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Why we've published our special sauce
Last month, we published the recipe for our special sauce. We're a Direct Debit provider, and our Direct Debit guide contains almost everything we've learnt about the system in the last two years. We even published our study as a book to give to our customers. We set up GoCardless to help people, and publishing everything we've learnt about taking payments is part of that. We also think the business case makes sense.
Charge date added to bulk payments
We're really excited to announce that it is now possible to specify a charge date when making bulk payment submissions. This has long been one of our most requested features that will enable businesses to upload multiple payment CSVs less often - saving time so that they can concentrate on the more important parts of their business.
Ibandit: simple IBAN manipulation
We just open-sourced Ibandit, a simple library for working with [IBANs].
New API Version - 2015-07-06
Version 2015-07-06 is released today, with the following changes: Removes /helpers endpoint from the API Renames subscription start_at and end_at to start_date and end_date Enforces date format when passing a payment charge_date For the majority of integrations, the upgrade will be extremely simple, but we will continue our support for v2015-04-29 until the 6th of January, 2016.
SEPA Direct Debit - under the hood
GoCardless makes collecting SEPA Direct Debits incredibly simple by abstracting away the implementation details. If, however, you've ever wanted to peak under the hood at how SEPA works, this post is for you. The SEPA Direct Debit system Before we dive into an example payment collection, it's useful to spend a moment understanding how a payment scheme, and specifically SEPA, works. I've written about the features of SEPA Direct Debit before. Here I'm interested in what defines the scheme.
Switching Direct Debit provider is as easy as 1-2-3
One of the most common questions we're asked is "can I transfer my existing Direct Debit customers to GoCardless?" The answer is yes: there's a simple process for this called "bulk change". We've written about all the technical details of bulk change in our Direct Debit guide, but in a nutshell: Your customers don't need to lift a finger. There's no need for your customers to set up new mandates to you, or to "opt in" to the change. All that's required is that they're notified of the transfer.
Introducing your GoCardless merchant dashboard
When we started GoCardless in 2011 we wanted to make all the advantages of automated bank payments accessible to small businesses who’d never had access before. We built a simple and intuitive product and soon had the privilege of helping thousands of small businesses collect payment. Then, 2014 some of the UK’s largest companies started using us, and some of our early adopters grew into large companies. They loved the simplicity of GoCardless but wanted additional power and flexibility.
Re-writing from scratch
Generally speaking, you should never rewrite from scratch. We recently discovered an exception: making fundamental changes to the UI of a (simple) web application. Counter-intuitively, starting from scratch made us much more iterative. Background The old GoCardless interface had been designed to make it easy to set up fixed payments. "PayLinks" were perfect for this - a single link with all the payment information embedded.
2023 NZ Skater of the Year - Vote Now
Voting for the Manual Magazine 2023 New Zealand Skater of the Year is now open. The Manual Magazine 2023 New Zealand Skater of the Year award is brought to you in association with Ace Trucks, Modus, Dickies, Boardertown, JanSport, Pit Viper and Vic NZ. Voting is open from Thursday, February 6, until Friday, February 19, 2024. The winner will be announced on Monday, February 23, 2024. Throughout the voting period we’ll be giving away prizes from our sponsors. Place your vote and be into win.
Deco Skateboards Presents “Shaky Isles”
There’s nothing shaky about this new Deco Cinema Original. The crew deliver, and we get the pleasure of out-of-the-south Chunks footage. But it’s Sam Allen who breaks ground with his Napier-only part, making another mark in this country’s visual vault. Featuring Andrew Norton, Kyle Svensen, Chase Collins, Matt Ferg, Mat Vickery, Sam Christie, Sam Allen, and friends. Filmed by Samuel Crabtree, Kyle Svensen, Harry Kidman and Mat Vickery. Edited by Mat Vickery. Graphics by Ben Gibb.
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