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Gaining a competitive edge

As clients look to cut costs as a result of economic uncertainty, so must the professional services organisations they work with. And with audit tenders becoming increasingly price-driven, finding competitive advantages is key. This is where we can help, by providing products and services that boost efficiency and keep you one step ahead.

Reduce administration

Traditionally, professional services have relied heavily on paper-based payments like cash and cheques that are time-consuming and inefficient to manage. Simply by accepting more payments by card you can drastically reduce administration, helping you save on staffing costs and protecting your bottom line.

Keep cash flowing

Cheque payments aren't just admin-heavy. With the 30-60 day typical payment terms associated with issuing and chasing invoices, they're also slow. And that can cause big problems if you rely on liquidity. In contrast, card payments take on average 3-4 days to be completed, allowing cash to be pushed through your business more quickly.

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Flexible ways to accept payments

Your customers rely on your expertise. In turn, you can rely on us for bespoke payment acceptance solutions, supported by a team dedicated to your sector.

Our range of terminals and virtual payment acceptance solutions allow you to accept payments quickly and safely, with enhanced data ready to load into your clients' accountancy systems.

B2B transactions

Our card payment solutions will not only benefit your organisation, but offer added value for your business customers, with enhanced transaction data. This can include full invoice information, purchase order numbers and internal references to load into their reporting and accountancy systems. And because this includes VAT reporting, separate VAT receipts aren't needed.

In person payments

For B2C payments, choose a classic terminal, or a portable terminal (usable up to 100m from the base) that can be taken to the payee, to process sales, refunds and pre-authorisations. And for B2B in-person payments, our Classic Summary VAT terminal is ideal, with the ability to store favourite commodity codes, configure VAT rates and provide Level 2 data.

Card-not-present payments

If you need to take payments online, over the phone or by mail order, our range of PCI DSS compliant ePDQ solutions offer a reliable, safe way to receive them, any time of the day or night. You can handle settlement and keep on top of your sales through online Management Information reports and regular statements. Online, our ePDQ system integrates seamlessly into your existing website payment pages. Or use our simple web-based virtual terminal to accept payments over the phone or by mail, with real-time authorisation.

International payments

Barclaycard SmartPay is an online payment gateway for pan-European transactions and payment processing services. Simple and secure, it allows you to take control of your international online business and comply with PCI DSS.

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More opportunities, more protection

We're constantly developing extra services to help you attract and retain customers and protect your business.

Specialist fraud protection

If you're in a high risk business and fraud is a major concern, speak to our dedicated Fraud Relationship Manager to find out how best to protect your organisation. For example, with our new service Fraud Reporter. Unique to Barclaycard, customers receive a daily report detailing fraudulent transactions accepted by their business during the previous 24 hours1, helping to detect trends and reduce the risk of future fraud.

Defense against chargebacks

If you take card-not-present payments, chargebacks can occur when customers' card details change. Our Account Updater Service protects you from the cost and inconvenience of chargebacks by making sure you always have customers' correct details.

We've helped create competitive advantages for our partner merchants, including:

¹ 72 hrs following a weekend, 96 hrs following a bank holiday weekend.

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