The Clover Mini can be used as customer facing terminal attached to the Clover Station 2018 or to it self the Clover Mini. Some merchants are using the Clover Mini as a merchant facing terminal instead of the station 2018. It is a known issue with Clover Support that the Clover Mini EMV card slot gets damaged when using metal cards. The ability to attach a relatively inexpensive EMV/CTLS customer facing terminal to the Clover Mini would effectively and efficiently protect the more expensive Clover Mini from being damaged and buy the hardware team time to review / redesign the Clover Mini EMV card slot. Currently the merchant is being exposed to EMV Liability Shift or chargebacks due to key entry of transactions. Plus, there is additional charges for the swap and time waiting anxiously for the arrival and setup of the new Clover Mini. Clover Support sometimes states that the LTE may resolve this issue but merchants with non LTE Clover Mini's would not benefit.