Barclays ePDQ support ends – Consider these alternative payment gateways

Support for Barclays ePDQ is ending in March 2026. For businesses that rely on the solution to accept online payments, it’s time to find an alternative.  

Why do you need a new payment gateway?

As the solution becomes unsupported, businesses are at risk of experiencing disruption to their usual payment acceptance. Not only will this lead to lost revenue as customers are unable to pay online, but it may also cause frustration, a spike in customer complaints, and ultimately, lead them to shop elsewhere.  

On top of this, there is also the risk of fraud and data breaches, as unsupported systems do not benefit from the latest security updates to counteract evolving cyber threats. Remedying an attack can be costly to the business, both financially and in terms of reputation.  

Therefore, it is in every business’ best interest to seek an alternative solution when their payment gateway is decommissioned, like ePDQ. Those that migrate sooner can stay ahead of the competition when it comes to the latest features, security and customer experience.  

Which payment gateway should you switch to?

The good news is you can now re-evaluate your business needs and the various options out there to find something perfectly suited to you and your customers.  

It’s a great time to do your research and understand what may have changed in the payments world since you last updated your gateway. Perhaps there are some new features you’re missing out on? Or maybe your business will benefit from greater backend control?  

To help you in your search, we’ve outlined some ePDQ alternatives to consider:  

AIB MS AuthiPay

Supported by Allied Irish Bank, the AuthiPay gateway offers businesses a secure and reliable solution to accept and process payments online.  

Autify offers AIB MS AuthiPay integrations for Magento, WooCommerce, OpenCart, PrestaShop and Drupal. We also offer a non-ecommerce solution for WordPress, for businesses to accept online payments without ecommerce checkout functionality.  

Key features of our AIB MS AuthiPay plugins: 

• Hosted payment journey – users are redirected to the AIB MS AuthiPay hosted payment page to securely complete their purchase.  

• Embedded payment journey – place an embedded payment form directly on your website’s checkout page. 

• Digital wallets can be enabled for convenient on-site checkout via ApplePay and GooglePay. 

• Full and partial refund processing from the website backend. 

• Real-time reporting – transaction statuses are immediately synced to the order reporting in the website backend.  

• Subscriptions – accept regular, reoccurring payments on WooCommerce and Magento with subscription functionality. 

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Cardstream

Cardstream is a secure payment provider, with a robust, flexible and scalable solution that offers merchants a range of payment capabilities.  

Autify have developed a smart payment gateway integration that connects Cardstream’s payment gateway with WooCommerce, allowing businesses to benefit from the providers convenient functionalities directly on their WooCommerce website.   

Key features of our Cardstream plugin: 

• Hosted and embedded payment journey support – businesses can redirect customers to a secure payment page hosted by Cardstream, or allow them to complete purchases directly within their WooCommerce checkout via an embedded iframe payment form. 

• Digital wallets, such as ApplePay and GooglePay can be used to pay for orders. 

• Block checkout compatibility for seamless WooCommerce integration.  

• Refund management within the WooCommerce backend allows merchants to process full and partial refunds.  

• Reporting dashboard provides real-time data on transactions and statuses.  

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Clover

Part of the global Fiserv group, Clover offers advanced payment processing for small and medium sized businesses.  

Our payment integrations for Clover are compatible with Magento, WooCommerce, WordPress, OpenCart and PrestaShop. 

Key features of our Clover plugins: 

• Hosted payment journey – supports redirected payment journeys where customers are taken to a payment page hosted by Clover to complete a purchase. 

• Embedded payment form – use the iframe code to display a payment form directly on your website’s checkout page.  

• ApplePay and GooglePay available on-site and via the hosted payment page for convenient checkout options. 

• Tokenisation – allow customers to save card details securely to use for future transactions with tokenisation. 

• Accept payments in multiple currencies  

• Detailed, real-time transaction reports in the website backend with synced transaction statuses. 

• Subscriptions – collect regular, recocurring subscription payments from customers on Magento and WooCommerce. 

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Lloyds Cardnet

Lloyds Cardnet (Lloyds Bank Online Payments) is a trusted online payment solution from the leading UK bank, offering businesses a range of payment processing benefits and reliable customer support  

Built in partnership with Lloyds Bank, Autify provides Cardner payment gateway integrations for Magento, WooCommerce, OpenCart, PrestaShop and Drupal. We also support PayNow solutions for WordPress and Magento, for customers seeking a way to collect payments for invoices or other services, without requiring ecommerce functionality on their website.  

Key features of our Lloyds Cardnet plugins: 

• Supports both hosted and embedded payment journeys – businesses can choose to use a hosted payment page which customers are redirected to after placing an order, or embed a payment form directly on their website’s checkout page. 

• Express checkout options with digital wallets – ApplePay and GooglePay can be displayed on product, cart and checkout pages, for a quick and convenient, one-click checkout, or offered via the redirected payment route.  

• Mail order/telephone order (MOTO) payments functionality allows businesses to securely take customer payments via phone or email. 

• Tokenisation – allow customers to securely save card details for convenient future payments via tokenisation. 

• Process full and partial refunds directly from the website backend.  

• Subscriptions – set up and accept reoccurring payments on WooCommerce. 

• Real-time reporting with transaction statuses synced with website’s order reports.  

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Taylr

Taylr is an ecommerce-first payment platform, offering merchants easy, convenient and flexible payment processing capability. 

Autify offer an advanced Taylr payment gateway integration for WooCommerce. 

Key features of our Taylr plugin: 

• Hosted and embedded payment journeys available, so customers can either be redirected to a hosted payment page, or complete a purchase on the website via and embedded payment form.  

• Express checkout with on-site wallet integration for ApplePay and GooglePay. 

• Refund processing for both full and partial amounts from the website backend. 

• Detailed order reporting with real-time transaction status updates. 

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Tyl by NatWest

NatWest’s payment gateway offering, Tyl, offers small and medium sized UK businesses a convenient and easy to set up payment acceptance solution. Businesses using the solution get access to a NatWest hosted Virtual Terminal, with many more controls and functionalities.  

We offer a range of payment gateway integrations for Tyl that have been developed in partnership with NatWest. Our solutions include plugins that are compatible with Magento, WooCommerce, OpenCart, PrestaShop and Drupal. We also provide PayNow integrations for WordPress and Magento, which enables businesses to collect payments without needing to have ecommerce functionality available on their website.  

Key features of our Tyl by NatWest plugins: 

• Support hosted payment journeys, so customer are redirected to a payment page hosted by NatWest to complete their billing details, and then sent back to the website once the transaction has been successfully processed, or if an error has occurred.  

• Digital wallets – Allow customers to pay with ApplePay and GooglePay on the hosted payment page. 

• Customisable payment page to keep brand consistency and instil customer trust. 

• Real-time reporting with synced transaction statuses in the website backend. 

• Process full and partial refunds via theTyl by NatWest Virtual Terminal.  

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If you’d like to discuss your options with our friendly team of payment experts, please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

How to switch to a new payment gateway?

Once you have decided on which payment provider to switch to, a careful migration plan needs to be created.  

Our team has helped hundreds of businesses migrate to a new payment gateway, and this is our advice: 

1. Take a database back up before making any significant changes to your website. 
2. Review your list of installed plugins or modules, and remove any that are no longer needed, or supported, and update any that have a new available version. This will help avoid any conflicts with the new payment gateway integration. 
3. Complete all the onboarding steps with the new payment provider before beginning the installation process. To set up the website integration, you will require details such as your merchant ID and shared secret, which will be provided by the payment handler once you are a registered merchant. 
4. Seek the help of your website developer or IT team to ensure the new integration is set up correctly. If you do not have access to this resource, our team offers a professional installation service as an optional addition to plugin purchases/downloads.  
5. Complete some test transactions on the website once the new integration is in place to make sure the customer journey is smooth and you are familiar with any new features or process changes.  
6. Allow additional time to set up things like on-site digital wallets. These features require a few additional steps, so may take a little longer to implement than standard card processing.  
7. Consider ongoing support – once you’re up and running with your new payment integration, you’ll want to keep it that way! Each of our products comes with free support included in the yearly subscription, meaning you’ll have access to round the clock support from our integration developers.  

Trusted payment gateway support

At Autify, we pride ourselves in building and supporting some market-leading payment gateway solutions. With years of experience in this space, we have the knowledge and skills to help you find an alternative solution to your current provider and migrate to a new integration – stress-free and with confidence.  

If you’d like to discuss your requirements with our helpful team, please get in touch at helpdesk@autify.co.uk.