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Chip and PIN – what you need to know

If your business accepts face-to- face credit or debit card transactions, you need to ensure that the system you have in place is secure and that the risk of fraud is minimised.

Getting paid by credit and debit card

Being able to receive payments by credit and debit card enables you to do business using internet, electronic or paper-based systems, making it much more versatile than cash or cheques - and setting up a system is quick and easy.

Setting up Switch payments on your website

How you set up website payments for customers depends on how many transactions you’re processing and whether you have an existing card processing relationship with a bank.

Setting up card payments for retail and online selling

Nowadays, we all take card payments for granted, both in the high street and online. For most businesses, being able to accept card payments is a necessity. The following checklist provided by SmallBusiness.co.uk covers the main things to consider when setting up card payments.

Business Banking basics

In order to open a bank account, even a basic one, all banks and other financial institutions must go through a series of checks to try to minimise the effects of money laundering.

Registering to accept credit cards

The first step before you talk about using credit cards on the internet is to find out whether you and your business will be acceptable to transact business by credit card. There are two types of transactions: ‘over the counter trading’ when the customer is present and ‘card not present’ transactions.