In message , Roland Perry
writes

I think part of the problem is that it's not an "industry" but an
amalgam of self-employed drivers working though a brand-name booking
agency. The individual drivers not having either the status nor
inclination to become credit card merchants in their own right.

They don't need to be. A lot of owner-drivers use TaxiPay, which is free
for the driver and needs only a mobile phone.

The downside is that there is a 6.5% surcharge, which generally gets
passed on to the passenger.
--
Paul Terry