Payment Assist, the UK’s leading provider of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and retail finance solutions for the automotive sector, has announced the launch of a business lending division, expanding its offering to include merchant cash advance, business loans, invoice finance and business credit cards. The move marks a major step forward in Payment Assist’s […]
New crypto specialist will help the agency trace rising number of digital assets held by individuals in bankruptcy and criminal cases Number of insolvencies where crypto is identified as an asset has increased 420% in five years More than £500,000 in cryptoassets identified in insolvency cases last year – 364 times higher than in 2019/20 […]
As the UK economy continues its shift online, new analysis from York SEO agency Nomada Digital highlights a widening gap between consumer behaviour and business action. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), internet sales now account for 26.3% of all UK retail, up from just 6.5% in 2010 – a fundamental shift in how people […]
More than 9 in 10 UK businesses (95%) are now using Artificial Intelligence (AI) or looking into it, despite 80% believing cyber threats are rising and over half (53%) of all UK businesses experiencing a cyber attack in the last year, according to new research from business insurer QBE. QBE’s latest Control Risks Report forecasts […]
Businesses in the UK are making significant changes in the ways they work as they increasingly embed AI throughout their workflows and to scale and maximise ROI, according to new research by EXL [NASDAQ: EXLS], a global data and AI company. An 86% majority of organisations have significantly changed their operating model to accommodate AI, […]
AI might be the hottest topic in tech right now, but not everyone’s buying into the hype. While big businesses rush to integrate AI into everything from customer service to strategy, many small business owners are treading more carefully. For some, AI feels like an opportunity, but for others, it’s a risk they’re not willing […]
Equifax UK completed its Cloud transformation journey, becoming the first cloud-native UK credit reference agency, and enabling the acceleration of new products to market with greater security and enhanced real-time data insights for clients. The Equifax CloudTM is a top-tier global technology and security infrastructure backed by a more than $1.5bn multi-year investment. Central to […]
45% of UK businesses admit their operating in data ‘chaos’ amid rapidly adopting AI causing 43% of financial service businesses to lose millions in revenue due to poor customer experience, according to new research from AND Digital. The findings from the AND Digital Know Me or Lose Me report, which polled 250 business leaders across […]
Fintech Fringe today launches a new Marketplace feature, giving fintechs direct access to trusted expertise and marking the evolution of its community platform, Fintech Fringe Forum, from beta into the go-to platform for scaling within the UK fintech ecosystem. Marketplace gives fintech founders direct access to trusted experts in talent, fundraising, legal, marketing and compliance – so they […]
Today Checkout.com, a leading global digital payments company, launches the inaugural Digital Economy Trust Index, which measures consumer confidence in digital platforms and ranks 16 countries based on security, transparency and user experience in the digital economy. The ranking reveals a strong direct correlation between consumer trust in the digital economy and individual country GDP growth […]
