What Is A Non-Sterling Transaction Fee?
If you frequently travel abroad, you’ve likely encountered unexpected charges on top of what you paid overseas. When you make a payment to a business outside of the UK, you’ll often be hit with a ‘Non-Sterling transaction fee’ for paying in another currency. In this quick guide to Non-Sterling transaction fees, we explain exactly what […]
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Taking Card Payments Over The Phone: Tips For Set Up And Ongoing Use
So many businesses have recently taken up different payment methods for when a customer isn’t physically in the store. While online payments may be at the forefront, a popular alternative is to take card payments over the phone. Customers could be uncomfortable entering their details online, or simply want the convenience of paying while they […]
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What’s A Payment Aggregator And Should My SME Use One?
When you’re starting up a business for the first time, the numerous options to accept payments can feel confusing. Opting for a traditional merchant account can be time consuming, and in some cases difficult to get accepted for. In order for these smaller businesses to get going, one emerging method has been to use a […]
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What is a CVV2 Number, Where Do I Find It, and Why Do We Use It?
With stores increasingly moving online, more and more of us are shopping digitally for everything from groceries to technology. It’s become standard practice to buy items online, and most of us enter our name, address and details in seconds. But in addition to your other information, most sites also ask for a card verification value […]
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5 Ways To Reduce Chargebacks (Plus 5 Extra Ways to Reduce Card Fraud!)
Chargebacks are a serious concern for merchants trading online and result in millions in lost revenue in the UK every year. Here's how you can prevent them.
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In this article, I’m going to dig a little deeper into Verified by Visa and card security systems in general.
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The 5 Best E-Wallets Available
Chances are that if you’ve bought anything online recently, especially if the company you were buying from was based abroad, you have used an E-Wallet of some variety. So, which are the E-Wallets you should be taking note of and what can they do for you that other online payment systems cannot? Skrill Skrill started […]
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Where would we be without direct debit? From rent and council tax to Netflix and Spotify, direct debit is a lifesaver of a payment solution. It ensures that we don’t forget to pay a bill, and makes for a more comfortable and hassle-free financial life. As a business owner, offering direct debit solutions is a […]
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Braintree Review: Features and Fees
Braintree Payments is a popular online payment processor for eCommerce businesses to accept mobile and web payments. Braintree also accepts trendy new payment methods, like Google Pay and Apple Pay. If you’re old school, there’s support for all debit cards and most credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, etc.) The company has a pretty impressive […]
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Nochex Review: UK Features and Fees
Paypal, Stripe, WorldPay. All of these well known online payment providers do pretty much the same thing: your customer makes a payment, your provider processes it and passes the money over to you (not before they take a fee of course)! So what is Nochex? Founded in Leeds back in 1999, Nochex is an independent […]
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