How to grow your payments app with private investigators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
- 1Your card appears in your app
- 2Tap it to pay in a shop
- 3See every payment as it happens
Private investigators trace people who have moved, serve legal papers, and gather information for individuals, solicitors and businesses. Many ask for a retainer before starting, then bill hours, mileage and other expenses as the case goes on, and fixed-fee jobs such as tracing or serving papers are often paid in advance. Clients may be anywhere, and chasing money halfway through a case slows the work. A payments app that handles retainers, fixed fees and top-ups can win private investigators, and every client who pays them sees your app.
Talk to private investigators
Ask local private investigators:
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Tick each question once you know your answer.
Take the retainer before starting
A link sent when the client agrees the work means the retainer is paid before the investigator spends time or money on the case.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
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Colour
What it does
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Top up as the case goes on
When hours or expenses go past the retainer, the investigator sends a link for the top-up, so work carries on without waiting for a bank transfer.
Grow through legal and business clients
Investigators get much of their work from solicitors, debt recovery firms and businesses. When those clients take payments through your app too, each investigator can bring more of them onto it.
How it works
Your own money app- 1Name it and pick your colours
- 2Choose what it does
- 3Launch when you are ready
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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 genealogists?
The genealogists and family history researchers guide covers tracing family trees and searching records for clients at home and abroad, usually with an upfront fee or a block of research hours.
Genealogists and family history researchers →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 launch. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
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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.