With plastic predicted to overtake cash by 2013, paying by card is becoming the consumers’ preferred method of payment (source: APACS, Payment statistics 2007).
With this in mind, by giving your customers the option to pay by credit or debit card, the potential for increased custom and larger sales is much greater. As the UK’s leading card service provider, Streamline (part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group) processes nearly half of all card transactions, so you can be confident of a reliable, first class service, which accommodates both you and your customer’s requirements for card acceptance and payments.
Streamline can enable you to accept all major credit and debit cards, whether you operate in a face-to-face environment, over the telephone, mail order or internet. Whether you’re new to card acceptance or even if you’re already accepting credit and debit card payments, as a member of GA you can benefit from Streamline’s discounted face-to-face transaction rates.
Our discounted rates are based on a sliding scale of charges on credit card turnover and average sales and range from 1.22% to 2.04% per transaction for credit cards and 14p to 17.5p per transaction for debit cards.
INTERNET
Streamline also works in partnership with WorldPay to enable you to accept credit and debit card transactions over the internet in a secure online environment.
WorldPay services include: Secure payment page, Customer service support, Repeat billing, Fraud prevention, Virtual terminal, Multiple currencies and languages.
MOBILE PAYMENT TERMINAL
Pronto from Streamline, is a mobile payment terminal that makes it possible to accept credit and debit cards wherever your business takes you (subject to mobile network coverage). All of the following advantages – Pronto Mobile GPRS technology means you don’t have to rely on a telephone landline. Ideal for businesses on the move; those with no fixed premises, exhibitions, trade fairs and one-off events.
If you are new to card acceptance or already accepting cards, you can find out about our exclusive discounted rates for GA members by calling Pushpa Patel on +44 (0) 121 237 1142 or email pushpa.patel@ga-uk.org.