What would happen if your BACS system failed?

• How would  you pay  employees?
• How would you collect direct debits?
• How would you  pay suppliers?

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The Bacs Payment Service from HandsFreeFinance.com is an internet-based Bacs payment platform. It provides all the security and cost saving benefits of Bacs payments without requiring you to install and maintain software or change your existing systems.

We will create a template of your payments or collections output file and you simply upload it through the secure HandsFreeFinance website. We can accept almost any file type and will validate it for accuracy before submitting it to Bacs through our approved Bureau. It’s a flexible, scalable service allowing you to create approval rules for different types of files and different users, edit instructions, and view details of files securely and online.

All you need to access the HandsFreeFinance Payment Service is an internet browser that supports 128-bit encryption such as Internet Explorer 5.5 and above.

BankScan performs an immediate validation of a customer's bank details using the latest information supplied by BACS. Failure of a check alerts the user to obtain corrected information from the customer before the data is sent to BACS for processing.

BACS ISCD (Industry Sort Code Database) files contain information on every bank branch and sort code in the UK. In addition to branch addresses, telephone and fax numbers, the database contains important clearing information for any organisation that processes Direct Debits or Direct Credits.

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