A cashless system is a system that removes the need for the use of physical money in transactions. In our dining room, a cashless system is used to efficiently deliver service. Student details are held on the cashless system which keeps records of cash balances, cash spent, where money is spent, on what food along with the date and times of transactions.

The cashless system uses biometric authentication to speed up the transaction process.

Each student will have their fingerprint registered in school, which will then be translated to an Alpha Numeric number, the image is then discarded, when used, this will then enter them into the system program and identify them by a number. Separate details are enclosed containing further details of the Biometrics system. The information stored cannot be used to recreate an image of the student’s fingerprint.

During a transaction, the student simply places their finger on a scanner at the point of sale; a display will show the server the student’s name, class and current cash balance held within the system. The selected food items will be entered into the system from an itemised keyboard while the amount spent and the new cash balance will show on the display.

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