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Discover Clover's E-commerce Capabilities with Online Payments

28.03.2025

A small business owner ecommerce

With UK e-commerce revenue expected to reach £200 billion by 2027, offering secure and seamless online payments is becoming critical. Explore how our e-commerce payment system empowers small businesses with merchant services, payment methods and integrations.

Table of Contents:

  • The Growing Importance of Online Payments for E-Commerce
  • Clover's E-Commerce Capabilities: A Complete Payment Solution
  • E-Commerce Merchant Services: What SMBs Need to Know
  • Supported E-Commerce Payment Methods with Clover
  • How Clover Integrates with Businesses’ E-Commerce Platform
  • Benefits of Using Clover’s E-Commerce Payment System
  • Growing Online Businesses with Clover
  • Future-Proofing Online Stores with Clover

The Growing Importance of Online Payments for E-Commerce

 

Consumers demand fast and secure payment options. Small businesses need to meet these expectations to increase conversions and build customer loyalty.

 

Why Diverse Payment Options Matter

  • Higher conversion rates: Offering multiple e-commerce payment methods, including cards, digital wallets and buy now pay later (BNPL) reduces cart abandonment

  • Better customer experience: 75 percent of UK retailers now use POS systems that sync in-store and online payments

  • Global expansion: With 65 percent of UK e-commerce businesses exporting to Europe and the US, having flexible online payments enables international growth

 

Clover's E-Commerce Capabilities: A Complete Payment Solution

 

Our all-in-one e-commerce payment system is designed to help process secure and efficient online payments while integrating with top e-commerce platforms.

 

Our e-commerce payment system offers several key features:

  • Seamless checkout experience to reduce cart abandonment by 15 percent with fast, frictionless payment processing

  • Multichannel transactions all major trading currencies to accept online, in-app and in-store payments in all major trading currencies

  • Enhanced security for PCI-compliant payment processing with tokenised transactions and fraud detection

  • API integration and cloud-based environment enabling advanced analytics for real-time data, sales reports and business insights

  • Out-of-the-box payment pages and selling over the phone or via social media

     

E-Commerce Merchant Services: What SMBs Need to Know

 

E-commerce merchant services include payment gateways, fraud prevention and transaction management tools that ensure smooth online payment processing. With a solution like ours, SMBs get e-commerce merchant services like:

  • Secure payment gateway: Supports credit and debit cards, digital wallets and BNPL with built-in fraud prevention

  • Integrated business management: Connects inventory, sales and reporting for a unified view of operations

  • Faster payouts: Provides access to funds quickly with next-day deposits

Supported E-Commerce Payment Methods with Clover

 

Our platform enables merchants to accept multiple e-commerce payment methods, including:

  • All major cards like Visa, Mastercard, Amex

  • Digital wallets including Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal for mobile transactions

  • BNPL, an increasingly popular payment method that boosts sales and potentially leads to reported 35 percent Year-over-Year growth

 

How Clover Integrates with Businesses’ E-Commerce Platform

 

Our solution seamlessly integrates w ith popular e-commerce platforms, making it easy to unify online and in-store payments. Simple plug-and-play integration with Shopify, WooCommerce and BigCommerce ensures smooth transactions.

 

Benefits of Using Clover’s E-Commerce Payment System

 

Businesses using our e-commerce payment system experience increased revenue, stronger security and improved efficiency. Expect:

  • Secure payment processing with PCI DSS compliance with AI-driven fraud detection

  • Real-time data and sales insights to track performance, monitor transactions and optimise pricing

  • Fewer third-party integrations to support a technology-agnostic approach

  • Scalability-driven design to support growth

     

Growing Online Businesses with Clover

 

With UK e-commerce expected to grow at 9.5 percent annually, businesses need tools for scaling. Our all-in-one platform enables businesses to expand locally and internationally while maintaining fast and safe payment operations.

 

How Clover Supports Business Growth

We optimise checkout for mobile users and enable businesses to accept payments from international customers with multiple currencies and payment options, driving global sales. With BNPL and digital wallet integrations, we increase transaction values to help maximise revenue potential.  Moreover, we make it easy to set up automated payments for subscription-based models.

 

Future-Proofing Online Stores with Clover

 

Businesses must adapt to evolving payment trends and consumer expectations to grow. A flexible, secure and scalable e-commerce payment system ensures long-term success. We offer technology that:

  • Boosts conversion rates through smart AI-driven recommendations

  • Integrate POS systems to streamline in-store and online transactions

  • Offers built-in fraud detection, tokenised payments and biometric authentication 

As UK e-commerce continues to grow, organisations need to grow with it. Contact us to start today.

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