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Stripe vs Adyen
Payment Gateways

Stripe vs Adyen

Written by Harry Jones Updated 6th Feb, 2024 Stripe vs Adyen Stripe and Adyen are prominent players when it comes to accepting payments, but both

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Payment Gateways

Stripe vs Paypal

Written by Harry Jones Updated 6th Feb, 2024 Stripe vs PayPal In the eyes of many businesses, Stripe and PayPal are the two primary options

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PSD2 Authentication

Home PSD2 Authentication: UK Small Business Guide For businesses accepting card payments, implementing the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is becoming increasingly complex. National regulators,

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Knowledge Hub

Knowledge Hub Payments 101 List of payment processors Compare merchant service providers, merchant accounts, acquirers, payment gateways, payment processors and payment facilitators for UK SMEs.

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Mobile Card Machines

Mobile card readers for small businesses We can find you the right mobile card machine for your business with low card processing rates.  We’ll work

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Card Readers

Guide To PDQ Machines

Home Compare PDQ Machine Types & Costs (2022 Update) What is a PDQ Machine? PDQ (process data quickly) machines are just another name for card

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What Are Merchant Services
Payments 101

What Are Merchant Services?

Home What are merchant services? Merchant services, also referred to as card processing services, are facilities that handle electronic card transactions, enabling the transfer of

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Payments 101

What Is A Merchant Acquirer?

Home Merchant Acquirers Whilst there are over 100 merchant card acquirers and over 50 payment facilitators providing services to UK businesses 97% of UK card transactions

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Payments 101

Evo Payments

Evo Payments Review EVO Payments was initially founded in 1989 as Merchant Services Inc. so this is no spring chicken in the payments services industry.

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EPOS

Lightspeed Restaurant Review

★★★★★ 4.5/5 Visit Site Contents Dedicated restaurant POS Excellent UI & usability Extensive reporting Fully customisable Offline functionality Excellent customer service Offline mode requires additional

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EPOS

Nobly POS Review

Review of Nobly Restaurant EPOS system. Compare features, prices and user reviews against other restaurant and cafe POS software.

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EPOS

Lightspeed Retail Review

Find the best EPOS system for your business by comparing leading suppliers Compare the best POS systems for retail and hospitality businesses. Find the best

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Payments 101

Global Payments Review

Global Payments Review If you are a large business, processing a great number of transactions or with a big international audience, then Global Payments could

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Payments 101

Elavon Review

Elavon Review  As a major payment processor, Elavon has a lot of things going for it — customers can make use of a great many

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Trust Payments
Payments 101

Trust Payments

Trust Payments Trust Payments, formally Secure Trading, is worth considering for SME’s who are in need of an all-in-one payment solution. Things we like: All-in-one

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EPOS

Vend POS Review

Check out our comprehensive review of Vend POS. It is an affordable and highly effective cloud-based POS software and retail management platform designed for retailers of all sizes.

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Ecommerce

BigCommerce vs Shopify

BigCommerce and Shopify go head to head to see which is the best self-hosted eCommerce platform for UK businesses. Compare features, costs, themes, plugins etc.

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Payments 101

NetPay

NetPay Review: Payment Services For Businesses Of Every Size Things we like: Extensive payment services Competitive pricing Fairly transparent pricing Flexible rental options Things we

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Ecommerce

Klarna Review

Pros, cons, hardware, ease of use, fees and support of Klarna for UK businesses. See how it compares to other online payment processors. Make a savvy choice.

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EPOS

Epos Now Review

In depth review of Epos Now for UK business’s. We look at the features, fees, hardware, ease of use and support. Compare with other POS providers.

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Data

UK Credit Card Statistics

We look at the latest published uk credit card data. Includes data on Card Ownership, Usage, Transactions, Borrowing, Fraud, Apps, Online, Mobile & Write-offs.

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Payments 101

Worldpay Review

Home Article Updates 20th Oct 2023: Added transaction fee table. Updated Truspilot score. Sept: 2022: Updated fees and card machine information. Sept: 2018: First published.

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Payments 101

High-Risk Merchant Accounts

Compare high risk merchant account providers and secure the lowest card processing fees Receive preferential rates from trusted high risk payment processors Compare multiple merchant

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Handepay Review

Handepay Review Handepay is a UK based independent merchant account provider that is an authorised ISO of Evo Payments International and also has a partnership with

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Braintree Review

Braintree Merchant Services Review Braintree is the online and mobile payment provider trusted by the likes of Airbnb, Uber, GitHub and countless other startup giants. That

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Paymentsense Review

Paymentsense Review Pros Quick and free set-up Card machine & POS integration 24-hour UK-based phone support Cons Poor customer service reputation Some pushy independent sales

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