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Run it properly

Take card payments in

A payment account in your business’s name, with a provider that takes businesses where you are.

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Your customers’ money goes straight to you. It must be in your business’s name, because it is your money and your customers’ card details — never mine.

Who does them
  • 1 You · 33%
  • 2 You, with someone · 67%
  1. Check the provider takes businesses where you areYou

    Stripe takes UK businesses, alongside the providers above.

  2. Open the account in your business’s nameYou, with someone

    Open the account in your business’s name and pass their identity checks — ID, proof of address and your business details.

  3. Connect your own bank accountYou, with someone

    Connect your own bank account, so payouts come straight to you.

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