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How to grow your payments app with solicitors and legal advisers

By SendPay Business · · 2 min read

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Small law firms, sole practitioners and legal advisers charge for work such as wills, lasting powers of attorney, contracts and one-off advice sessions, often at a fixed fee. Clients are usually asked to pay by bank transfer from an invoice, which means chasing, mistyped references and time spent matching payments. A payments app that sends a payment link with each invoice, takes a card payment for an advice session and keeps a clear record of what each client has paid for the firm's own fees can win these firms, and every client who pays sees your app. Money that law firms hold for clients follows its own rules, so this guide is about paying the firm's fees.

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Questions people ask

What about accountants and bookkeepers?

The accountants and bookkeepers guide covers advisers to many small businesses who can turn into a source of new business customers.

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What about translators and interpreters?

The translators and interpreters guide covers people who often work for clients in other countries and wait a long time to be paid.

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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.