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Bacs celebrates 40 years of automated payments 22-04-2008
Bacs is celebrating its 40th anniversary and the delivery of over 68 billion automated transactions for UK consumers and businesses since the company was first established in 1968.

New report from Bacs looks at 40 years of financial life in Britain 22-04-2008
Latest figures released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Bacs reveal that GB adults have been tightening their belts over the past year. That’s just one finding from a brand new report which looks at the financial lives of Britons over the last four decades.

More than 80 per cent of SMEs failing to exercise legislative rights 09-04-2008
A staggering 83 per cent of small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Britain are not exercising their right to charge interest on late payments owed to them by other organisations – despite the fact that legislation to this effect was introduced almost a decade ago.

Bacs offers councils free Direct Debit health check 11-03-2008
To encourage efficient practices among Direct Debit originators, Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) is offering local authorities a free health check for the Direct Debit schemes they run, specifically looking at ‘unpaids’ data.

Over 65s worse off than GB young adults 13-02-2008
Older may mean wiser but certainly not wealthier according to new research released by Bacs

SMEs now facing £18.6 billion late payment problem 08-01-2008
Regional differences apparent in nation's fight against overdue invoices. A massive £18.6 billion is the figure put on outstanding payments owed to Britain's small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) - a leap of £2.6 billion in the last year.