If you’re looking to start an online store, or you want to accept payment for services and subscriptions more easily, it’s likely you’re going to be in the market for a payment gateway. But what is a payment gateway, what do they do, and how hard are they to set up? Learn everything you need to know about payment gateways, …
Minister Simpson’s announcement on 1st May of the decision to regulate open banking is momentous for payment initiation services like POLi. From 1 December, ASB, Westpac, ANZ and BNZ will be required to connect MBIE accredited service providers to their open banking APIs. The Minister’s announcement coincided with the news that POLi and ASB are partnering to enable open banking …
In an industry first, ASB has today announced it is partnering with POLi, one of New Zealand’s largest online payments providers, to support customers to make secure open banking based digital payments. With POLi using ASB’s open banking APIs, customers are able to use POLi as a payment method without sharing their username and password. Customer authentication and payment authorisation …
Online EFTPOS is a payment option appearing across more and more stores and services around New Zealand, including retailers, councils and hospitality venues. But what is online EFTPOS, how does it work, and should your organisation adopt it as an alternative online payment offering? How does online EFTPOS work? Online EFTPOS is similar in some ways to POLi, in that …
7-day payment processing has come to New Zealand. But will this mean you need to adjust any internal processes? Let’s take a look. 365 days of payments from May 26 All of us have at some point tried to send or receive money through a direct bank transfer or automatic payment, only for it to stay in limbo over the …
If you’re a pharmacy or veterinary practice and you’ve always wanted to run an online store, we’re going to talk today about how it might be a lot easier than you think… We’re excited to announce that POLi has recently teamed up with the fantastic Kiwi online shop builder Storbie, which specialises in building e-commerce ready stores for pharmacy and …
It’s time your invoices were paid quicker! We’ve seriously upgraded the POLi Xero add-on, in partnership with Stripe, to bring you fast, instant POLi payments within your regular e-invoices – in combination with Stripe-based credit card payments. Hasn’t POLi had a Xero add-on for a while? What’s different? Previously, the POLi Xero add-on enabled e-invoice users to integrate Xero with …
Every year, budding young Kiwi entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to experience the real business world first-hand by competing in the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. This year, we’re proud to say that POLi has joined in the journey, supporting the Young Enterprise Trust by offering a special deal for its students. What is the Young Enterprise Scheme? The Lion …
To keep your cash flow happy, it helps to be able to receive payments as quickly as possible. That way if a customer buys a product, pays a fee, donates money or hires your services, you know the money will be sitting there in your bank account – not pending and, therefore, inaccessible. Customers want this too. 49% of Kiwis …
If you run a non-profit organisation such as a charity, sports club, or something similar, we understand cash flow is probably a constant concern. More and more Kiwis are choosing to buy and pay for their goods online. NFPs could learn a lot from this trend – Kiwis are doing everything online, and they want to donate to causes online …