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Turn any recent Android device (NFC-capable, running Android 12+) into a contactless card reader — no additional hardware. Works with all Visa, Mastercard and Amex contactless cards plus mobile wallets. Available today in the Terminal SDK and via the Paytab Retail app.
Send payouts to SEPA accounts in under 10 seconds, 24/7, using the SCT Inst scheme. Standard SEPA payouts remain free; SEPA Instant is priced at 25c per payout. Enable in Dashboard → Payouts → Settings.
Create hosted payment pages programmatically. Supports one-off amounts, subscriptions, custom line items, quantity adjustment, and per-link branding. Fully documented in the API reference.
Bill customers on usage with usage records — up to 500,000 records/minute. Supports sum, max, last-during-period and last-ever aggregation. Perfect for API-priced SaaS, telcos and platforms.
Frictionless authentication now available on all UK cards. Merchants see an average 4.1% uplift in authorisation rate on 3DS-required transactions.
MRR, ARR, cohort retention, LTV and payout reconciliation views land in the dashboard. Every chart is exportable as CSV and embeddable via signed URL.
New POST /v1/payouts/batch endpoint accepts up to 10,000 payouts per call. Ideal for marketplaces and payroll.
Send branded invoices in seconds. Customers pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer from a hosted page.
Replace passwords entirely with device-bound passkeys. Enable per-user in security settings.
GET requests now accept an Idempotency-Key header for retry-safe list pagination.
Split payments, hosted seller onboarding and per-seller payouts leave beta and enter general availability.
Median webhook delivery latency reduced from 320ms to 78ms. Retries now use jittered exponential backoff over 72 hours.
Programmatically create portal sessions for subscribers to manage plan, payment method and invoices.
Accept instant bank payments in the UK at 0.6% capped at 60p. Fully SCA-compliant.
Fully v3.1.0-compliant OpenAPI spec published at openapi.paytab.co.uk — with typed clients auto-generated for TS, Python, Go and Java.
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