Now serving every regional electricity provider, all major gas suppliers and many of the largest UK water companies, PayPoint processes cash payment transactions on behalf of more energy and water companies than any other retail payments network. PayPoint has also made the necessary technical investment and possesses the expertise to support every post-payment and pre-payment metering technology in use in the UK today.

All  energy and water clients use PayPoint to accept barcoded bill or magnetic swipe card payments. Many pre-payment meter customers of electricity suppliers such as British Gas, EDF Energy, npower, Powergen, Scottish Power and Scottish & Southern depend on PayPoint for re-charging their smart keys or buying tokens, whilst those of Northern Ireland Electricity can also buy PINs for their Keypad meters. Over half of all Quantum Gascard re-charges are carried out at PayPoint outlets.

PayPoint provides the ideal solution for the collection of regular budget scheme payments and supporting pre-payment infrastructures because people prefer to pay at PayPoint. They value the opportunity to make their regular bill payments where they shop, and pre-payment meter customers find PayPoint outlets’ extended opening hours invaluable to keep them on supply. This is particularly the case at weekends and public holidays when most other shops and Post Offices are closed. For example, over 7.5 million people paid at PayPoint over the Christmas and New Year Holiday period in 2003!