Liz Barclay’s appointment as Small Business Commissioner was the latest development that reflected the UK’s longstanding and worsening slow payments crisis.
Liz’s new role will see her serve as guardian of invoices owed to SME suppliers, championing their prompt payment against a backdrop of drawn-out payment terms: a problem which has worsened over the past year.
Innovation is essential to ensure payments keep pace with consumer demand and to enable merchants to find new ways to engage and serve customers. However,
With two consecutive quarters of negative growth, we are by definition in a recession. The next question is, will it be light or heavy? While
In terms of innovation, consumer-to-business (C2B) and consumer-to-consumer (C2C) payment technologies are currently leading the way against business-to-business (B2B) alternatives. For example, PayPal payments can
As we all know, integrated finance refers to the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services, such as retail websites, mobile apps, and
