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Are online booking payments safe? How barbify protects your clients' cards. Taking a deposit or booking fee online is one of the best ways to cut no-shows - but it raises a fair question for any barber: is it actually safe to handle your clients' card details? The short answer is yes, and the reason is that Barbify is built so that card numbers never pass through Barbify at all. This guide explains, in plain terms, exactly where your clients' card data goes when they pay, who is responsible for keeping it secure, and what that means for you and your shop. The short answer: card details never touch barbify. When a client pays a deposit or booking fee through your Barbify page, they aren't typing their card number into Barbify. At the payment step, they're handed off to a secure checkout page hosted by the payment provider itself - Stripe, SumUp or Dojo - where the card is entered. That detail matters more than anything else on this page. Barbify never sees, handles or stores a card number, expiry date or CVC. Barbify couldn't show them to you even if you asked. The only thing that comes back to Barbify is a confirmation that the payment succeeded, so Barbify can mark the booking as paid and send the confirmation. Where your client's card data actually goes. Here's the full journey of a card deposit on Barbify, start to finish: * Your client picks a time and confirms the booking on your Barbify page. * At the payment step, they're redirected to a secure checkout page hosted by Stripe, SumUp or Dojo - not by Barbify. * They enter their card details directly on that provider's page, over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. * The provider processes the payment and sends the money to your account. * The provider tells Barbify only that the payment succeeded - never the card details - so Barbify confirm the booking. Who handles the security? PCI-Certified processors. The companies that do touch card data - Stripe, SumUp and Dojo - are certified to PCI DSS Level 1, the highest level of the card industry's security standard. It's the same standard banks and major retailers are held to, and it's independently audited every year. By handing the card step entirely to those providers, Barbify keeps your clients' most sensitive data inside systems built and audited specifically to protect it. This is the same approach used by countless online businesses you already trust - the payment page is run by the specialist, not the app. What barbify stores - and what it doesn't. It's worth being precise about what data actually lives in Barbify, because 'we take payments' is often misread as 'we hold card numbers'. Barbify don't. * Stored in Barbify: the client's name, email and phone, their booking details, and a reference code for the payment (so Barbify can look it up with the provider). * Never stored in Barbify: card numbers, expiry dates, CVC codes, or any full payment credentials. * Your own payment keys (your Stripe, SumUp or Dojo connection) are encrypted at rest, so even inside Barbify they're never held in plain text. What this means for you as the barber. Because the card step is fully outsourced to a certified provider and never lands on Barbify, the heavy compliance burden that scares people off taking online payments simply doesn't fall on you the way it would if you were building a checkout yourself. Stripe classifies businesses using this kind of hosted, redirect-based checkout in the simplest possible compliance category - and in Barbify's case has confirmed there's nothing to manually submit. You connect your account, switch on deposits, and the security is handled by the same infrastructure that powers millions of online businesses. Your job is to cut hair; the payment plumbing is designed so you don't have to think about it. A quick note on trust and your clients. When your client is redirected to Stripe, SumUp or Dojo to pay, they may briefly see that provider's name in the address bar or checkout page. That's a good thing, not a red flag - it's the sign that a recognised, secure processor is handling the transaction, exactly as it should. If a client ever asks whether paying a deposit online is safe, you can tell them honestly: their card details go straight to a bank-grade payment provider and are never stored by the booking system. The bottom line. Taking deposits and booking fees online is safe on Barbify because of a single design decision: card details never pass through Barbify. They go straight to Stripe, SumUp or Dojo - PCI DSS Level 1 certified providers - and the money lands in your own account, with 0% Barbify commission. You get fewer no-shows and a more professional booking experience, without taking on the risk of handling card data yourself. You can try it free for 21 days with no credit card required, at barbify.ie/register. Frequently asked questions. Does Barbify store my clients' card details? No. Barbify never sees or stores card numbers, expiry dates or CVC codes. When a client pays, they're redirected to a secure checkout page hosted by Stripe, SumUp or Dojo, where the card is entered. Barbify only receives confirmation that the payment succeeded. Is it safe to take card deposits through Barbify? Yes. The card step is handled entirely by PCI DSS Level 1 certified providers - Stripe, SumUp or Dojo - the same security standard banks are held to. Card data goes straight to the provider over an encrypted connection and never touches Barbify's servers. Who processes the actual payment? Your own connected Stripe, SumUp or Dojo account processes every payment, and the money settles directly to your bank. Barbify is never in the middle of the transaction and takes 0% commission. Is Barbify PCI compliant? Barbify is built so that card data never passes through it, which places it in the simplest PCI compliance category (SAQ A) - the card entry is fully handled by certified processors like Stripe. The processors themselves are independently certified to PCI DSS Level 1, the highest tier of the standard. What happens to my payment provider keys inside Barbify? Your Stripe, SumUp or Dojo connection keys are encrypted at rest inside Barbify, so they're never stored in plain text. Only one provider is connected at a time, and you can switch or remove it whenever you like from your dashboard. Book your next haircut on Barbify. 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SumUp, a small business payments fintech, has launched personal banking accounts as it expands beyond merchant services towards a "complete financial ecosystem" serving both businesses and consumers. The move represents a strategic shift for the company, which has traditionally focused on providing payment processing solutions for small businesses. By adding consumer accounts, SumUp aims to create a two-sided platform connecting merchants and their customers. Details about the consumer account features and any incentives for shopping at small businesses were not immediately available.

In brief: SumUp arrives in Canada. Specialist in the acceptance of payments and deployment of cashing offers, UK FinTech SumUp has just announced the extension of its services in a new market: the Canada. This positioning allows it to conquer its 38th market while its services were already deployed to more than 4 million traders in 37 countries. After Mexico in 2025, SumUp opened up to the Canadian market today. SumUp is launching its services in Canada to provide small businesses with simple, mobile and affordable payment solutions in a growing payment market. The size of Canada's payments market is expected to increase from US$1.43 billion in 2025 to US$1.66 billion in 2026 and even reach US$3.47 billion by 2031, according to a Mordor Intelligence report. A market with high potential According tosmall businesses at ISED 2025Canada also has 11 million enterprisesof which 98.2% are small enterprises. SumUp is launching two products in the Canadian market, the portable card reader SumUp Go and a solution of payments by link, simplifying receipts for small traders. Traduit automatiquement via Libretranslate / Automatically translated via Libretranslate