Alternatives to Wise
Wise, formerly Transferwise, is one of the market’s most popular international money transfer apps. It was started in 2011 with the goal of making transfers easier, faster and cheaper. Wise is the first service you will likely come across if you’re looking to send money. But what if Wise doesn’t offer the services you seek? […]
Wise Vs Starling
Wise has made its intentions clear on changing how people send and receive money by making it easier and faster. The company has made its mark and recently made things even more interesting after launching its multi-currency account and debit card to compete with the likes of Pay iO and Starling on multiple fronts. After […]
Merchant Services Provider
The economy is set up to allow businesses to run online without a physical address. The only challenge they have to solve is how to receive money from their customers. But the solution to that is simple, a merchant service provider. Merchant services providers offer a hound of services to benefits allowing them to run […]
Transferring Large Amounts of Money
Transferring large amounts of money is a scary experience, even for people that have done it multiple times. The larger the sum of the money you want to send, the more cautious you have to be. It’s something you can’t escape. Whether it’s for an inheritance, to buy property, to return from expatriate work or […]
How to Pay an International Invoice?
Many companies now do business with a client or supplier from another country. With how easy it is to do business globally, it makes sense that companies are interested in expanding their territories, which comes with payment requirements for international invoices. In most cases, you will find yourself with an international invoice after clearing any […]
The Future of Payments
The financial world has seen a lot of changes and revolutions. The introduction of cryptocurrencies and digital money-sending alternatives means the future of payments could be very different from what we’re seeing today. These changes haven’t gone unnoticed. Regulators are now changing their policies to adapt and take up these changes. Business owners must evolve […]
Virtual Banking Accounts
Technology development is changing how the world works. It has affected crudely traditional institutions like banks and forced them to change their services and products. Customers now have online banking from brick-and-mortar banks, and other institutions have gone further to provide virtual bank accounts with no physical premises. Virtual bank accounts might have been around […]
UK Online Payment Gateway
Thanks to the internet and technology, you can now run your business entirely online and receive payments from anywhere in the world. Much of this is made possible by payment gateways. While payment gateways are becoming increasingly popular, some businesses and buyers are still not clear about payment gateways, how they work and the world […]
Anonymous Bank Accounts
Anonymous bank accounts sound like something secretive and mythic. But they actually exist, although they are very different from what they once were. For over a century, the rich, powerful, and well-connected used anonymous bank accounts to do all sorts of things. The accounts were also used by dictators, intelligence agencies, and even the occasional […]
What is Faster Payments?
Digital banking has eased banking and the movement of money within the UK and across Europe. Transactions that normally took days are now done in minutes. You can send money or make a payment within Europe, and the money arrives in the recipient’s account before you can put your phone down. It’s a huge advantage […]
