About AcceptCard

What we do

Five things, properly:

1. Terminal reviews. Hands-on reviews of the terminals UK SMBs actually use: Dojo Go, SumUp Solo, Zettle Reader 2, Square Terminal, Stripe Reader S700, BBPOS WisePOS E, plus the legacy acquirer hardware.
2. Card machine for [trade]. Per-trade landers (salons, restaurants, pubs, mobile traders, market stalls, taxis, vape shops) with the right terminal, the right acquirer and the right pricing model for that vertical.
3. Switching content. The exit-pain queries: how to cancel Worldpay, how to leave Barclaycard, what to do with the legacy contract, what alternative acquirers actually charge.
4. High-risk merchant accounts. CBD, vape, adult, firearms, gambling, supplements, casino-affiliated. UK acquirers that take these categories, what they charge, and the trade-offs.
5. Tap to Pay on iPhone. Setup, fees, alternatives, what it replaces and what it does not.

Who we work with

UK SMBs of every size and structure: limited companies, sole traders and partnerships. Card payments are not a regulated financial product in the consumer-credit sense, so the entity gate that applies to our sister site FundBiz does not apply here.

High-risk merchant categories are routed to specialist acquirers (Trust Payments, Universe Payments, Acquired.com) with explicit category disclosure on those pages.

What makes us different

• Editorial plus transactional. Most UK terminal sites are either editorial (review-only) or transactional (lead-form on every page). We do both, and label clearly which is which.
• High-risk vertical depth. Most UK comparison sites avoid CBD, vape, adult and gambling categories. We cover them with named UK acquirers, not US-coded filler.
• Switching guides without the broker bias. The exit-pain queries ("how to cancel Worldpay") are usually owned by brokers selling alternatives. We write them straight.
• Tap to Pay specialism. Fresh post-launch market, low UK editorial coverage. We test setups across SumUp, Square, Zettle, Stripe, Tide and Revolut.

Who runs it

AcceptCard is owned and edited by Oliver Mackman, Director of Best Business Loans Ltd (Companies House 16833937). Read his editorial bio or our how we test page.

Sister sites: BestBusinessLoans (loans editorial), FundBiz (specialty finance broker), MarketInvoice (invoice finance).

When AcceptCard launched

AcceptCard launched in 2026 under Best Business Loans Ltd. The remit is broader than card terminals alone: online payment gateways, Tap to Pay on iPhone, mobile readers and the high-risk specialist acquirer panel are all covered in equal editorial depth.