Plain-English guides to card machines, gateways and the fees in between — written for UK small and medium businesses, not payments engineers.
Portable reader, countertop terminal or a full merchant account — the seven questions that actually decide which one fits, before you look at a single rate.
Why customers can reverse a payment weeks after you've delivered the goods, how the process actually runs, and the paperwork that wins a dispute.
The difference between taking payments in person and online, and why most growing businesses end up running both side by side.
Every card fee breaks down into three parts. Once you can see them separately, spotting a bad deal gets a lot easier.
Exit fees, contract minimums and the questions to ask before you sign anywhere new — plus when switching isn't worth the hassle.
Why some payments suddenly ask for a PIN, what SCA actually checks for, and what it means for your checkout.
Almost every UK business taking card payments has some PCI obligation. Here's the realistic version, not the 100-page one.