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Step 1. Contact your bank and agree sponsorship arrangements. You must be sponsored by a sponsoring bank (i.e. a bank that provides direct debit services) in order to become an originator

Step 2. Complete all required documentation including an indemnity and authorising resolution and forward to your sponsoring bank for approval

Step 3. If approved, your sponsoring bank will issue you with an Originator Identification Number (OIN)

Step 4. You can now invite your debtors to pay by direct debit by asking them to complete a Direct Debit Instruction (DDI)

Step 5. To help minimise failed/unpaid direct debits you can consider offering to collect on a date that suits your debtor

For further information on direct debits please click on the menu to the left.