SEPA Direct Debits are live
Europe have been big on account-to-account payments for many years. With the introduction of the Euro currency and the “Eurozone” banking integration, it is now possible to use Direct Debits to collect funds from a customer’s bank account from almost anywhere in Europe. The “Single Euro Payments Area” (or SEPA) system uses a common XML file format (we just...
Read moreStripe Integration – automatically collect your Xero invoices using Stripe
Xero has had a Payment Gateway for Stripe available for a while now – and it works nicely. Stripe is a great tool for small businesses wanting to collect credit card payments. Their fixed fees and no monthly charges can actually make it cheaper than using traditional gateways or Paypal – not to mention significantly easier!! So we knew...
Read moreEziDebit has our best integration level
EziDebit is one of New Zealand and Australia’s leading third-party provider of Direct Debit and Credit Card processing. They were our first choice to provide a non-bank interface for automated collection of Direct Debit transactions. Many small businesses can’t get approved as Direct Debit initiators or on-line Credit Card merchants through the regular banks and EziDebit provides an affordable...
Read moreAustralian ABA file
Most banks in Australia allow approved customers to initiate Direct Debits using an industry-standard file format called the “Australian Banking Association” file format (or ABA file). This file is not a comma separated file (CSV) like NZ banks mostly use – it is a fixed length file format which takes a bit more effort to create than a CSV...
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