Viva Wallet, the European cloud-based digital payments provider, has selected ClearBank as its banking provider in the UK. Viva Wallet is the first European entirely cloud-based payment services provider. Created to change the way businesses pay and get paid, Viva Wallet offers businesses of all sizes acceptance of 24 payment methods through innovative Smart Android […]
Enterprise businesses could lose almost £1m annually in failed payments, with mid-market businesses making losses of £200k+ and small businesses £6k+, according to a new study by GoCardless, the leading fintech for recurring payments. The GoCardless Payment Success Index launched today, analyses payment data from over 55,000 customers and 900 external businesses as a way […]
The volume of cyber attacks on UK businesses increased after the country went into lockdown and reached unprecedented levels in the second quarter of 2020, according to analysis from Beaming, a specialist business ISP. UK businesses experienced almost 177,000 separate attempts to breach their systems each, on average, between April and June 2020, the equivalent […]
Okay, the fully compliant ‘Strong Customer Authentication’ (SCA) platform that verifies customers’ identity, is the newest sponsor of Open Banking Excellence (OBE), the world’s leading community and voice for fintechs, banks, bigtechs and other institutions building an emerging dynamic sector introduced through Open Banking, a new financial services legislation. Okay will join a growing roster […]
As business finance professionals, you know the importance of keeping an eye on the 90-day plus column, but experience has taught us that not all of your clients may do this on a regular basis. At Credebt we want to help all UK businesses take control of their credit, which is why we are keen […]
Supported by Royal Bank of Scotland Back Her Business, the digital Women’s Business Centre, which is free to access, offers dedicated, needs-based content for women starting up in business. Informed by years of research, it provides support on key topics such as accessing finance, juggling work-life balance, support networks, mentoring and having business start-up ideas […]
NAEA Propertymark has partnered with REACH UK, an award-winning scale up programme, to help its members navigate through the world of technology by selecting the best start-ups and launching them into the marketplace. REACH is a unique real estate technology programme created by Second Century Ventures, an active venture fund in the global real estate […]
Funding Xchange, the leading government appointed portal that helps small businesses identify loan providers for small businesses that have been declined by their own high street bank, has hailed the achievement of the government’s bounce back loan scheme reaching out to over one million businesses as a key milestone towards economic recovery. At the same […]
From today, any business signed up to the SAP Commerce Cloud will be able to access Smartpay and take advantage of benefits including frictionless customer experience, bolstered fraud defences and a consistent payments offering across online and offline channels. One of Smartpay’s chief benefits is its ability to power fast, smooth, flexible payments. The platform […]
Funding from Shawbrook Bank has helped an ambitious Scottish technology company to be fully ‘business as usual’ during the Coronavirus pandemic. HighNet, a key delivery partner in bringing Gigabit broadband to Scottish cities, invested in crucial technology and hardware to enable it to operate seamlessly in lockdown. The Inverness-based firm, which also has an office […]
