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Editor’s Question: If SMEs had the budget for only one major technology transformation, which tech would you recommend?

SMEs clearly do not have the same budget to play with as large corporations, so they need to be very careful with which areas of the business they spend their money on to ensure growth and keep the company successful. Hear from our three experts about their top tips on where to spend your budget:...


Survey reveals Italian merchants prefer POSs as the safest, fastest and most convenient tool

As a tool for collecting cash, Italian merchants see Point of Sales (POSs) as the safest (81%), fastest (71%), the best way to meet customer requests (79%) and to simplify the management of the point of sale (70%). This is the snapshot provided by the BVA Doxa survey for Nexi, a leading PayTech...


Rooting for Africa’s insurance industry 

FinChoice – a sister company to HomeChoice – has launched a Personal Accident Plan using Root’s platform, with the aim of selling life insurance to its urban customer base. Here, Louw Hopley, Founder and CEO of Root, tells us more about how this partnership is benefitting both...


LawBite partners with Cashplus Bank to offer small businesses legal services and advice

LawBite, a digital legal service platform transforming access to legal advice, has partnered with leading FinTech, Cashplus, to offer the digital bank’s small business customers easy access to a suite of legal services and guidance. UK SMEs encounter, on average, eight legal issues per year...


Funding Circle and Sage partner to streamline financing for small businesses

One of the UK’s largest small business lending platforms, Funding Circle, has announced its partnership with Sage, a leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The collaboration makes it simpler for small businesses to secure...


Top e-commerce payment challenges SMEs need to address to be successful

As the e-commerce market is becoming increasingly saturated, 2023 calls for smaller e-commerce businesses to think through the tools and re-evaluate solutions for retaining their competitive edge. Considering what FinTech options are available to them will help small and medium enterprises (SMEs)...


Partnership to bring best-in-class cloud expertise to early-stage FinTech and InsurTech start-ups

DoiT International (DoiT), a global provider of cloud technology and consulting services, and Tenity (formerly known as F10), a global innovation ecosystem and early-stage investor for the financial industry, with hubs in Switzerland, Singapore, Nordics & Baltics and Spain, are forging a...


HedgeFlows launches with £2 million funding to empower SMEs for international trade

HedgeFlows, a FinTech platform for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has launched following a £2 million funding round. The HedgeFlows platform enables SMEs to seamlessly manage foreign payments, cashflows and invoices, giving ambitious companies access to services which are often...


ShipStation adds UPS to its UK carrier services as it continues to expand European footprint

ShipStation, a leading cloud-based e-commerce shipping solution, has announced that UPS is live on its carrier services platform in the UK. This new collaboration gives UK merchants using ShipStation access to UPS’s domestic and international shipping services at discounted rates, making it...


Editor’s Question: How can SMEs alleviate cash flow pressures caused by late payments?

In uncertain economic times, small businesses are being squeezed from all sides. Alex von Schirmeister, Managing Director, UK & EMEA, Xero, explains hows small- and medium-sized companies can cope with late payments. He said: “Late payments – alongside high inflation and energy...


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