How to grow your payments app with facilities management companies
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Facilities management companies look after offices, shops, schools, warehouses and other buildings for their owners. They run cleaning, repairs, security and planned maintenance, usually for a monthly fee, and pay a long list of contractors, from cleaners and electricians to lift and fire safety engineers. A payments app that handles monthly contracts and contractor payments can win facilities management companies, and every trade they pay sees your app.
Talk to facilities management companies
Ask local facilities management companies:
- How do building owners pay your monthly fee?
- How many contractors do you pay each month?
- How do you charge for one-off repairs outside the contract?
- How long do invoices take to be paid?
Make monthly contracts regular
Building owners can pay the monthly fee on a plan, so the company gets paid on time without sending reminders.
Pay contractors in one place
The company can pay cleaners, engineers and other trades from one account, with a clear record of every payment.
Grow through the trades they pay
Every contractor a facilities management company pays is a business that could take payments through your app too, so each company can bring many more onto it.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about cleaners?
The cleaners guide covers getting paid on time for every visit to homes and offices.
Cleaners →What about blocks of flats?
The block management companies guide covers service charge collection and paying contractors for blocks of flats.
Block management companies →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.