# The Access Group acquires payment platform provider Rapidata Services

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/23/the-access-group-acquires-payment-platform-provider-rapidata-services/
- Published: 2018-11-23T16:48:31+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Software provider The Access Group will now be offering payment processing capabilities
having acquired Rapidata Services Ltd.**

Payment platform provider Rapidata processes over 13 million direct debits worth
over £180 million each year. It has 600 customers, many of them charities who use
it to help them reduce the time, administration and cost of processing payments.

Indeed, over 10% of the top 500 UK charities by income use Rapidata.

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The announcement was made yesterday at Access World 2018 in Westminster, London.

Chris Bayne, CEO Access Group, commented: “With the UK direct debit payments market
alone exceeding 4 billion transactions last year and with nine in every ten UK adults
having at least one direct debit, we expect significant uptake of the Rapidata solution.”

## Benefits first to Access not-for-profit customers

He added that the company will focus on integrating payments processing capabilities
for its existing not-for-profit customers, building on Rapidata’s 20 years of experience.
It will then extend this to other sectors it serves such as education and health
and social care.
Scott Gray, CEO Rapidata, will continue with the business as Access
Head of Payments. He said: “As part of Access we will be able to consolidate our
position as a market leader in the not-for-profit sector and support our growth 
ambitions into other markets more rapidly.”

https://twitter.com/Rapidata_UK/status/1065989196647710722 

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