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Paul Christensen

Tackling the Covid Loan Repayments Crisis with New Forms of Financing

2022 is proving to be a tough year for British businesses. Although we have emerged from the clutches of the pandemic, thankfully leaving Covid restrictions behind, the business community now faces an...

05 Sep 2022
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Paul Christensen

What Does BNPL Mean for the World of B2B Payments?

It seems ironic that Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offerings are considered a touchstone of customer-centricity in today’s highly sophisticated payments sector. In-store credit has been present across B2C ...

25 Nov 2021
BNPL
Paul Christensen

Turning Rhetoric into Reality: How to Build Back Better for Small Businesses

‘Building Back Better’ has become the UK Government’s phrase of the year. There is constant talk of the need to make our post-pandemic society stronger and more sustainable, yet it remains unclear wha...

25 Oct 2021
Fintech
Paul Christensen

It is time for banks and businesses to step up on ESG

Commitment to ‘environmental’, ‘social justice’ and ‘corporate governance’ (ESG) criteria is fast emerging as the touchstone of good practice in the business world. In fact, almost half of FTSE 100 c...

28 Jun 2021
Fintech
Paul Christensen

The Government Should Adopt a Digital-Led Approach to Save Britain’s SMEs.

Last year the world moved from paying lip service to digitisation to relying on it. If we are to fully embrace the benefits of digitisation then we need to leverage technology to implement strategic a...

04 May 2021
Fintech
Paul Christensen

5 things the incoming Small Business Commissioner should consider in the fight against slow payments

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 guardi...

25 Mar 2021
Fintech
Paul Christensen

Britain Must Accelerate Supplier Payments To Ensure Vaccine Supply Chain

The past year has thrown a myriad of challenges at the UK’s National Health Service, from PPE production to logistics and transport, down to staffing hospitals. The healthcare industry faces the secon...

19 Jan 2021
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Paul Christensen

Let’s give small businesses the gift of a better year ahead this Christmas

2020 has been a hard year for British businesses, from the UK’s smallest suppliers to its most powerful retailers, none have been infallible to the impact of Coronavirus. Arcadia’s collapse into admi

14 Dec 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

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