Category: Guides

Digital Payments: A ‘Nice-to-Have’ To The Only Way To Do Business

Covid-19 has sent the world into a panic. This is particularly true for businesses, with companies of all sizes being sent into survival mode. If cash flow wasn’t the priority before, it certainly is now. A survey conducted by SME Malaysia found that only 33% of Malaysian businesses had just enough cash flow to pull […]

5 Excuses For Late Payments & How To Deal With Them

It probably does not come as a surprise that late payments are not just a problem for SMEs and large corporates in Malaysia, but also for businesses of all shapes and sizes across the globe. Dealing with late payments has become part and parcel in running a business. Reports suggest an estimated $3.1 trillion are […]

The Ultimate Checklist To Get You Started With Curlec

For some, setting up your payment system can be as easy as popping a checkout button on your site and calling it a day. For smart business owners, however, taking full control of the entire payment process is definitely the way to go to not only ensure that they provide a seamless payment process for […]

Direct Debit vs. Payment Gateways

According to the 2019 Nielsen Payment Landscape report, two in three Malaysians have gone cashless with 57% of the population utilising online banking, and only 27% have opted to use credit cards to pay for their expenses. There is no denying that when it comes to accepting and processing payments, payment gateways such as PayPal […]

Whatsapp Your Recurring Payments! Our New Update Tells All

Your customers are busy people. If your business involves recurring payments, you’re probably familiar with this scenario: An interested prospect responds to your advertisement or gets in touch with your company. From there on, the drill is pretty much the usual – contact them through the phone, follow up further through Whatsapp and ultimately (hopefully!) […]

8 Important Questions To Ask When Choosing A Payment Solution

According to the 2018 Global Payments Insight Survey, businesses are now advised to further invest in their payment capacities due to intensifying competition and mounting customer expectations. For business owners such as yourselves, the decision of whom to entrust with the sensitive payment processing information of your company is a tough one. And many still […]

Malaysian Consumers Love Instalment Plans. Can Business Owners Too?

With the retail environment becoming increasingly competitive, businesses are struggling to stand out – or make ends meet for that matter. When faced with the question of “How can we improve sales?”, it’s safe to say that the majority of business owners in Malaysia will look towards their sales & marketing team for answers. But […]

Direct Debit vs Standing Orders – Defining The Differences

At first glance, Direct Debit and Standing Orders may seem like one and the same. When Auto Debit comes into the picture however, it becomes even more confusing for the unfamiliar. In this article, we shed light on Direct Debit vs standing orders along with all its differences, benefits and disadvantages. If you’re still stumped […]

Direct Debit vs Auto Debit – What’s The Difference?

In Malaysia, the term Direct Debit and Auto Debit are commonly used interchangeably and misunderstood as the same thing. While both are methods of automatically collecting recurring payments, there are significant differences between the two that if confused for one another, can mean a world of difference for the business collecting payments. To learn how […]

This New Year, Will You Optimise Your Business Cash Flow?

As business owners, entering a new year means more than gym memberships and quitting bad habits. Personal goals aside, there are also New Year’s resolutions for the business. To provide better customer service, improve engagement on your social media channels and optimise cash flow once and for all, to name a few. Many of these […]