Today, leading cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has announced the launch of the bitFlyer app across Europe and the USA. The app, available for free on both iOS and Android, will allow users to buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Monacoin (MONA) and Lisk (LSK). The bitFlyer app […]
SME direct lender Beechbrook Capital has appointed Paul Whitehouse as investment director to head up deal origination and execution activity across the Midlands. With over 30 years’ experience, Paul joins from Lloyds Banking Group, where he spent the last two decades focusing on corporate and leveraged finance transactions across the Midlands. As well as his […]
There has been a great deal of publicity in recent days about how to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, but the international delivery expert ParcelHero says the procedures for shipping items to the EU from November 1st onwards will be very different if a deal is agreed. ParcelHero’s head of consumer research, David Jinks MILT, […]
The differential between store closures and openings has reached a five year high in the first half of 2019, where a net 1,234 shops closed doors on Britain’s top 500 high streets. This constitutes around 16 shop closures each day across the UK, often in response to increasing proportions of business moving online. The biggest […]
More than half (56%) of UK employers believe that meeting the diverse needs of a multi-generational workforce will be their number one employee benefits challenge over the next three years. Despite this recognition, the 2019 Benefits Trends Survey from Willis Towers Watson found that less than half of employers (49%) claim to understand their workforce […]
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced today the launch of its Singapore Data Centre for SAP Commerce Cloud for businesses across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region enabling them to adopt digital commerce strategies to deliver superior customer experiences. Home to some of the world’s fastest developing economies and most digitally-savvy populations, digital commerce has emerged as […]
South West-based chartered accountants, tax consultants and financial planners Albert Goodman has relocated its 150+ Taunton employees to larger premises at Goodwood House on Blackbrook Park Avenue in Taunton to create a better working environment and to allow for ongoing growth and expansion. Moving from Mary Street House in central Taunton, where Albert Goodman has […]
Metro Bank has announced a trio of fintech and SME partnerships, in a move that will support hundreds of thousands of SMEs up and down the country. The new partnerships come as Metro Bank sets about injecting much needed competition into the small business banking market – deploying the £120 million funding it was awarded […]
The British Business Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting smaller businesses seeking finance through the SME Finance Charter, published on 9 October. The Charter was adopted at the first meeting of the new Business Finance Council, co-chaired by business secretary Andrea Leadsom and economic secretary to the treasury John Glen on 9 October. The […]
Online Banking is a global trend that banks and institutions are currently following to improve the current connections across digital services. In addition to it, Open Banking is the representation of a next-generation business model in an open data economy. With Open APIs, banks can be easily linked to financial technology companies using affiliated services […]
