Direct debitRecurring payments
Bacs Direct Debit
The UK's direct debit scheme, protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee and common for recurring bills.
How it works for your customer
- 1
The shopper enters their sort code and account number.
- 2
They confirm the Direct Debit instruction.
- 3
Payments are collected automatically on each due date.
At a glance
- Type
- Direct debit
- Countries
- GB
- Currencies
- GBP
- Recurring payments
- Supported
- Refunds
- Supported
- Disputes
- Handled by the provider
- Payouts to this method
- Supported
- Typical settlement
- T+3
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Market guides
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