The fintech holding Robocash Group has integrated its in-house P2P lending platform Robo.cash in Europe with its Singaporean company Robocash PTE. LTD. The latter will provide the European P2P investors with an opportunity to invest in the business development of the group in Southeast Asia. Moreover, this is the first opportunity in Europe to invest […]
The value of all construction contract awards in November 2019 was £5.4bn based on a three-month rolling average, which is an increase of 9.1% on October, and an increase of 20.2% when compared with November 2018. The number of contract awards decreased by 1.0% in November to 855 which is also 3.8% lower than for […]
From this week, Metro Bank is inviting selected small business customers to join a free beta trial of its forthcoming app-based receipt management technology. The Bank has partnered with Canadian technology firm Sensibill to offer this new feature which is free and will be available to all small business customers via the Metro Bank app […]
British freelance payments platform Paydesk today announced its integration with TransferWise, the global technology company for moving money internationally, to offer the most efficient payments to freelance workers. Now more freelancers across the world will be able to access the benefits of Paydesk features such as immediate insurance cover and quick payments for work. Freelancers […]
South Korea’s trade is set to experience moderate growth in the machinery and technology industries, offering some optimism amidst a continuing trade for the three-month period ending in January 2020, according to data from the DHL Global Trade Barometer released by DHL, the world’s leading logistics company. The DHL Global Trade Barometer, an early indicator […]
A new record of over 124 million payments were processed in just one day last week through Pay.UK’s Direct Debit and Bacs Direct Credit systems, a million more than the previous high set in 2018. That’s the equivalent of 8 million payments each hour the processing window was open (15.5 hours), or just over 133,000 […]
Banking and financial service professionals are having to work harder to pay the bills, with the vast majority (94%) working beyond their contracted hours on a weekly basis and almost half (47%) either not leaving the office or taking a break at lunchtime according to Morgan McKinley’s Working Hours and Flexibility reports. 20% of professionals […]
White Oak UK, one of the UK’s largest alternative providers of business finance, today announced it has broken through £1.5bn in lending on its own book. Carl D’Ammassa, CEO of White Oak UK, said: “This milestone comes at a time when SMEs are finding it increasingly challenging to secure business funding through more traditional methods, […]
The UK housing market is still on hold, pending election results, with the November 2019 RICS Residential Market Survey continuing to show a cautious approach from buyers and sellers. Demand from prospective buyers, new instructions to sell, and sales, all remain in negative territory, as the latest set of results indicates that persistent economic and […]
Boomi™, a Dell Technologies business, has announced the results of its research on banks’ engagement with their customers. The research finds almost one in three (30%) UK adults consider the search for a better customer experience in digital interactions the main driver for changing banks. The research quizzed 6,000 adults across the UK and Europe […]
