Digital collection: cashless giving in church and parish.
The collection bag goes along the pews – and more and more people have to pass because they carry no cash. Many parishes therefore add a digital option to the collection. Here you can read how a digital collection works and which solution suits your parish.
Updated: 9 November 2026 · by DAYAA
Why a digital collection?
According to the Deutsche Bundesbank, only just over half of all payments in Germany (51 %) were made in cash in 2023, down from 58 % in 2021. Younger churchgoers in particular, guests at baptisms, weddings and funerals, and tourists in open churches often have no change. A digital collection gives them the chance to give anyway – right in the moment they are moved.
Three ways to a digital collection
- The mobile “digital collection bag”: with the Dayaa Go helpers walk along the pews as with the collection bag – the congregation gives by card, smartphone or watch.
- The digital poor box on the wall: the Dayaa Wall hangs at the entrance or next to the poor box and is there outside services, too.
- The donation kiosk in the church: the Dayaa Tower or the Dayaa Stand stand freely at the entrance – clearly visible for guests and visitors of open churches.
Offering, building fund and charitable projects
In the Dayaa Management Platform you create a separate campaign for every purpose: the Sunday offering, the renovation of the organ, the parish's social work or a relief project. Specific purposes convince – experiments show that precise information on what a donation is used for increases the willingness to give. You design the screen with your logo, your colours and your images; changes are possible at any time.
What parish leaders should know
- Overview: every donation appears in real time in your reports; weekly and monthly reports arrive automatically by email.
- Costs: device one-off, software based on donation volume from €15 per month, card fees via SumUp – details under Pricing.
- Data protection: full card numbers are not stored by DAYAA; payments are processed by SumUp.
- Getting started: the devices arrive pre-configured and are delivered in person – usually within 7–14 days.
More for parishes
How DAYAA is used in parishes is shown in detail on the page Digital collection for churches.
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