Accepting payments

Our merchant payment options let you take credit card, debit card and mobile wallet payments in store, online, or on the go.

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Taking payments in person

Eftpos payments in store

An EFTPOS terminal^ provides a fast and secure way for customers to pay you over the counter using their credit or debit card. If your EFTPOS transactions are settled to a BNZ account, you’ll be able to view and access your money as soon as it’s been processed.

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Portable payment terminals

Take payments when you’re out on the job, using a PayClip mobile terminal. It connects directly over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G mobile networks, and has an offline mode so you can take some payments when there are no networks available. No fixed contract or monthly connections fees.

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Take payments on your phone

BNZ Pay is an app-based payment solution that lets you take contactless payments on your Android phone or tablet. You’ll only pay when you use it, making it a low-cost payment option for seasonal or retail businesses that take payments on the go.

More about BNZ Pay

Low cost payments with Payap

Payap is a new affordable way to take payments using your existing terminal.^

Taking payments online

Online stores

We’ve partnered with BigCommerce, an all-in-one ecommerce platform, to help you design and build your own online store. Seamlessly integrate your store with our secure payment gateway and merchant facility, to take payments online.

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Ecommerce payment gateways

We partner with a number of ecommerce payment gateways, to help make it quicker and easier to accept payments through your website. Contact us to help find the solution that suits your business.

Enquire about payment gateways

Foreign currency payments

If you’re selling goods and services overseas, CurrencySelect lets your customers pay in the currency they choose, and you’ll receive payment (or settlement) to your account in New Zealand dollars.

More about CurrencySelect

Online payments direct from customer accounts

Using our open banking API technology, you can receive payments securely and directly from your customers’ bank accounts.

To find out more about integrating your online store with one of our available API-connected parties, contact:

Fees and surcharges

Merchant service fees

To cover the cost of accepting contactless and credit card transactions that are processed through your merchant facility, you will be charged a merchant service fee.

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Surcharges

A surcharge is a fee charged by the merchant to their customer to cover the cost of their merchant service fees.

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Flexible lending for merchants

We’ve designed the Merchant Flexi Loan to help small business merchants. Repayments are flexible and adjust with your business sales. This gives you more control over your cash flow. You may be able to borrow up to $50,000.

Our merchant service team

Our merchant solutions specialists can chat through your options, and help to set up the merchant payment facility that best suits your business. Contact us by:

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BigCommerce, Qippay, and Worldline are not related companies of Bank of New Zealand. BNZ makes no representation about BigCommerce, Qippay, Worldline, their products or services. Any statements on this page only relate to those parts of the payments process within BNZ’s control.

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