TrueLayer supports instant payments for eCommerce SMBs with the WooCommerce plugin

By Joy Dumasia

TrueLayer announced the availability of TrueLayer Payments for WooCommerce plugin, enabling eCommerce SMBs to seamlessly add instant, secure account-to-account payments to their website. Luxury watch retailer BQ Watches is one of the first businesses to implement payments powered by TrueLayer using the plugin. 

Jamie Morton, VP of Verticals at TrueLayer, commented: “We are entering the next phase of evolution at the checkout, driven by seamless account-to-account payments. While SMBs are keen to deliver an improved payment experience using open banking, for many, it has been hard to make it a reality because they lack developer teams or cannot justify bringing in those resources to implement these new methods. With this plugin, any WooCommerce-based merchant can now reduce the time to market to implement secure, real-time payments powered by TrueLayer, into the checkout in just a matter of weeks.”

With TrueLayer, WooCommerce merchants benefit from a more cost-effective payment option where funds settle instantly. This provides added assurance that they can ship orders to the customer without the risk of fraud and chargebacks associated with card payments that can incur significant costs to their business.

The TrueLayer plugin enables businesses with a WooCommerce webshop a seamless way to integrate instant bank payments into their website with minimal technical and developer resources required. As a result, they can quickly and easily benefit from payments powered by TrueLayer, removing the need for customers to input card details or log into PayPal or other digital wallets. Instead, customers use their online banking service to make a direct payment, using biometric authentication to confirm their identity, with every transaction authorised by bank-level security.

Luxury watch retailer BQ Watches, a leading site for buying and selling luxury watches for over 30 years, is one of the first businesses to implement payments powered by TrueLayer using the new plugin. As a seller of high-value goods, it wanted to offer instant bank payments as an alternative to cards.

Spencer Dryer, Director at BQ Watches, said: “While we appreciated the benefits of open banking payments for ourselves and our customers, we also needed a fast, straightforward way to implement them. As a WooCommerce-based business, the new plugin was ideal. In just a matter of days, we had implemented TrueLayer and were running test payments to ensure a smooth rollout to our customers. As a result, we quickly got comfortable with the payment method and knew it would integrate seamlessly into our checkout to provide BQ customers with a great way to pay.”

Recently, IBS Intelligence reported that TrueLayer, Europe’s open banking platform, announced that the innovative credit firm Tymit is delivering an enhanced experience through instant bank payments for its Credit and Booster customers.