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California, State, County, City businesses are required to implement accessibility tools at checkouts. What this means is the point-of-sale cred/debit card terminals and hand-held temrinals are required to have physical buttons for PIN entry or equivelent as example, the Ingenico AXIUM series that accommodated the blind and low vision as well as the device mounting for wheelchair, scooter and little persons to have full device interation and PIN entry privacy. Hard-fixed mounted devices are not considered as accessibility accommodation.
Mounting Requirements:
Specific mounting standards for credit card terminals are outlined to ensure accessibility and usability. This includes height, reach, and placement considerations to comply with accessibility guidelines. Covers ADA 309, 309.4, 302.8 limited reach and strength, ADA Visual Accommodation. Unit Security tethered. Independent dismount/detach accessibility.
Cal-FIN 13082 complements the federal ADA by addressing specific accessibility challenges in California's retail and payment environments. The law is particularly significant for ensuring equitable access to financial transactions for visually impaired individuals and enhancing consumer privacy during PIN entry.
Consumer protection laws (e.g., the California Unruh Civil Rights Act or the California Consumer Privacy Act) allows individuals to sue for damages if accessibility or privacy violations result in harm. Consumers may also seek remedies under federal ADA provisions if the violations overlap with federal accessibility standards. California $4,000 to $6,000. Federal starts at $75,000 first violation.
With state enforcement efforts strengthened in accessibility, businesses are under greater scrutiny to comply with Cal-FIN 13082. This aligns with California's broader push to enhance accessibility and consumer cardholder protections, as seen in recent legislative updates and enforcement actions in other areas in California. The availability of modern checkout technology in 2025, such as advanced POS ADA mounting, on/off-screen tactile keypads and audio-enabled terminals, makes compliance more achievable, reducing excuses for non-compliance.
At most all checkouts, it is very difficult or not even possible to use the POS credit card terminal from a wheelchair, scooter or of a little person as examples. The CAL-FIN ADA credit card terminal stand remedies this major accessibility problem at checkouts. Universal in design, it uses the specifics of the ADA and the CAL-FIN accessibilitiy requirements.
Accessibility for Visually Impaired Users: POS systems with video touch screens or nontactile keypads must be equipped with a tactually discernible keypad or other technology, such as radio frequency identification devices or fingerprint biometrics, to allow visually impaired users to access the system with their personal identifier. This ensures they can process transactions with the same level of privacy as other users.
The Cal-Fin ADA (Braided and Secured Unit) mounting device requirement, whether internal or external to the POS unit, is designed to prevent easy removal, provide easy access for visually impaired users, wheechair, scooter, little persons etc, , and is be permanently attached (e.g., with a braided wire security tether for fixed to freestanding cardholder use).