How to grow your payments app with family mediators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Family mediators help couples who are separating reach agreements about children, money and property without going to court. Most start with a separate first meeting for each person, then hold joint sessions, and many prepare written summaries of what was agreed. Fees are often split between the two people, who may not be speaking to each other, and chasing each person for their share is awkward for the mediator. A payments app that sends each person their own link for their share can win family mediators, and every client who pays them sees your app.
Talk to family mediators
Ask local family mediators:
- How do clients pay for the first meeting?
- How do you split fees for joint sessions between two people?
- How do clients pay for written summaries and agreements?
- How often do you chase one person for their share?
Send each person their own share
For a joint session, the mediator sends each person a link for their share, so neither has to pay for the other or talk about money in the room.
Take payment before each session
A link sent when a session is booked means both shares are paid before the day, so the mediator can focus on the session rather than on collecting fees.
Grow through family professionals
Mediators work alongside solicitors, counsellors and financial advisers who support the same families. When those professionals take payments through your app, each mediator can bring more of them 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 solicitors?
The solicitors and legal advisers guide covers small firms charging fixed fees and hourly bills for work such as wills, contracts and advice sessions, and often waiting weeks to be paid.
Solicitors and legal advisers →What about counsellors?
The counsellors and therapists guide covers seeing clients by appointment, in person and online, and losing income when sessions are missed.
Counsellors and therapists →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.