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Long-form references for the teams running recurring payments at scale. Lending, collections, subscriptions, and the platform mechanics that sit beneath them.

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Lending · Guide Coming soon

The lender's guide to recurring payments

How to combine disbursement, Direct Debit, VRPs, and card recovery into one repayment flow that survives Consumer Duty scrutiny.

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Collections · Guide Coming soon

Building Consumer-Duty-aligned collections

A practical reference for collections leaders moving from indemnity-laden Direct Debit to customer-controlled VRPs and Pay by Bank.

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Subscriptions · Research Coming soon

Involuntary churn in UK subscriptions

Benchmark report on failed-payment rates, retry windows, and account-updater impact across UK subscription books.

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Payments · Reference Coming soon

Multi-acquiring: when it actually pays off

A no-nonsense look at when adding a second acquirer moves the needle on acceptance — and when it just adds reconciliation overhead.

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Payments · Reference Coming soon

Network Tokenisation in plain English

How network tokens differ from PCI tokens, why they survive card reissues, and how to roll them out without breaking your existing recurring book.

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Open Banking · Guide Coming soon

VRPs vs Direct Debit: a decision framework

Side-by-side criteria for choosing between Variable Recurring Payments and Direct Debit by use case, customer segment, and risk profile.

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