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Choosing Ceridian to provide you with a contingency service means that your payments and collections are protected Managing Critical Incidentsin the event of your system failing. This means you can continue to provide a seamless service in the event of any environmental or technical disaster.

Any inability to meet payroll and supplier payments or collect your direct debits could lead to serious disruption to your business with costly ramifications. Your employees, suppliers and any Direct Debit customers rely on timely and accurate credits and debits without exception. Can you afford to risk losing this trust or cash-flow in the face of a technical or human error or other unforeseen disaster?

Advantages of our disaster recovery options include:

  • Protection against disasters that is tailored to your needs and cost-effective.
  • Using an independent supplier means that your payments or collections are completely removed from whatever emergency might affect in-house systems.
  • Our timesaving processes and high-quality service ensure that your contingency planning won’t impact too much on your workload - leaving your staff free to carry out every day activities.

Who needs a BACS Contingency service?

Disasters such as floods, fires, system failures or BACSTEL-IP problems such as lost swipe cards, can impact a business at any time. Disaster recovery should be part of everyone's corporate planning.

BACS Contingency is particularly important if you are:

  • Running an in-house payroll or have your payroll processed through a bureau.
  • Submitting direct to BACS.
  • Collecting Direct Debits, and delays could seriously affect your cash flow.
  • At particular risk of terrorist attack through your sector or location.

As a BACSTEL-IP submitter, you have an obligation to have an adequate BACS contingency in place.

BACS Contingency Options

Our BACS Contingency Service is available at three different levels of service, depending on your needs.