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Advantages:

• You don’t need a bank account. A PayPal account is easy to open if you haven’t already got one (but cannot be done instantly).
• You can use your credit card. You don’t even need a PayPal account if you chose to pay by credit card.
• You can make monthly or annual recurrent payments.Recurrent annual payments can be time-limited to match the specific period of your particular sponsorship.

Advantages:

• You can make monthly or annual recurrent payments.
• There are no charges for sponsors using a UK bank account, whether you pay monthly or annually

Advantages:

• Many people still like using cheques!
• There is no charge for people using UK bank accounts.

Disadvantages:

• PayPal always deducts a fee from your payment so we don’t get the full amount.
• Monthly payments cost slightly more than annual payments.
• Monthly recurrent payments cannot be extended beyond 4.3 years, which may be less than the term of your sponsorship. (This restriction does not apply to recurring annual payments.)

Disadvantages:

• Monthly payments are prohibitively expensive if you are using a non-UK bank account. We are therefore not offering a monthly payment option for this payment method.

Disadvantages:

• We are charged a fee for processing a cheque drawn on a non-UK account.
• They are cumbersome for us to process.
• As monthly payments by cheque are impractical, this option is not available.

Conclusion

PayPal is a particularly good option if you live outside the UK. All payment options made from outside the UK incur fees, but PayPal charges are cheaper than inter-bank transfers for the small sums our sponsors pay; and it is the only way to pay by credit card. PayPal payments can be done easily online.

Conclusion

Inter-bank transfers are particularly good for sponsors with UK bank accounts, enabling them to set up free monthly or annual payments by standing order.They are easy to set up online.

Conclusion

If you like using cheques, feel free to use them!