Taking Payments
Taking payments
Whatever your business type and size, receiving payments from your customers is essential.
Our banking and finance team are ready to support you should you wish to engage in invoice factoring, whilst our debt recovery team are here should you need support in recovering debts.
Find out more and how we can help below.
Taking card payments means you need a contract with either:
- One of the small number of “acquiring banks”, and/or
- One or multiple third parties
Our Merchant Acquiring Contracts service helps businesses navigate the complexities of accepting credit and debit card payments by negotiating favourable terms with acquiring banks and providing high-level reviews of key legal issues, ensuring compliance and competitive pricing.
Whether you are using the likes of Stripe, PayPal, Square or Adyen, or a payment solution incorporated into a marketplace, we are here to support you.
Our commercially-minded team work for some of the biggest names in finance. We offer a range of specialist services tailored to support both funders and borrowers on banking and finance transactions.
When debtors fail to pay or continue to delay payment, you need swift and effective action. Our specialist team are experienced in giving advice to help you avoid loopholes and problems.
Notable work
Advising various retailers on:
- Multi billion GBP card turnover arrangements with FIS
- Acquisition of Ingenico PEDs
- Transfer of half a billion GBP turnover to Barclaycard
- Interactions between third party systems such as Adyen and their existing merchant acquiring arrangements
Meet our team
Jaskeerat Sanghera
Managing Associate
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