With local government under increasing pressure to deliver ‘best value’ and greater choice of services for tenants and ratepayers, more and more councils and metropolitan boroughs are seeking alternative or additional methods of cost-effective collection of cash payments for rents and Council Tax. Many face the need to cut costs by withdrawing expensive cash handling from housing offices, or closing payment centres.

Housing associations also face the same need to provide cheaper and more convenient ways for their tenants to pay. PayPoint provides the ideal solution for both with its national network of retail outlets in local communities and its proven technology and financial settlement infrastructure.

Working with third party introducers The Co-Operative Bank and Allpay.net which handle the onward transmission of payment data and settlement of funds to individual organisations, PayPoint outlets now accept rent and/or Council Tax payments in cash for many hundreds of Local Authorities and Housing Associations across the UK.