Aiming for small businesses
Payatrader.com announced the general release of the UK’s first pocket sized, standalone card processing terminal with electronic receipting – specifically designed for home services traders and small businesses.
Not much bigger than a pocket calculator, the PayMate terminal will allow small businesses to take immediate card payment, thereby avoiding non-guaranteed, delayed and cheques lost in the post.
Bill Thomson commented, “Payatrader was first conceived and developed to sustainably address the gap in the market for a “low cost, no financial commitment” card acceptance service, where small traders could take card payments on a Pay As You Go basis without the worry of monthly and minimum usage charges. PayMate pocket Chip & Pin terminal provides a natural extension to our “terminal free” proposition”.
Now launched after an initial offer to Payatrader’s existing customer base, demand is expected to be high.
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