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  • Direct debit

    Automatic debit renewal and update

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    July 2, 2020
    Supporters wishing to reinstate their 2020-21 season card and join the direct debit payment plan can now do so. Following a recent meeting with ...
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    Martin Lewis: Take my direct debit challenge: can you save £ 100 in just 5 minutes?

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    June 20, 2020
    Today, I put the glove on. I want to know how many of you are wasting money letting money flow out of your bank ...
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    Exclusive: Stripe takes on rivals with UK direct debit launch

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    June 11, 2020
    Digital bank One more reason for online merchants to choose Stripe for all of their payment needs. Image source: Matt Henderson / Stripe. Global ...
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    New direct debit registrations down 54% in April

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    May 7, 2020
    New donors signing up for direct debit donations to charities fell 54% in April from the same month last year, according to data from ...
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  • Direct debit

    Nationwide: Customers must take a mortgage payment holiday and not cancel the direct debit

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 27, 2020
    Nationwide urges customers to get in touch to set up a mortgage payment holiday rather than simply canceling their direct debit. The mortgage lender ...
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  • Direct debit

    CIMB denies the link between Zoom and the problem of “direct debit” | Malaysia

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 10, 2020
    CIMB claimed that “direct debit” transactions, which have been reviewed by the Malaysia Cyber ​​Consumer Association (MCCA), are legitimate purchases made by customers for ...
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    Increase in withdrawals of direct debits since the start of the coronavirus crisis

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 8, 2020
    More donors than usual have canceled their direct debits from charities since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, data from a charitable payments company ...
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  • Direct debit

    CIMB “Direct Debit” transaction problem being verified by MCCA

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 6, 2020
    The Malaysia Cyber ​​Consumer Association (MCCA) is aware of the CIMB direct debit issue which has gone viral in recent days. Several customers have ...
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  • Direct debit

    CIMB Says It Will Send Text Messages To Customers Affected By ‘Direct Debit’ Fee By Today (April 4)

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 4, 2020
    CIMB said it will contact customers with “direct debit” charges on their debit cards via SMS from number 62666 by today (April 4). The ...
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  • Customer payment

    Gym owners surprised by company paying customers on eve of lockdown

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 26, 2020
    Gym owners who have moved online training sessions have been taken aback by Australian debit company Ezidebit. Lea Cooper, manager of CrossFit 5011 in ...
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  • Customer payment

    HIL Launches Online Customer Payment Portal With Union Bank Of India

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 13, 2020
    New Delhi: In line with government vision of “Digital India”, HIL (India) Limited, a CPSE under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of ...
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  • Direct debit

    SMEs that receive direct debit payments should look to alternative lenders

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 4, 2020
    Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) whose customers pay by direct debit should look to “enterprising alternative lenders” when seeking financing, ArchOver said. Peer-to-peer business ...
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  • Direct debit

    BBC under fire for criticism of TV license direct debit scheme

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    February 20, 2020
    A SCOTTISH businessman launched a tirade on the BBC after finding out he was paying a total of 18 months in payments for his ...
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  • Direct debit

    Is the automatic debit of your credit card early? – Which? News

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    February 11, 2020
    Thousands of NatWest credit cardholders will soon have their direct debits completed later this month, after some longer-standing cardholders were found to pay 10 ...
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  • Direct debit

    Ombudsman Says Agent Direct Debit Emails Real, Not Scam – Property Industry Eye

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 30, 2020
    An agent sent an email notification from the property mediator was so convinced the payment request was a scam that he forwarded it to ...
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  • Direct debit

    Why I don’t have an automatic debit on my credit card

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 29, 2020
    Hello, tell me I’m wrong … Is it really true that the financial magician whose column I have been reading for years has not ...
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  • Direct debit

    WARNING: do not be the victim of a direct debit refund scam

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 16, 2020
    PEOPLE are warned of a direct debit reimbursement scam. Kirklees Council and Kirklees Neighborhood Housing (KNH) say residents of the neighborhood have already been ...
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  • Direct debit

    London FinTech announces the launch of Prolific London direct debit

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 15, 2020
    TransferWise now allows UK and EU users to pay bills and subscriptions anywhere using its new direct debit service. This means that it is ...
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  • Customer payment

    Wawa Announces Massive Data Breach That Potentially Affected Customers’ Payment Information Across All Their Locations

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 19, 2019
    SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Bad news if you’ve ever made a purchase at a Wawa store – your payment information may have been exposed. ...
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  • Direct debit

    Can I cancel my Sky Debit because the bills are in my ex’s name?

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 6, 2019
    I’m having trouble canceling my Sky TV and Broadband subscription. My ex moved about nine years ago and Sky refused to transfer the account ...
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  • Customer payment

    UK retailer Sweaty Betty hacked to steal customer payment information

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 4, 2019
    UK sportswear retailer Sweaty Betty’s website has been hacked to insert malicious code that attempts to steal a customer’s payment information while shopping. This ...
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  • Customer payment

    Smith & Wesson website hacked to steal customer payment information

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 2, 2019
    US gunmaker Smith & Wesson’s online store has been compromised by attackers who injected a malicious script that attempts to steal customer payment information. ...
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  • Direct debit

    Revolut enables direct debit payments for the UK

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 28, 2019
    Revolut has announced the launch of GBP Direct Debits, a new feature for its global retail and commercial financial platforms. The feature, which is ...
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  • Direct debit

    Revolut adds direct debit payment functionality for UK users

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 28, 2019
    Revolut users who want to replace their traditional bank account can pay by direct debit in GBP. The mobile banking start-up said the feature ...
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  • Direct debit

    Modulr strengthens Revolut’s new direct debit functionality

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 28, 2019
    Challenger Revolut Bank will now allow all European Economic Area (EEA) customers with UK account details to set up direct debits, allowing customers to ...
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  • Customer payment

    Macy’s data breach sees customer payment details stolen

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 20, 2019
    Macy’s revealed that its website suffered a security breach for a week in October, exposing customers’ personal information, including their payment information. As reported ...
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  • Direct debit

    Why your energy domiciliation can increase, even when you are in credit – Which one? News

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 19, 2019
    When you pay your gas and electric bills through direct debit and know you have credit, it can be confusing when your energy company ...
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  • Customer payment

    Macy’s customer payment information stolen in Magecart data breach

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 18, 2019
    Macy’s has announced that it suffered a data breach due to its website being hacked with malicious scripts that steal payment information from customers. ...
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  • Direct debit

    Change bank? Changes to levies to simplify matters

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    October 28, 2019
    Consumers will more easily be able to reverse regular deductions from their bank accounts, such as gym fees or streaming subscriptions, as part of ...
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  • Direct debit

    IRS Adds New Pre-Authorized Direct Debit Payment Option to Credit Debt Collection Program

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    October 8, 2019
    The Internal Revenue Service added a pre-authorized direct debit payment option to allow taxpayers to pay off their tax debts to credit collection agencies ...
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  • Direct debit

    Thomas Cook direct debit warning to prevent it from being recorded as a “missed payment”

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 23, 2019
    Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers today found out that their vacations would not take place due to the business collapse – here’s what to ...
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  • Direct debit

    Thomas Cook Direct Debit Warning: Cancel Payment to Avoid Affecting Your Bank Rating | Travel News | To travel

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 23, 2019
    The Thomas Cook administration affects around 150,000 British holidaymakers and 450,000 other customers abroad. The collapse puts 22,000 jobs at risk worldwide, including 9,000 ...
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  • Customer payment

    Incident of the week: millions of Hy-Vee customer payment cards go online

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    August 23, 2019
    An online card bazaar transaction of 5.3 million payment card details corroborated recent reports that customers of the Midwestern U.S. retailer Hy-Vee paying at ...
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  • Customer payment

    Dutch privacy watchdog tells banks not to use customer payment data for marketing purposes

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    July 11, 2019
    The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP), has told banks they cannot offer customers products based on their spending data. According to DutchNews.nl, ...
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  • Direct debit

    Direct Debit Cancellations Fall to All-Time High with GDPR Introduction, Rapidata Says

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    July 1, 2019
    Direct debit donation cancellations fell to an all-time high in the months surrounding the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation last year, payment ...
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  • Customer payment

    Customer payment information stolen from popular food delivery service EatStreet

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    June 20, 2019
    We’re not even halfway through 2019 and billions of records have already been exposed through various data breaches. And these are just numbers on ...
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  • Customer payment

    Hacker Steals Customer Payment Information in EatStreet Data Breach

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    June 18, 2019
    EatStreet online food ordering service revealed a security incident in May that led to a data breach involving customer payment card information and sensitive ...
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  • Direct debit

    45% of UK consumers prefer direct debit for subscription payments

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    June 5, 2019
    GoCardless published research on the payment preferences of consumers around the world for recurring purchases, conducted by YouGov. The study found that almost half ...
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  • Direct debit

    Direct debit: definition, how to configure & cancel

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    May 14, 2019
    photo by Caspar Camille Rubin to Unsplash Read our simple overview of the basics of direct debits, including the dangers they present. Do you ...
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  • Direct debit

    Three customers left furious after provider took direct debit payments from customers

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 3, 2019
    Mobile customers lined up to criticize Three today after the mobile operator took direct debit payments from hundreds of thousands of accounts, leaving plenty ...
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  • Direct debit

    5 Reasons to Start Accepting Direct Debit Payments

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    February 20, 2019
    According to research, almost half of small business invoices are paid late in Australia. This has a huge impact on cash flow and means ...
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  • Customer payment

    Kroger expands customer payment options

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    February 13, 2019
    The Kroger Co. launched Kroger Pay and Kroger Rewards, new mobile and debit payment solutions aimed at accelerating payment by combining payment and customer ...
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  • Customer payment

    Paysafe Partners with Visa to Increase Customer Payment Choice in Europe | Zoom Fintech

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    February 3, 2019
    Paysafe, one of the world’s leading payments providers, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa, confirming its status as a core member of the ...
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  • Direct debit

    Clarksburg, WV, Water Board to Promote Direct Debit Payments | New

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 22, 2019
    CLARKSBURG – The Clarksburg Water Board will promote direct debit payments after a collections review showed that most online payment customers choose to pay ...
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  • Customer payment

    All Nippon Airways Adds PayPal Customer Payment Option | New

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 13, 2018
    All Nippon Airways is expanding online booking options by adding PayPal as a new payment method. The move comes as ANA aims to further ...
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  • Direct debit

    TV license scam “problem with your direct debit payment”

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 15, 2018
    Fraudulent e-mails and “TV Licensing” text messages reporting a suspected problem with your payment method are going around the world. Here’s how to tell ...
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  • Direct debit

    How to cancel a direct debit and not get kicked out by the gym

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 26, 2018
    He gave me a Fit n Fast membership pack. I considered myself defeated and made my way to their orange brand continuous payout streaks. ...
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  • Direct debit

    Sainsbury’s Bank customers charged after direct debit confusion

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 20, 2018
    What exactly is the problem and how can I avoid it? Sainsbury’s Bank says that in July it introduced a new process for customers ...
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  • Customer payment

    Newegg card hack stole customer payment details for over a month

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 19, 2018
    Online retailer Newegg fell victim to a month-long data breach, with payment details of thousands of customers potentially acquired by hackers, adding code to ...
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  • Customer payment

    Faster, smarter: how to improve your customers’ payment experience

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 11, 2018
    Regardless of the latest and greatest technology, a successful payments strategy revolves around the consumer experience, and developing a strategy requires an understanding of ...
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  • Customer payment

    British Airways loses infringing customer payment card data

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 6, 2018
    British Airways today announced the theft of customer data from its website and mobile app. Customers who used the airline’s website and mobile app ...
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  • Customer payment

    eBay Adds New Seller Financing and Customer Payment Options | E-commerce

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    July 25, 2018
    eBay and Square Capital on Tuesday announced a partnership to provide eBay sellers in the United States with access to trade financing of up ...
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  • Customer payment

    PayPal Sends Payment Notice to Deceased Customer, Claiming Death was a “Violation” of Its Rules

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    July 11, 2018
    On May 31, Lindsay Durdle, a UK resident, 37, died of cancer. Her husband, Howard Durdle, informed PayPal of her death last month. Later, ...
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  • Customer payment

    Which billing deadline to choose? An overview of the different payment terms for customers

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    May 18, 2018
    SANTA TERESA, New Mexico, May 18, 2018 / PRNewswire / – There are many different payment terms that can be extended to customers, such ...
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  • Customer payment

    Malware attack hits Chili’s restaurants, customer payment information is recovered

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    May 14, 2018
    Chile’s restaurants have just served up something rather nasty to its customers: the news of a data breach involving the collection of payment information ...
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  • Customer payment

    Longer payment terms for customers raise concerns among companies

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    May 2, 2018
    Around the world, businesses are taking longer to collect payments from customers, increasing the risk of them running into trouble with the global economic ...
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  • Customer payment

    Best Buy suffers from a customer payment data breach

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 9, 2018
    Like any other major retailer, Best Buy offers online chat as part of the shopping experience. But its chat services are not managed in-house; ...
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  • Direct debit

    Why your bank MUST reimburse you if a direct debit is set up without your authorization – your fraud rights explained

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 8, 2018
    Direct debits can be a minefield – and unfortunately, they often go wrong. Here are your rights You have the right to cancel a ...
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    Delta Cyber ​​Attack exposes customer payment data

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 5, 2018
    Delta Air Lines says “several hundred thousand” of customers may have had their payment information compromised. The incident is the result of malware found ...
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  • Customer payment

    Data breach at Saks, Lord & Taylor compromises customer payment data

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 1, 2018
    The owner of Lord & Taylor and Saks said on Sunday that a data breach at his department stores compromised customer payment data. Related ...
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  • Direct debit

    Cancel a Direct Debit – Punch Newspapers

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 28, 2018
    Direct debit payments are convenient for paying your bills, but when your income is reduced, it’s likely to be more important to have more ...
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  • Direct debit

    When direct debit becomes a hook, you can’t do without it

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 22, 2018
    I remember when companies offered discounts to encourage people to choose regular payment plans. Desperate to have more customers on automated billing, the companies ...
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  • Direct debit

    ‘I got £1,120 back after finding a forgotten direct debit I had been paying for FIVE years’

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 8, 2018
    Pensioner managed to recover £1,120 after doing an audit of her direct debits and realizing she had been paying for over five years for ...
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  • Customer payment

    Customer’s credit card data stolen, $ 5 off next purchase offered as an apology gift

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 5, 2018
    Japanese game developer Nippon Ichi Software has revealed that its US branch, NIS America, has suffered a major data breach compromising the personal and ...
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  • Direct debit

    How a Newcastle man collected a huge direct debit payment from the council

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 28, 2018
    Worried that direct debit payments will explode unexpectedly? Here’s a handy hint courtesy of a reader whose quick-wittedness prevented a huge payout from coming ...
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  • Direct debit

    What does Open Banking mean for direct debit

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    January 20, 2018
    I went to see the new Star Wars movie recently. At the time, I had Open Banking in mind. I was thinking about its ...
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  • Direct debit

    Telstra: thousands of Belong customers overcharged during direct debit due to “system error”

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 1, 2017
    Belong, Telstra’s low-cost internet and mobile service provider, overcharged its customers overnight, debiting bank accounts on several occasions. Key points: Customers found themselves unable ...
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  • Direct debit

    Millions of people are paying too much for their energy bills because the direct debit is too high

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    October 30, 2017
    Direct debit is one of the easiest ways to pay energy bills and the level at which a direct debit payment is set is ...
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  • Customer payment

    Hyatt breach exposed guest payment data at 41 hotels – TechCrunch

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    October 12, 2017
    Hyatt today announced that its payment systems have been breached, exposing credit card data from 41 hotels in 11 countries. The hack was discovered ...
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  • Direct debit

    Cancel or modify a direct debit

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    August 21, 2017
    Whakakorengia, panonitia rānei tētahi nama horipū If you want to change the frequency or cancel a direct debit, you must wait up to 10 ...
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    I spent three years paying someone else’s tolls

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 11, 2017
    I would like to consider myself sensitive with money. (Others may prefer to call me “cheap”.) So the fact that I spent $867.08 of ...
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  • Direct debit

    Commercial Bank partners with Qatar Cool for “direct debit” payment

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 6, 2016
    Qatar Cool has partnered with Commercial Bank for the payment of utility bills by direct debit, for the “first time in Qatar”.With Direct Debit ...
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  • Direct debit

    “Vodafone canceled my direct debit THREE TIMES without asking”

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    November 22, 2016
    Vodafone canceled my direct debit three times and won’t tell me why I have been a Vodafone customer for six years and in April ...
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  • Direct debit

    Vehicle tax direct debit payments: renewing your vehicle tax

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    October 3, 2016
    Your vehicle tax direct debit will renew automatically when it expires. You will receive an email or letter telling you when your payments will ...
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  • Direct debit

    Direct Chargeback Causes Unwanted Charges

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    June 6, 2016
    Flogas recently attempted to process a direct debit payment from an account belonging to Yvonne in Ranelagh, without success. “Flogas does not allow consumers ...
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  • Customer payment

    Changes to customer payments at Bermuda Gas

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    April 25, 2016
    April 25, 2016 Bermuda Gas has stated that it wants to inform its customers of the changes that will be implemented following the transfer ...
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  • Direct debit

    A Beginner’s Guide to Direct Debit for Small Business Owners

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    December 2, 2015
    Collecting payments can be difficult for small businesses, a vital part of your cash flow, but so often a tedious process which, if not ...
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  • Direct debit

    Number of direct debits sets new record | Current account

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    August 4, 2015
    More than 100 million direct debit payments were processed in a single day at the end of July, which UK bankers are hailing as ...
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  • Direct debit

    How to cancel a direct debit

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    May 13, 2015
    Don’t let your bank trick you into telling you there is nothing they can do until you let the company know. You have the ...
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  • Customer payment

    Compromised customer payment information at 34 Spec stores

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 28, 2014
    More than half a million customers at 34 Spec’s-owned liquor stores were able to have critical financial information stolen in a sophisticated computer scam ...
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  • Direct debit

    Failed direct debits cost businesses dearly

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    September 5, 2013
    Businesses risk losing money and customers due to mistakes made when setting up direct debit and credit payments. Around six billion automated payments worth ...
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  • Direct debit

    Abuse of the direct debit guarantee system

    By Meaghan H. Gonzales
    March 29, 2012
    The Direct Debit Guarantee Scheme was put in place to provide convenience and protection for customers making direct debit payments. As part of the ...
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