GLOSSARY
Electronic cash register
A digital register or POS system that records sales and must meet German GoBD and KassenSichV requirements.
An electronic cash register is a digital register or POS system that records sales, creates receipts, and stores transaction data for reporting and audits. In Germany, this usually means the system must support tamper-proof records, fiscal exports, and a connected TSE.
For operators, the important point is not the device itself but the workflow around it: every order, payment, refund, and daily close should land in the same clean record. That makes tax exports, cash counts, card reconciliation, and management reporting less manual.
In the product
Where this term matters in operation.
The glossary is not meant to be academic. It explains the language teams use in Kotao while selling, planning, paying, reporting, and automating.
In sales
Terms like this appear inside POS, checkout, bookings, offers, and customer communication.
In back office
Finance, inventory, HR, and reporting need the same meaning so reports do not drift apart.
In integrations
APIs, imports, webhooks, and exports work better when teams use the same definitions.
Related terms.
Acquirer
Bank or payment institution that signs merchants and routes their card transactions into the card networks.
Apple Pay
Mobile wallet by Apple that tokenizes cards for contactless and in-app payments.
Card Fraud
Unauthorized card use or theft of credentials to initiate transactions.
Card Network
Payment network (e.g., Visa/Mastercard) that sets rules and routes card transactions between issuers and acquirers.