A method for conducting credit card transactions at a business having a
plurality of remote customer interfaces includes the steps of
electronically transmitting a customer's order from one of the plurality
of remote customer interfaces to a transaction hub, entering the
customer's order into the transaction hub, transmitting payment
information for the customer's order from the transaction hub to a credit
card interface at the one of the plurality of remote customer interfaces,
electronically transmitting credit card information from the credit card
interface to the transaction hub and conducting a credit card approval
procedure. A presently preferred apparatus includes a system that
includes a remote customer interface and a transaction hub. The remote
customer interface preferably includes a credit card interface and a
radio client. The transaction hub preferably includes a central server
and a radio client.