GoCardless expands partnership with Sage to integrate Pay by Bank for…

GoCardless has integrated its Open Banking payment feature, Pay by Bank, directly into Sage Business Cloud Accounting, enabling UK and Ireland SMEs to collect instant account-to-account payments alongside existing direct debit capabilities. The integration reduces failed payments, cuts transaction costs by 54% versus card networks, and automates invoice reconciliation. If you're building payment tools for SMEs, Sage just became a distribution channel you can't ignore—and a competitor you can't avoid. Sage's 3 million users now have instant bank payments baked into their invoicing, which means card processors and alternative payment rails need to integrate there too, or lose the sale at the point of invoice.