Can I leave my Barclaycard contract early?

Request your contract end date, notice period and any early termination charge in writing. Terminal hire may end on a different date to the merchant services, so ask about both before you decide.

Will switching interrupt my card payments?

No. Your current terminal stays live until you choose to stop using it, and there is no gap in your ability to take cards.

Do I have to change my business bank account?

No. Card processing and banking are separate. Your settlements simply arrive into the same account from a different acquirer, with no change to your banking relationship.

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Looking for a Barclaycard alternative?

Name: Shift4 Card Machine
Telephone: +447543804014
Price range: Free

Barclaycard is the incumbent for a great many UK businesses, often because the merchant services came alongside the business bank account. Familiarity and the comfort of a large bank are real advantages.

The trade-off tends to be a monthly terminal charge and separate debit and credit rates. We offer a single blended 0.85%, no monthly rental and no cost for the machine, which makes the total easy to check against your own statement.

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Barclaycard published pricing vs our 0.85% blended

	Barclaycard	Shift4
Debit card rate	0.90%	0.85% blended
Credit card rate	1.50%	0.85% blended
Monthly rental	£20.00	£0
Authorisation fee	None published	None
Card machine cost	Included with rental	£0
Payouts	Next working day	Next working day, including Saturdays

Our rate is 0.85% blended across debit, credit, Amex, Apple Pay and Google Pay, with £0 monthly fees and no charge for the machine. Barclaycard figures above are their published rates; a blended comparison assumes a typical 60% debit and 40% credit split.

What switching involves

Your business banking is entirely separate from who processes your card payments, so moving your card machine does not affect your bank account, your overdraft or any lending facility.

Settlement simply arrives into the same bank account from a different acquirer, the next working day. Most businesses overlap terminals for a few days and then send the old one back.

Contract-end considerations

Bank-supplied merchant services frequently sit on fixed terms with a notice period, and terminal hire can be a separate agreement again. Ask for the end date and notice requirement for each.

If a bundled banking arrangement depends on keeping merchant services, check that before moving — occasionally the package pricing changes.

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