Which payment processors does ExpensePlus support?
This article lists the payment processors supported by ExpensePlus, including a link to the help guide article(s) that explain how to reconcile income for each payment processor.
The article also includes some top tips to help you choose a payment processor, if you're looking to use a payment processor to collect income for your church or charity.
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Payment processors and quick links
Payment processors and quick links
ExpensePlus supports the 13 payment processors most commonly used by churches and charities. For these payment processors, you have the option either to manually reconcile payment processor payouts, or to upload and reconcile payment processor transactions within ExpensePlus, which is often far more efficient.
As with regular bank matching, as soon as you reconcile transactions the first time around, ExpensePlus remembers these transactions - enabling recurring transactions to be bank-matched in a single click for all future months!
Quick Links
- How to add a payment processor account for payment processors that are supported
- How to convert a previously added payment processor into a payment processor account.
- How to reconcile transactions for payment processors that are not supported.
List of payment processors supported by ExpensePlus
Below is a list of the payment processors for which you can upload and reconcile transactions in ExpensePlus, and the help guide articles you need for each one:
- CAF Donate* - How to reconcile income
- CAF Payroll Giving (GAYE)* - How to reconcile income
- Charitable Giving* - How to reconcile income
- Charities Trust* - How to reconcile income
- GiveALittle* - How to reconcile income
- GoCardless (including Churchsuite) - How to reconcile income
- Parish Giving Scheme (PGS)* - How to reconcile income
- PayPal - How to reconcile PayPal Transactions
- Square - How to reconcile income
- Stewardship* - How to reconcile income
- Stripe** (including LoveGiving* and ChurchSuite*) - How to reconcile income
- SumUp - How to reconcile income
- Zettle - How to reconcile income
*An asterisk indicates payment processors that also handle Gift Aid - highly recommended if you are looking for a donations platform.
**As Stripe Express does not provide the same reporting as a regular Stripe account, the method for reconciling Stripe Express payments is the same as for payment processors not supported by ExpensePlus.
If the payment processor you use is not supported by ExpensePlus (ie. is not in the above list), you will need to follow the instructions in this separate help guide article: How do I reconcile income for payment processors not supported by ExpensePlus?
Top tips to help you choose a payment processor
Top tips when choosing which payment processors to use to collect income:
- Is it supported by ExpensePlus? If so, you will be able to save time and effort by simply uploading your payout statements each week or month rather than manually keying in data.
- Can you easily claim Gift Aid on donations? It always surprises us how many churches and charities don't think about Gift Aid, and choose payment processors that either don't handle Gift Aid, that handle Gift Aid but not GASDS, or that don't integrate with HMRC.
- What are the transaction fees? Different processors have different transaction fees, typically ranging from 2% to 5%. Different providers have different ways of charging fees, but we'd suggest that, typically, ease of use and functionality can be more important than saving 0.5% in fees.
If you are looking for a donations portal, then check out LoveGiving. It's quick to set up, easy to use, and has low fees. Best of all, it's fully integrated within ExpensePlus, including the handling of Gift Aid!
To better understand the Bank Reconciliation functionality, please watch the module overview video here.