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Who writes and reviews the guides, calculators and reviews on PaymentCardReader.co.uk, and the standards every page is held to before publication.

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Every page on this site carries a named author, a published date and a last-reviewed date. We do that because payments pricing changes without notice, and an undated page about fees is worse than no page at all.

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Haley Duster, editor of Payment Card Reader UK

Haley Duster

Editor and researcher, Payment Card Reader UK

Haley Duster researches and writes about card payment acceptance for UK sole traders and small businesses. She built PaymentCardReader.co.uk to make card reader pricing legible: published rates converted into the cost of a real trading month, with the assumptions on show rather than buried.

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How we work

Pricing claims are checked against providers' own published pages, and each one carries a last-checked date so you can see how fresh it is. Where we cannot verify a figure, we say so rather than repeating a marketing line.

The standards themselves are documented: the editorial policy covers independence and sourcing, the review methodology explains how products are scored, and the corrections policy sets out what happens when we get something wrong. If you spot an error, tell us and we will fix and log it.

Editorial Standards & E-E-A-T Disclosure

This site follows strict editorial guidelines to ensure accuracy, independence, and transparency. We are a UK-based research publisher, not a financial institution.

Lead Researcher
Haley Duster, editor of Payment Card Reader UK
Haley Duster

Editor and researcher, Payment Card Reader UK

Verification Dates
Published 4 August 2026
Last Fact-Checked 13 October 2026
Research Methodology & Basis
"Desk research against official provider documentation. No hands-on testing has been carried out at the time of writing."
Primary Sources & Evidence
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    Tide — Plans and pricingPay As You Go and Sell In-Person subscription costs and published transaction rates. (Accessed 13 October 2026)

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  • Accuracy GuaranteeWe log every correction. If you find an error, we aim to fix it within 24 trading hours.