Beekash Payment Systems

The UK e-commerce market is Europe’s largest and is set to reach £90 bn before 2020 (up from £60 bn in 2015). But while e-commerce grows, the preferred consumer payment mechanisms are changing. The Payment Services Directive 2 ( PSD2 ) will come into force in the UK (and the wider EU) within two years and will have a profound effect on retail and commercial banking . While new payment categories like PISP ( Payment Initiation Service Provider ) and AISP (Account Information Service Provider) will transform how consumers interact with their banks and third parties, they also hold the potential to transform e-commerce. A catalyst for alternative payment methods Today, credit and debit cards in particular are the preferred consumer payment method in the UK, with card spending comprising 63% of all e-commerce payments. However, according to WorldPay, alternative payment methods will see their overall share of transactions grow from 37% to 50% by 2019. The implementation of ...

Collecting payments through cards has grown as one of the essential part of the business. As today people prefer to pay through their cards that are, purchasing product or services through their account directly. For this the businesses who are practicing the traditional way of business are rapidly changing their working or the start-up businesses who want to have a credit card payment accepting merchant account, needs to deal with a lot of paper work for the approval of a merchant account that is specially dedicated to collect payments through cards. Here we are going to discuss about the merchant account requirements in UK, Ireland and other 26 European countries. For a merchant account to be initiated for collecting card payments the businesses needs to have the following documents to file applications: Proof of Citizen Ship: A copy of passport or EU card, as the proof that the applicant is a resident of European country. Physical presence of business: Proof that the...