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February Merchant Masterclass: Unlocking the Full Potential of Pinch Payments
Learn how Pinch Payments can optimize payment processes, improve client relationships, and drive business growth from our February Merchant Masterclass.
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Introducing GuruPay: An Embedded Payments Solution for WorkGuru, powered by Pinch Payments
The GuruPay Advantage GuruPay represents a significant advancement for WorkGuru, as it enables their customers to collect payment online from invoices and quotes sent through their software, providing tremendous benefit to Australian businesses that use the WorkGuru job management system.

How Late Payment Can Cripple Your Business
Late payments can have a serious impact on a business, causing a ripple effect that can cripple its operations. When customers or clients fail to pay on time, it can lead to a significant loss of cash flow, which in turn can impact a company's ability to pay its own bills, invest in growth opportunities, and even meet payroll obligations. In this

How to Improve Cash Flow as a Wholesaler
Introduction Trying to manage a wholesale business is hard at the best of times, even if all of your customers pay on time and pay accurately. On average, there are approx. 3 systems working together including your inventory, warehouse and accounting systems. We haven't even considered a customer management system, retail ordering system and the

What It Takes to Bring Payments to the Xero Roadshow
Smaller than a parcel, quick like metatarsal, the boys at Pinch are bringing Payments to Newcastle! We’ve learned a lot since the last time we exhibited at a Xero conference and it’s fair to say that we still have a long list of things to learn. Nonetheless, I wanted to put together a bit of a post on what we’ve done to prepare for the

5 Unique Ways to Use Direct Debit to Collect More Payments
If your business is not using direct debit in some way you probably have some incorrect idea about the usefulness of it. Forget what you think you know about direct debit. Direct debit does not mean lock in contracts, and it doesn't even mean subscription or ongoing service.

Direct Debit Timings - and Why They Can Take So Long!
You may be familiar with Osko which allows you to transfer money to friends or family, instantly. Unfortunately this is all one way, push traffic - pushing your funds to another person's bank account. Australia, as of writing this, has no instant pull traffic - for example, your friend requesting to debit your account for half of the dinner bill.

Get the most from XeroCon as an Exhibitor
September 2022 marks our third XeroCon and though it felt a little different than previous years, it was our most successful yet. I've written a few thoughts about what to expect and how to get the most from exhibiting at #XeroCon.

Can You Pay Invoices Through Xero?
The Power of Xero in Financial Management Xero has earned its reputation as a leading accounting software for businesses of all sizes. One of its core functionalities is managing and tracking invoices. With Xero, you can create and send invoices, record payments, and even set up recurring invoices, making it an indispensable tool for businesses.

The Best Tech Stack for Maintenance Businesses
Ever feel like you’re constantly playing catch-up with your to-do list? You’re definitely not alone. A staggering one in two SMEs say they’re worried about lost time and productivity in their business.

How to Get Customers to Commit to Pre-Approved Direct Debit
But how do you persuade your existing customer base to change the way they pay you without upsetting them too much, or losing customers outright? This article gets to the heart of what causes this aversion to change and how to push through and get your customers paying you the way that most benefits you.
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