Cash!..what's that?

It's clear to most people that we are increasingly becoming a cashless society and the driver training industry, like many others, is having to embrace this move towards technology to pay for goods and services. The old " I'll  have to stop at a cash machine" excuse on a lesson has now given way to in-car card payment systems, much more convenient for both the instructor and the client, but that convenience comes at a price with the card processing company charging a small percentage for each transaction. And of course you are still relying on the client having their card with them on the lesson. 
Now a new system called 'Paym' (pron 'Payem') is set to make things a whole lot easier by allowing the client to make a payment using their mobile phone through their banking app. A better system because nearly every learner has a mobile phone in there pocket or bag and payments are made directly from the clients bank to the instructors bank on an almost instant basis and the whole transaction is free! I use the card system in my car and have found its use steadily on the increase since the beginning of the year. I've now signed up to the 'Paym' system with my bank and feel it will compliment the range of payment options i can offer my clients. It also means less trips to the bank in the rain to pay-in, which is a bonus.