Are account holds and poor customer service deal breakers, or is there a good reason for PayPal to snap up market share in the UK phone business segment? Although PayPal doesn't offer the cheapest fees, if you already have a PayPal business account it can be the easiest [...]
Our rating[star rating="4" numeric="yes"] Shopify POS for mobile and tablets allows you to savvy up the face-to-face sales experience, with an integrated Shopify terminal, superb product management, and ease of use. With a monthly subscription starting at £47/month , you can make Shopify POS work smoothly in your retail [...]
As of 2017 iZettle and SumUp have emerged as the two top runners in the UK market for mobile card readers. With their devices, anyone can turn their smartphone or tablet into a card machine using the processing power of an App. You can buy the card reader for less [...]
Since the financial crisis of 2008, it’s become much harder for small businesses to find funding and loans. Although banks are now beginning to lend money more readily once again, it’s arguably still not as easy to fund business expansion and boost cash flow than it once was. This [...]
Mobile payment companies Payleven and SumUp merged in April 2016. The combined company trades under the name SumUp. While existing merchants are not affected by the merger, we give a run-down of four Payleven alternatives for those considering accepting card payments on mobile devices. In summary Contactless reader [...]
When SumUp launched its original Chip and Sign card reader in the UK, the company offered free card readers. The new Air reader is a more sophisticated card reader than the previous models, utilizing the latest Bluetooth technology to connect to a smartphone or tablet, as well as accepting contactless cards and [...]
Compact card machines that enable you to process payments with an iPhone have taken the payment industry by storm. In the last couple of years, providers such as iZettle, SumUp and PayPal Here have become household names among small merchants — and for good reasons. Here are 10 of them. 1. [...]
SumUp has been on a mission to make face-to-face payments easier and cheaper. With an app on a smartphone or tablet that connects to a nimble card reader, small businesses can accept card payments anywhere. After merging with Payleven, SumUp has become a leading contender in the UK. We sat down with [...]
Card interchange is a complicated and sometimes vexatious topic. Everyone seems to have their own agenda when talking or writing about it. Which is why so much on the topic is confusing, misleading, ambiguous or just plain wrong. We set out the facts so you can make up your own [...]
What exactly is a ‘chargeback’? Why are they best avoided? And how do you best do this? We present the what, why and how. Chargebacks defined A chargeback is when a card payment is returned. This may be because the cardholder disputes the transaction. For example, if services have not [...]