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What taking payments by phone changes for a small shop

For a shop, café or stall, getting paid by phone is about more than convenience. It changes the end of the day.

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Ask anyone who runs a small business what they do after closing, and the answer usually involves counting. Counting the cash, checking it against what was sold, and working out what is left to pay suppliers.

Taking payments by phone changes three things about that routine.

Less cash to handle

Every payment that arrives on your phone is one less note to count, store and carry. It is also one less customer you turn away because you cannot give change.

A record you did not have to write

Each phone payment leaves its own record: how much, and when. At the end of the day the list is already there.

Money you can use at once

When takings arrive in a wallet, you can pay a supplier or a member of staff from the same place, without a trip to deposit cash first.

TAANO for business is built around these three. Customers pay from their wallet, each payment is recorded for you, and you can pay suppliers and staff from the same wallet you are paid into.

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