List and Suspend Invoices
You can now see a list of all the outstanding invoices for any contact from the Search Contacts screen. Simply click on the value of the invoices beside the contact name and you can see the list of invoices. While you are there you can suspend any single invoice from collection (maybe it is under dispute or the customer...
Read moreInstallment Plans
There are times when you just need one invoice but need to collect that invoice over several installments. So we’ve made it easy to be able to break down an invoice into smaller collections. From the Invoice list you can easily add a payment plan. This must total to the outstanding invoice amount before you can submit it. From...
Read moreSuspend Contact
Even your best clients can hit a cash flow crunch. Every now and then you need to suspend collections for a particular client at their request. Now in uCollect you can easily and quickly mark a contact as suspended without having to delete any of the gateway data you are storing for them. Then, when they are ready to...
Read moreSEPA 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 moreImprovements to the way we handle Upload types
In release 1.1 we have significantly improved the way to manage Upload (CSV, ABA, SEPA) file management. Previously when we detected that a collection was due we sent you an email and marked the invoice as paid (in anticipation). However, if you forgot to download the file and upload it to your bank we didn’t chase you for it...
Read moreRelease 1.1
We are please to announce Release 1.1 of uCollect. In this release we include a few minor bug fixes and tweaks. The major changes that we have included in this release are: improvements in the way we handle Upload interface types (such as CSV or ABA files) Integration with Stripe SEPA Direct-Debits
Read moreLive Chat feature now enabled
The problem for low-cost SaaS solutions like ours is that phone-in support is incredibly expensive to maintain. So we have decided that a Live Chat feature would be ideal. We have chose the Pure Chat tool for it’s flexibility, multi-agent option and price. Now you can reach a live agent from both the main website and from within the...
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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