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Realex Payments work closely with many banks and financial institutions to process card payments for their merchants. Should a merchant wish to accept credit or debit cards they will need to complete an agreement with its card processing bank (known as the 'acquiring bank'). This is referred to as a Merchant Service Agreement (MSA) and must be in place for the merchant to start accepting the cards in a 'live' environment.

The MSA is agreed between the bank and the merchant and details the currencies, card types and sales channels a merchant can process through that bank. For example, if a merchant wishes to sell online it will require an Internet Merchant Agreement (IMA) and, in the case of telesales or mail order, a Mail Order/Telephone Order Agreement (MOTO). A separate agreement will also be required for each additional currency that the merchant wishes to accept.

Live payments cannot be processed until such an agreement has been finalised with the bank and the necessary merchant account details have been passed on to Realex Payments.

Feel free to contact any member of our sales team who will be more than happy to help you with the setup of this merchant account.



UK Acquirers

 
HSBC

HSBC MERCHANT SERVICES
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 731 8921

First Data

FIRST DATA
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 652 5808

AIB UK MS

AIB UK MERCHANT SERVICES
Telephone: +44 (0) 28 9031 5050

LLOYDS TSB LLOYDS TSB CARDNET
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 056 8669
ELAVON ELAVON MERCHANT SERVICES
Telephone: +44 (0) 845 8500 195
STREAMLINE STREAMLINE
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 01 01 66
EMS Card EMS CARD
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 6600 168
Barclaycard Business

BARCLAYCARD PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 616161

Card Schemes

VISA VISA
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7795 5777
Mastercard MASTERCARD
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7557 5000
Diners Club DINERS
Telephone: +44 (0) 800 389 2224
AMEX AMERICAN EXPRESS
Telephone: +44 (0) 127 3693555



 
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