A Bacs payment is the cheapest way to make a bank payment. It only costs a few pence, mostly depending on the volume and the bank, or Bacs bureau. You can typically expect to pay between 5p and 50p per Bacs transfer, plus any additional transaction fees charged by your bank. When sending 1,000+ payments a month this should be significantly less than 10p.
On top of Bacs costs, banks may also charge for:
Find out more about Bacs and Faster Payments here.
Bank to bank payments can also be made through CHAPS and the Faster Payments system. CHAPS are same day payments for high value transfers which cost about £20-30 pounds per transfer. Faster Payments are payments that usually clear in seconds, up to the value of £250,000 pounds per transfer, much cheaper than CHAPS.
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