Acapuedo offers a digital payment processing platform for small businesses to earn commissions by facilitating customer payments for over 1,000 services, including utilities and telecommunications. This enables merchants to generate ancillary revenue and enhance customer loyalty by acting as local service payment agents.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Small businesses often lack integrated solutions to offer essential customer services, such as utility and telecommunications bill payments, limiting their ability to generate ancillary revenue and enhance customer loyalty. This gap prevents merchants from capitalizing on the high volume of recurring consumer transactions.
Solution
Acapuedo provides a digital payment processing platform that enables local businesses to act as service payment agents for their customers. Merchants can integrate Acapuedo's functionality into their existing point-of-sale systems or utilize a dedicated desktop application to process payments for over a thousand different services, including utilities and telecommunications. By facilitating these transactions, Acapuedo empowers businesses to create new revenue streams through commissions on each processed payment, thereby fostering financial inclusion within their communities. The platform supports both mobile and desktop operations, offering flexibility for merchants to manage transactions efficiently.
Target Audience
The primary target audience consists of small to medium-sized businesses and local merchants seeking to expand their service offerings and generate additional revenue by processing customer payments for essential services.
Features
- Commission-based revenue generation for merchants processing customer service payments.
- Support for over 1,000 distinct service categories, including utilities and telecommunications.
- Cross-platform compatibility with downloadable applications for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- Mobile application available on Google Play and Huawei AppGallery for on-the-go transaction processing.
- Partnership with Banco Atlas for integrated financial services and sales growth support.
- Secure transaction processing with a focus on financial inclusion.