How to grow your payments app with pubs and bars
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
Pubs and bars take many small payments on busy nights, and also take bookings for tables, parties, quiz nights and live music. Queues at the bar cost sales, groups want to split the bill, and bookings need a deposit to cut no-shows. A payments app that takes QR payments at the table and deposits by link can win these venues, and every customer who pays sees your app.
Talk to pubs and bars
Ask local pubs and bars:
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Pay at the table
A QR code on each table lets customers order and pay from their phone, which cuts queues at the bar on busy nights.
Try it
Name your platform and watch it come to life
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Colour
What it does
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Take booking deposits by link
A payment link sent when a table or party is booked secures it and cuts no-shows.
Grow through nights out
Pubs and bars host quiz nights, live music and parties, and work with bands, caterers and event organisers. One venue on your app puts it in front of all of them.
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 cafes?
The cafes and coffee shops guide covers quick daytime payments.
Cafes and coffee shops →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.