Fintech services are undergoing drastic changes in history with new forms of banking like open banking to blockchain and NFTs entering the competition. These changes ignite an intense debate about the future of financial services and raise several concerns for consumers’ security and privacy. Thus, sometimes it is recommended to refer back to systems like BPAY Payments for lessons about security and trust in a business relationship.
Bill Payments (BPAY) is an e-commerce solution that allows businesses to manage payments from consumers. It is one of the most favorite online payment services in Australia, with more than 70% of Australians over 18 and around 60,000 businesses using BPAY to help customers pay their bills securely while also making it easier to help them get their money back in their accounts.
To enumerate a few benefits:
Security: BPAY is the most secure payment service as it is built into customers’ mobile banking apps
Satisfy Customers: BPAY is endorsed by most Australians as a preferred way to pay bills
Better cash flow: the transaction money will be cleared in one banking business day
Simple settlement: Businesses use BPAY’s unique identifier to identify, control, and notify the customer’s how much they need to pay
BPAY Payments - An ecommerce solution from PayChoice
BPAY offers a range of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) tools that enable businesses to streamline their payment and reconciliation process. In detail, using BPAY Payments APIs can deliver numerous benefits to the business:
Better accessibility to BPAY Payments for diverse customer segments
Live updates received
Great flexibility in solution design
Create innovative solutions for businesses
Insightful observations about the business with access to analytics
Validate a BPAY Payment before submitting
Lessen dependence on batch and file-based processes
The APIs provide a simple, efficient, and cost-saving way for BPAY Payments providers to access and through doing so, extend the recognition of this popular paying method to new target audiences.
Additionally, the BPAY Payments provide seamless access to other companies' APIs to easily set up payments without the cost and time associated. This can be seen as fewer mistaken payments are reported, and fewer overheads are issued as APIs normally process the payments upfront.
However, there are important details to be aware of about BPAY Payments.
BPAY Payments do not allow automatic transactions unless set up: Although BPAY gives businesses the flexibility to control their cash flows, bill payments are not automated unless the business is set up that way.
Limited refund options: BPAY does not process refunds easily as the process is complicated.
To ensure the safety of users’ payments and personal information, BPAY has implemented strict security measures for users. Some include:
CRN (customer reference number): each customer is assigned a unique identifier that tells if the payment matches the bill.
Built-in security without third-party access: BPAY Payments is built inside consumers’ banking apps, and provides secured protection against other services from accessing personal data.
Customer support: 24/7 customer available to help users with any security queries
Encryption: BPAY encrypted sensitive data, such as payment details, and personal information from accessing during transactions.
With these security measures in place, BPAY Payments established its reputation as a trustworthy platform for third-party payment services to make payments and transactions.
If you have questions about using BPAY for payment collection, PayChoice is something to look into. Contact us here!