Payment questions, answered
Short, straight answers about taking payments in the UK, with the working shown.
How does BriizPay work?
BriizPay lets you take a payment without a card machine.
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What are BriizPay fees?
BriizPay charges a flat monthly fee instead of a percentage of your sales.
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Is BriizPay secure?
Yes.
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How to accept payments without a card machine?
You can take payments with just a phone.
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Best payment solution for small business
It depends on how much you take and whether you need to accept cards.
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Cheapest way to accept card payments
For card payments specifically, the cheapest UK options are pay-as-you-go readers: SumUp charges 1.69% per in-person sale and Square and Zettle both charge 1.75%, with a reader costing roughly £19 to £39 up front.
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How to reduce payment processing fees?
Three things cut payment costs for most UK businesses: find out what you actually pay per transaction rather than what you were quoted, remove terminal rental and contracts you no longer need, and move some of your takings off percentage-based pricing.
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Flat fee payment processing UK
Flat fee payment processing means paying a fixed amount each month to take payments, rather than a percentage of every sale.
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QR code payment solution UK
A QR code payment solution lets your customer pay by scanning a code with their phone camera.
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Fast payment processing UK
Faster Payments moves money between UK bank accounts in seconds, and it is the rail behind Open Banking payments.
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