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How to grow your payments app with notaries and document certifiers

By SendPay Business · · 2 min read

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Notaries and document certifiers witness signatures, certify copies of passports and certificates and prepare papers for use in other countries, for people buying property abroad, getting married overseas, applying for visas or setting up companies. Most charge a fee for each appointment or document, and many clients book at short notice. A payments app that sends payment links when an appointment is booked and takes card and phone payments at the appointment can win these notaries, and every client who pays sees your app.

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Take payment when the appointment is booked

A payment link sent when a client books gets the fee in before the appointment and cuts down on no-shows.

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Take card and phone payments at the appointment

Card and phone payments at the desk mean clients paying for extra copies or documents can pay on the spot, without cash.

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Grow through translators and advisers

Notaries get much of their work from translators, solicitors and visa advisers. One notary on your app can bring the businesses around them.

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How it works

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Questions people ask

What about translators and interpreters?

The translators and interpreters guide covers working for clients in other countries and waiting a long time to be paid.

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What about solicitors and legal advisers?

The solicitors and legal advisers guide covers fixed fees and hourly bills for wills, contracts and advice sessions, and waiting weeks to be paid.

Solicitors and legal advisers →
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.

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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. Other companies named in this guide are reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.