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Direct Debit is a widely used payment method across the globe. Different territories operate different schemes such as Bacs in the UK, SEPA across the Eurozone and BECS in Australia.
GoCardless provides a single point of access to Europe’s largest Direct Debit schemes. Learn more about each scheme below, or get in touch to speak to our payments expert.
Bacs
Currency: GBP
Automated payments are at the very centre of the UK’s financial system, providing an essential service for both consumers and organisations. Bacs is the company which runs Direct Debit in the UK. 74% of all recurring payments are made by Direct Debit.
SEPA
Currency: EUR
SEPA Direct Debit is a Europe-wide Direct Debit system that allows merchants to collect Euro-denominated payments from accounts in the 19 SEPA countries and associated territories.
Key markets:
Germany, Austria, France, Spain and The Netherlands
BECS
Currency: AUD
Autogiro
Currency: SEK
Bg Autogiro is a Direct Debit scheme for collecting Krona-denominated payments from a bank account in Sweden. Approximately eight out of ten Swedes use Autogiro with the average customer paying five to seven bills per month via Autogiro.
Betalingsservice
Currency: DKK
PaymentsNZ
Currency: NZD
PAD
Currency: CAD
ACH Debit
Currency: USD
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Seamlessly embed one of Europe’s most popular payment methods into your checkout flow.
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