During our testing, we observed that both the EXTGC and GIFTCARD electronic payment types activate and load the gift cards as soon as they are scanned or manually entered at the POS or Verifone device, before the payment is tendered. This behavior aligns with what our Microsoft partner anticipated.

We would like to suggest an enhancement to the gift card activation process for future product versions. Specifically, we propose that the activation and loading of gift cards should occur only after the payment has been completed. This change would help prevent potential fraud, where an unpaid gift card could be used to purchase merchandise at another register.