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    Merchant cash advance in Llanelli.

    Llanelli is a Carmarthenshire town with deep tinplate and industrial roots, now trading around Stepney Street in the centre and the large Parc Trostre retail park on its outskirts. Much of the card-taking economy sits with the retail units at Trostre alongside the takeaways, salons and gyms that serve the town's neighbourhoods. Takings tend to build across the week and peak at weekends, with quieter spells in between. A merchant cash advance gives a business a lump sum now and collects repayment as a set share of daily card sales, so the amount taken moves with the strength of trade. For a Trostre retailer or a local takeaway that means no rigid monthly instalment to meet when things are slow. There is one fixed cost agreed at the outset and nothing hidden behind it. Merchant Business Loans arranges the funding and does not provide it as a lender.

    How a merchant cash advance works.

    A merchant cash advance (MCA), also called a PDQ cash advance or card machine loan, gives your business an upfront lump sum repaid as a small percentage of your daily card takings. There is no fixed monthly repayment and no interest rate, just one fixed cost agreed upfront. MCA is unregulated commercial finance, business-to-business, and is unsecured against business assets. Most lenders ask for a personal guarantee from a director.

    • Advance£10,000 to £1,000,000
    • Fixed cost1.10 to 1.50
    • Term3 to 18 months
    • Daily repayment10% to 22% of card takings
    • DecisionTypically 24 to 48 hours

    Eligibility.

    • Sole traders and UK limited companies.
    • At least 6 months trading history.
    • Active card machine (PDQ terminal) or online card processor.
    • Typically 6 to 12 months of card transaction data shared with lenders.

    Eligibility differs by lender. We compare a panel of UK MCA funders on your behalf to find the right fit.

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    COMPATIBILITY

    Works with your card machine and payment provider.

    Whatever you take card payments through, we fund against your takings.

    Dojo
    Square
    SumUp
    Zettle by PayPal
    Stripe
    Worldpay
    Barclaycard
    Tyl by NatWest
    takepayments
    Paymentsense
    Elavon
    myPOS
    Clover
    Teya
    Revolut
    Just Eat
    Deliveroo
    Uber Eats
    Epos Now
    Lightspeed
    Zonal
    Toast
    + many more

    Logos are the card and payment providers we fund against. We are not affiliated with, partnered with, or endorsed by them.