allpay, a leading UK payment solutions provider, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with PAYA Group, a renowned card processing company, to support secure and efficient cash-handling solutions to the charity sector.
This partnership will help to tackle one of the biggest challenges faced by charities today – the complexities of handling cash donations. With a growing number of high street banks closing, charities often struggle with securely transporting and depositing cash from fundraising activities.
To tackle these challenges, PAYA Group have launched Toucan Cash. It is a service within the Toucan Collect app, which incorporates the allpay solution to offer a streamlined way for charities to deposit cash. The combined technologies enable fundraisers to visit a wide network of Post Office, Payzone, and PayPoint locations to quickly and securely deposit funds, reducing the risks and time associated with manual cash handling.
A perfect fit for the charity sector
PAYA Group, well known as the ‘go to’ provider of contactless donation solutions, already serves thousands of charities, including the Royal British Legion (RBL), Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), and Marie Curie. With the charity sector still heavily reliant on cash donations, with an estimated £96 billion raised annually, the challenges of transporting and securely depositing cash remain, particularly with the decline of traditional banking services. This is where PAYA Group and allpay’s expertise comes in.
Toucan Cash incorporates allpay’s solution to provide charities with the ability to deposit cash securely and efficiently, using a barcode system that tracks each transaction at a granular campaign, location or fundraiser level. Charities benefit from a solution which makes depositing cash simple, provides full electronic tracking and visibility of funds and supports easy reconciliation. This approach significantly reduces the administrative burden, improves cash flow management, and enhances cash handling security for charities across the UK.
Charities can begin using Toucan Cash by signing up through this link https://www.payacharity.com/products/toucan-cash and downloading the Toucan Collect app from the app store and google play store.
How the solution works
To get started, charities need only complete a simple application and are allocated a unique allpay client code. Fundraisers and staff download the Toucan Collect App and are guided to their nearest network location. The App uses a campaign specific barcode to use when depositing the cash, records the amount deposited and optionally captures the receipt. Funds deposited across all network locations are combined and settled by allpay directly to the charity.
Why choose allpay and PAYA Group?
Through this partnership, charities will benefit from the combined strength of allpay’s secure and efficient payment systems and PAYA Group’s unparallelled experience providing contactless and digital fundraising solutions to the charity sector. The solution will help charities navigate the
challenges of cash handling, making the process more secure, transparent, and efficient, ultimately allowing them to focus on their core mission of fundraising and supporting their causes.
Michelle Pacey, Managing Director at allpay, said:
“We are delighted to partner with PAYA Group to provide charities with a secure, efficient, and simple way to manage cash donations. Our collaboration helps address a pressing need within the sector by making cash handling easier, more secure, and more transparent. With the solution, charities will save valuable time and resources, allowing them to focus on their essential work and fundraising efforts. This partnership demonstrates allpay’s commitment to supporting the charity sector and helping organisations meet their fundraising goals in the most effective way possible. We are excited to see some of the biggest charities in the UK will benefit from this partnership.”
Bill Thomson, CEO at PAYA Group, said:
“Building on our card based solutions, partnering with allpay is a significant step allowing us to improve the way charities handle cash donations. We understand that many charities still rely on cash, and this solution is designed to make that process as secure and seamless as possible. By combining our strengths, we are helping charities reduce the complexities of cash handling, while providing full transparency and real-time tracking of funds. Combining this with our card solutions provides charities and fundraisers with a full view of amounts raised across cash and card at an individual fundraiser and campaign level and promotes greater visibility and confidence in their financial processes. We are excited about the positive impact this collaboration will have on the charity sector.”
