# Access Group acquires Eazy Collect to extend payment processing services

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/24/access-group-acquires-eazy-collect-to-extend-payment-processing-services/
- Published: 2019-06-24T11:17:28+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Software provider The Acccess Group has completed its acquisition of Eazy Collect,
the UK payment platform providers for SME’s, not-for-profit, blue-chip corporates
and the public sector.**

Eazy Collect processes over four million payments per year, with a consolidated 
value of more than £400m, for 800 companies and organisations of all sizes. 

Established in 2002, [Eazy Collect](https://www.eazycollect.co.uk/) initially focused
on the leisure industry. Since then it has expanded to work with organisations across
the charity, insurance, utility, finance, telecoms and other sectors, including 
brands such as Arriva, Cannon Hygiene, Midlands Air Ambulance and IHG Hotels.

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Chris Bayne, CEO of [Access](https://www.theaccessgroup.com/), commented: “Following
our [recent acquisition of Rapidata](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/23/the-access-group-acquires-payment-platform-provider-rapidata-services/),
the market leader in Direct Debit processing for the not-for-profit sector, we are
enhancing and extending our business in this space with the acquisition of Eazy 
Collect.  We now have a commanding position in the UK payment processing space across
multiple industries and will be able to offer even more of our customers, current
and future, the capability to process payments in an integrated fashion through 
their Access Workspace solutions.”

The Access Group, established in 1991, has over 18,000 customers in the commercial
and not-for-profit sectors.

 

## 4 billion direct debit transactions a year

The UK direct debit payments market handled over 4 billion transactions last year.
Ninety per cent of UK adults have at least one Direct Debit. 

Andy Stalsberg, CEO of Eazy Collect, said: “The growth of the business has been 
established on a solid foundation of delivering cloud-based and integrated payment
processing solutions built on the five key tenants for our industry – compliance,
security, integrity, confidentiality and availability. “

 

## WATCH: Easy Collect Direct Debit services

 

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