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Fintech Recharge.com launches global marketplace for digital branded gift cards and mobile top-ups

Fintech Recharge.com launches global marketplace for digital branded gift cards and mobile top-ups

  The fast-growing firm has announced a one-stop shop for branded payments Hosting 75 brands, including AT&T, Apple, Google ..

Ecospend partners with leading car repair payment platform Bumper to provide account to account payment solution

Ecospend partners with leading car repair payment platform Bumper to provide account to account payment solution

  Ecospend’s closed loop payment system will provide an alternative to traditional card payments. The open banking payments will ..

Majority of managers feel ill-equipped to talk about money worries

Majority of managers feel ill-equipped to talk about money worries

  A survey of 762 managers within UK businesses has found: 39% do not have a clear strategy in place for how they will support staff ..

HSBC launches Digital Receivables Finance capability

HSBC launches Digital Receivables Finance capability

  – Digital application process slashes approval times from months to days – HSBC has cut the approval process for ne..

Is low-code the solution the insurance industry has been looking for?

Is low-code the solution the insurance industry has been looking for?

  By James Lawrence, Director of Insurance at Netcall   McKinsey’s latest global insurance report showed the pandemic’s glaring i..

Contactless Payments News: Ecuador’s second city Guayaquil becomes a benchmark for innovation with O-CITY

Contactless Payments News: Ecuador’s second city Guayaquil becomes a benchmark for innovation with O-CITY

O-CITY by BPC will enable residents to have a single method of access and payment without friction in the different modes of public tr..

Purbeck Personal Guarantee Monitor Q3 2022

Purbeck Personal Guarantee Monitor Q3 2022

123% year on year increase in business loans secured with personal guarantee attached Loans secured for growth at highest level since..

CALCULUS LAUNCHES NEW KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE EIS FUND

CALCULUS LAUNCHES NEW KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE EIS FUND

EIS given renewed backing by Government as sunset clause lifted beyond 2025 Calculus, a leading provider of tax efficient investment..

Eight Ways to Reduce Your Energy Bills This Winter

Eight Ways to Reduce Your Energy Bills This Winter

Hybrid working has been widely adopted by households across the UK, meaning that more people are continuing to spend their days workin..

Leading payments provider Bluechain launches in the UK with first customer, Aggregate Industries

Leading payments provider Bluechain launches in the UK with first customer, Aggregate Industries

  Bluechain plans to reach 100,000 new customers in their first year, focusing on large businesses and SMEs with digital payment ..

Sky launches AdSmart campaign showcasing how SMEs can harness the power of TV advertising

Sky launches AdSmart campaign showcasing how SMEs can harness the power of TV advertising

  11 October 2022, London: Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky, has today launched a new B2B TV campaign promoting its targeted..

How FinTech Can Unlock Billions in Spending Power From the Unbanked and SMEs

How FinTech Can Unlock Billions in Spending Power From the Unbanked and SMEs

By Dr Narisa Chauvidul-Aw of KogoPAY What are the spending habits of the more than one billion unbanked adults in the worl..

London South Bank University teams up with FDM Group to create ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeships

London South Bank University teams up with FDM Group to create ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeships

  FDM Group, a professional services provider with a focus on technology, has announced a major expansion of its apprenticeship p..

Two-thirds of people in the UK want banks to do more to help with the cost of living

Two-thirds of people in the UK want banks to do more to help with the cost of living

    Banks second only to the government in terms of where UK consumers want help from during difficult economic times, new Europ..

67% rise in small businesses seeking mentoring support as they face financial distress

67% rise in small businesses seeking mentoring support as they face financial distress

  1 in 5 Personal Guarantee Insurance applications from start-ups Q2 2022 Purbeck Personal Guarantee Insurance, the U.K.’s first ..

Cheddar launches a new cashback feature that pays you to spend

Cheddar launches a new cashback feature that pays you to spend

  The new feature launches in-app today, following a successful trial debut at Pub in the Park  Cheddar users can now earn up t0..

Being Smarter About Carbon Counting to Attract Talent (and Cut Costs!)

Being Smarter About Carbon Counting to Attract Talent (and Cut Costs!)

  By Mark Blakemore, Chief Financial Officer at Compleat Software, the purchase-to-pay software house. As the new academic year r..

Why Executive Leaders need to Showcase the Importance of Open Banking

Why Executive Leaders need to Showcase the Importance of Open Banking

    By Jacob Ideskog, CTO at Curity  The astronomical rise of Open Banking is undeniable. We’re now in a positi..

Pay awards static as high inflation persists, reveals XpertHR

Pay awards static as high inflation persists, reveals XpertHR

  The median basic pay award in the three months to the end of August remains unchanged at 4% for the fifth rolling quarter in a..

REACH HELPS TUBER GROUP IN A MAJOR ACQUISITION

REACH HELPS TUBER GROUP IN A MAJOR ACQUISITION

  Tuesday 20th September  Reach Commercial Finance has secured three different funding solutions worth £4.8 million for Tuber Gro..

Why contractors are paid late and what can be done about it

Why contractors are paid late and what can be done about it

  By Richard Prime, co-CEO and co-founder of Sonovate Businesses don’t pay their contractors on time. It’s a fact. It’s not somet..

SIX MONTHS BEFORE RECESSION BITES WARNING

SIX MONTHS BEFORE RECESSION BITES WARNING

  British mid-market businesses have six months in which to prepare for the looming recession and build resilience o..

UK fintech trade mission arrives in Australia to build bridges down under

UK fintech trade mission arrives in Australia to build bridges down under

  London: Thursday 8th September 2022: Eleven UK fintech companies have arrived in Australia on a special government trade missio..

NEW DATA TOOL FROM NUCLEUS GIVES SMES THE POWER TO UNLOCK LENDING

NEW DATA TOOL FROM NUCLEUS GIVES SMES THE POWER TO UNLOCK LENDING

  Pulse, a revolutionary new data driven tool, empowers SMES to unleash the power of their data Using both Open Banking and Open..

Griffin launches Verify, the first product available from its API-first BaaS (Banking as a Service) platform

Griffin launches Verify, the first product available from its API-first BaaS (Banking as a Service) platform

  Verify helps regulated fintechs manage financial crime risks and streamline customer onboarding by automating KYC and KYB check..

Ripjar improves customer screening accuracy for financial analysts with AI Risk Profiles launch

Ripjar improves customer screening accuracy for financial analysts with AI Risk Profiles launch

    Updates to Ripjar’s Labyrinth Screening Platform will see a reduction in false positives and more efficient processes fo..

Funding Options empowers lenders to help bridge SME funding gap with Funding Cloud: Insights launch

Funding Options empowers lenders to help bridge SME funding gap with Funding Cloud: Insights launch

  London, 06.09.2022: Funding Options, the leading marketplace for business finance, has launched Funding Cloud: Insights to bring unp..

How to optimise IT during an economic downturn

How to optimise IT during an economic downturn

James Tucker, sales engineering director at Zscaler, explains why 2023 must be the year of IT optimisation and automation..

The challenges in private markets and the need for standardised information flow

The challenges in private markets and the need for standardised information flow

By Serkan Ferah, Founder and CEO of PitchSpace As the Economist states – the last decade has been a golden one for p..

Searches for ‘apply for a loan’ explode 295% as energy costs rise

Searches for ‘apply for a loan’ explode 295% as energy costs rise

Analysis of Google search data reveals that searches for ‘apply for a loan’ exploded 295% in the United Kingdom as of 26th of August 2..

The Problem With Money

The Problem With Money

By Adrian Brink, Co-Founder of Anoma The global economy is tanking. The Ukraine war has disrupted the supply of commodities that power..

Rising inflation has impacted 95% of UK SMEs, with post-pandemic staffing challenges taking a heavy toll

Rising inflation has impacted 95% of UK SMEs, with post-pandemic staffing challenges taking a heavy toll

  In a study conducted for NatWest’s Mentor by OnePoll, the extent of current hardships and emerging concerns faced by the UK’s S..

Dukkantek seals $10m funding round as it scales digital ecosystem for SMB retail sector in MENA

Dukkantek seals $10m funding round as it scales digital ecosystem for SMB retail sector in MENA

  Demand surges for Dukkantek digital transformation services to improve business processes.  19th August 2022; Store management ..

Deel launches Instant Card Transfer to help make paying contractors quicker and easier

Deel launches Instant Card Transfer to help make paying contractors quicker and easier

  Contractors across the globe can get paid within seconds instead of days, thanks to Deel’s new Instant Card Transfer feature Lo..

FinancialForce Summer 2022 Release Introduces New Services-as-a-Business Approach to Enable Organisations to Adapt to Continuous Disruption

FinancialForce Summer 2022 Release Introduces New Services-as-a-Business Approach to Enable Organisations to Adapt to Continuous Disruption

  Summer Release connects systems, processes, and people, making it easier to run a connected services business, deliver with int..

India’s NPCI International signs PayXpert as UK’s first acquirer for UPI and RuPay

India’s NPCI International signs PayXpert as UK’s first acquirer for UPI and RuPay

  It will soon be possible for UPI and RuPay customers to make in-store payments in the UK through PayXpert’s solution Mumbai, 18..

BT and Barclaycard Payments announce partnership offering exclusive benefits for UK micro-businesses

BT and Barclaycard Payments announce partnership offering exclusive benefits for UK micro-businesses

  BT adds Barclaycard Payments to its partnership network to help boost small business growth  New initiative set up to delive..