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seven working days, the account is transferred on the final day; customers use the old account until the agreed switch day, and then use the new account with no loss of service. It is backed by the
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electronically, were required to move to BACSTEL-IP by the end of
December 2005 or return to using cheques. When BACSTEL-IP was introduced, all software used to make a connection to Bacs required approval; it is only possible to connect with software from the list of Bacs Approved Solution Suppliers (BASS) or an approved bureau.
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More than 140 billion transactions have been debited or credited to
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New service users were required to use AUDDIS, a more efficient system for organizations to send new direct-debit instructions to their customers' bank or building society electronically instead of on paper, in 2008. That year, annual direct-debit volume surpassed three billion; volumee reached 3.5
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Bacs' scope has expanded to include third-party services (such as the Cash ISA Transfer
Service) and the development, management and ownership of the Current Account Switch Service, which began in September 2013. The guaranteed service has reduced the time it takes for consumers, small businesses,
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Bacs Direct Credit is a service which enables organizations of all sizes to make payments direct into a bank or building society account. There are more than 150,000 organizations in the UK using Bacs Direct Credit and it has been widely adopted to pay benefits, wages and salaries – nearly 90 per
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and Bacs Direct Credit and the provision of third-party services. Bacs became a subsidiary of Pay.UK (formerly known as New
Payment System Operator (NPSO)) on 1 May 2018, and responsibility for direct debit, Bacs Direct Credit, the Current Account Switch Service, Cash ISA Transfer Service and the
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In 2016, 6.22 billion transactions were processed with a value of £4.8 trillion; the number of direct-debit payments exceeded four billion. Daily processing records were set twice that year: 109.3 million payments on one day at the end of
September, surpassing the April high of 103.7 million. A
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Bacs processed a record 5.8 billion transactions in 2014 for a total of £4.4 trillion, including 3.6 billion direct debits. The number of payments passing through the Bacs system topped six billion for the first time the following year, with a value of £4.6 trillion. The number of direct debits
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have been switched; the service reported a seven-day switching success rate of 99.4 per cent. It offers consumers, small businesses, trusts and small charities a way of switching current accounts to increase competition and support the entry of new banks in the current-account marketplace. The
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Bacs users began moving from the telephone dial-up BACSTEL service (introduced in 1983 to replace magnetic media) to BACSTEL-IP, a faster, more secure
Internet-based service, in 2003. All Bacs users, including businesses that make payments to their suppliers or operate their staff payroll
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equipment delivered in July. Full computer service was established after the relocation in October 1972. Dennis Gladwell officially opened the fully operational site alongside E. O. Faulkner on Wednesday, 22nd November 1972.
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