With today’s increasingly digital economy, consumers and businesses alike have found themselves in need of fast and easy options for sending payments across borders. Although instant payment solutions have been around for a long time in many countries in Europe, they are limited to only domestic transfers or among the same payment service providers. However,…

Most entrepreneurs that go into business do so for a very specific reason. Setting profit aside, they also believe that the product or service that they offer is something unique. It fills a gap in the market. It meets certain needs and resolves pain points. As such, they’re offering something of value to their target…

We’ve all heard the famous stories of people like Bill Gates starting his business from his garage all those years ago. But he’s not the only one. Companies like Amazon and Google started out the same and we can only marvel at how far they’ve come since those early days. The impact of the Covid-19…

You’ve set up your business and are running it in Europe. Given this, you are most likely exchanging goods or services with other companies on the same continent and this means you need to make or receive payments in euros outside your national system. In this case, transfers will be made via SEPA. But what…

You’re on one side of the world and the person to whom you want to send money, or the company that owes you, is on the other.  No matter where on the globe amounts start their journey and where they’re expected to end it, they sure will make it.  SWIFT is what facilitates the process….

To discuss what SME Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise) is, we first need to talk about business. Apart from generating a profit, its fundamental purpose is to express the inborn human daring to transform one thing into another.  When this new thing, which we’re used to calling a product, serves not only its manufacturer but solves…

As vast as it already is, the world of trade keeps growing and at great speed.   The two years the world spent in a pandemic brought much change and made businesses find solutions to the deprivations we all had to endure. It was in this period that social commerce took a powerful kick-off. In the…

There are people who walk among us with a unique vision for life. They are bold and brave. They want to make a change. And they have the grit to withstand all obstacles to make their vision come alive.  Two centuries ago, people bartered and apprenticed for their professions only to stay in them for…

From horse-drawn carriages to the automobiles we have on our roads today, the taxi business has existed for ages. Its primary purpose is to transport passengers from point A to point B safely, while the customer pays for the service rendered. Up until the recent past, most passengers would pay with cash, but times are…

Taxi businesses used to be primarily cash-driven, but then card payments came on the scene and this changed everything. Whether you hop into an iconic black cab in London or a private hire vehicle, passengers these days are much more tech-savvy and require ease and convenience in payments, whichever service they opt for. This includes…

So, you’ve made your decision – you’d like to be your own boss and run your own business. There are many advantages to this but if you’re on the road to starting your own business, you’ll face several choices: do you start your business from scratch, do you purchase an existing business or the best…