown of purchases too.

Easy and discrete free school meal administration
Free school meals can be administered directly by the school with a set value loaded onto recipients' cards on a daily basis. There is nothing to differentiate recipients in the purchasing process from other students.

Getting started
Each pupil at the school is issued with a contactless smart card linked to them. Pupil details, the school badge and even pupil photos can be added to the cards if desired. In many cases, if a smart card system is already in place then sQuid can be added on; allowing parents to top up online.

Case study and more

Read about Sheldon School
Read our case study of Sheldon School in Wiltshire that uses sQuid for cashless catering

Add school trip payments
As well as topping up their child’s cashless catering account and viewing transactions, parents can also use the sQuid portal to make online payments to your school for trips, uniform and more. If you’re a Pebble School Fund Manager (SFM) customer you can also administer the setup and receipt of the payments directly from SFM, saving you even more time and administration. 

Lost cards
When a card is lost it can be blocked to stop any further usage. A replacement card can then be registered to the students account and the remaining balance will be transferred over to the new card.

Impact on the school
- it’s quick and easy for pupils to use
- meal uptake improved
- pupil’s learn financial responsibility
- less cash on the school premises
- staff are freed up from cash handling to perform other tasks
- free school meals (FSM) administered without stigma