Virtual terminal (payment processing)

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A virtual terminal is a software application (often a web application) for merchants which allows them to accept payment with a payment card, specifically a credit card, without requiring the physical presence of the card (“card not present transaction”).^{[citation needed]} They are called “virtual” terminals in contrast to the physical payment terminals used to process card payments when the payment card is present.