Payments

As more UK companies focus on exports, the amount of time it takes to get paid remains a real barrier to wider participation.

For too long, late payments have been seen as an inevitable issue that small and medium-sized enterprises face. These owners will often feel uncomfortable about raising it as an issue, for fear of repercussions by being perceived as ‘difficult’, or even jeopardising future work by complaining.

All businesses can benefit from having a financial spring clean, whether that involves checking your records, banking or preparing for R&D tax credit claims.

The retail industry has dramatically changed and continues to do so at a rapid pace.

Credit and debit card payments account for the vast majority of the UK’s online purchases, particularly with the introduction of contactless.

According to the UK Card Association, the number of card purchases rose to a record 1.4 billion transactions in April 2017. This increase is down to the migration of cash payments to cards, as well as the increased use and acceptance of contactless. In April 2017 the number of contactless payments accounted for 30% of total purchases, up from…

With 2018 firmly behind us, the early months of the new year are a time for contemplation and evaluation of the last 365 days; both the good and the bad, the opportunities and the challenges.

SMB owners say late-payments are a bigger concern than Brexit.

Historically, merchants worked with a limited number of point of sale (POS) systems, such as cash registers and credit card readers, which limited the size of the attack surface. The explosive growth in the types of POS systems and related applications is creating more endpoints on-premises and in the cloud, resulting in a much larger attack…