Abstract: A restaurant table or other customer location is configured with a customer register that is provided with a financial card reader and a screen with display and data input options. The customer register is utilized to establish communications and make payments at a main register. A receipt printer may also be provided. The display and data input screen device has the option to automatically compute server tip as a percentage of the total balance due and confirm the balance charged to the respective credit card. The financial card reader and the display and data input screen are utilized to establish communication between the restaurant or bar main register and the customer register in order to make credit card payments from the customer register to the restaurant or bar main register. The receipt printer is utilized to print receipts having a value equal to the dollar amount charged to the credit card from the customer register after the balance is confirmed through a touch screen method.