How to accept payments in Barbados

The short answer

Barbadian customers pay by cash, bank transfer, mMoney and, increasingly, instant QR payments. You don't need a card machine. Whatever the method, record the payment and issue a receipt so your books stay straight, and Invoute does that part for you.

The ways customers pay

Cash - still common.
Bank transfer and Real-Time Payments - interbank in minutes.
mMoney - Barbados' digital wallet.
BimPay - the Central Bank's new instant QR payments, new and rolling out.
Cheques - being phased out.

You don't need a card machine

Record any payment method in a tap and a receipt is generated automatically, so there's no terminal to rent and nothing for your customer to install.

Keep a clean record of who paid how

Payment tracking shows what's outstanding and what's settled, which is exactly what your books need and what the BRA may ask to see.

Coming soon - provisional

BimPay is coming to Invoute

As BimPay rolls out for businesses, Invoute plans to let customers pay an invoice directly. Until then, record a BimPay payment like any other.

Questions, answered.

How do customers pay small businesses in Barbados?

Mostly by cash, bank transfer and mMoney, and increasingly by instant QR payment. You can take any of them, and you don't need a card machine.

Do I need a card machine?

No. You record whatever method the customer uses in a tap, and a receipt is generated automatically.

What is BimPay?

BimPay is the Central Bank of Barbados' new national instant-payment system, letting people pay by QR in seconds with no card terminal.

How do I give a customer a receipt?

Record the payment in Invoute and the receipt is generated automatically, ready to share over WhatsApp or a link.