WorldPay Zinc review: a good fit for some small businesses
Versatile mobile card reader with 24/7 phone support and phone payment option.
Elavon MobileMerchant UK review: better options on the market
Alongside SumUp, iZettle, Payleven, PayPal Here and WorldPay Zinc, there is another mPOS player in the UK: the Elavon MobileMerchant. Launched as Elavon’s product designed for anyone looking for a simple low cost solution for accepting cards, it aims to provide a reliable payment solution that turns your smartphone or tablet [...]
Barclaycard Anywhere review – A handy service, but with flaws
Our rating[star rating="3" numeric="yes"] This payment solution from Barclays is pretty good but not great. Barclaycard Anywhere is a decent mobile chip and PIN solution that works with an iPhone or Android device, but comes with downsides compared to competition including higher pricing and limited card [...]
iZettle Pro Contactless card reader – everything you need to know
After disrupting the European mPOS market with its free card reader Lite, mobile payment processor iZettle is at it again. Whereas the simplified Lite card reader, introduced in February 2015, was a calculated step back with its audio jack cable and no display of its own, the newly launched Pro [...]
Payleven review – Convenient Chip & PIN card reader
Payleven allows you to use a smartphone or tablet to accept card payments. No monthly fees, but what’s the catch? Read the full review here!
SumUp review – Affordable, no-fuss way to take card payments
Latest Chip & PIN technology reader with the most affordable flat rate at 1.95%.
PayPal Here UK review – Does it beat iZettle and SumUp?
Our rating[star rating="3.5" numeric="yes"] PayPal Here offers an interesting pay as you go solution for face to face payments, though not the most competitive in the market. Highs: No lock-in or monthly fees, also allows you to send electronic invoices. Lows: Complex fee structure and least competitive fees. PayPal Here, [...]
mPOS systems iZettle, Payleven and SumUp: partial solution for late payments
Two recent reports on the cost to the economy of late payments and the inability to take payments by card have again shown the potential as well as the need for low-cost and flexible mobile point of sale devices, such as those offered by iZettle, Payleven and SumUp. This analysis [...]
Mobile Credit Card Readers: Everything You Need to Know
Mobile credit card readers that connect to a smartphone or a tablet are profoundly changing the way anyone with a business can take credit card payments. This means that the size of your business is no longer an issue and everyone can take credit card payments. Thanks to this new [...]
Charities Not Taking Advantage of Mobile Payments
According to the Charity Commission, the regulator for charities in England and Wales, there are over 150,000 registered charities and their annual income totalled more than £61 billion in 2013. The need for raising money at both the organisational and individual level is self evident, and as the UK becomes [...]