Direct Debit is a payment method that many of our customers in Australia, the US, Canada and UK prefer over cards, due to its low cost.

Direct Debit is a bank account payment method that allows you to "pull" funds from a client's bank account, once they have supplied their bank account details.

Begin with setting up payments on Ignition. The payments feature in Ignition allows you to collect Direct Debit or Credit Card payments from your clients, in line with the service prices and billing types defined in your proposals. Learn more about setting up payments here.

To enable direct debit:

You're now able to offer Direct Debit as a payment option when sending a new proposal or using Instant Bill.

You can also pro-actively start to collect client bank account details by using a Payment Method Request.

Expect 3-5 business days from starting a payment collection until funds are in your bank account. Learn more about payment clearing times here.

Also be aware that Direct Debits are not confirmed instantly, unlike card payments. It may take 3-5 days for a payment to fail (for example due to the client account having insufficient funds).

Clients will enter their bank account details securely and be asked to supply an email address.

Ignition will automatically send an email to the address supplied, initially to confirm that a new Direct Debit agreement has been set up, and then subsequently at the time of each charge being made.