Buy now, pay later is a method of payment with instalments at a small or interest-free rate. The payment method sky-rocketed in 2020. But why? The COVID-19 pandemic. The global crisis created job insecurity, with people seeking alternative means to sourcing income. However, the paradox lies in the fact that people flooded to shopping online and relying on ecommerce because of closed brick and mortar establishments.
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Alex Antonov
10.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to George Benton, Jordan Lord & James O'Leary, cofounders of Footium about their debut as a hackathon project, their growing community and how they are changing the future of football gaming.
09.08.2022
Over the past few years doomsayers have pointed to state protectionism, the Covid pandemic and now the Ukraine conflict as signs that the post-cold war growth of globalisation is on the decline. More pointedly, in the digital realm, the fears are that the world is splintering into different versions of the internet with three dominant models of handling data – US corporate driven and two-tiered, Chinese state regulated and a European privacy led model.
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Tony Hughes
09.08.2022
ESG standard setting and reporting are integral to the corporate world’s transition toward net zero: whether they encourage businesses to reflect and improve on their ESG practices, or sanction industry laggards.
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Nicola Stopps
08.08.2022
Every startup wants to be a unicorn. If you’re the founder of a new tech company, it’s easy to see the attraction of a $1B valuation. Unicorn status provides resources, opportunities and validation, but is it the best measure of success? Does it signify a company with a sustainable future, or just one that’s good at attracting investor interest?
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Alex Ferrara
08.08.2022
Working effectively with a distributed team can be challenging. The way we work has changed significantly with many teams previously office based, now working remotely and some businesses have closed their offices completely, opting instead for a fully remote way of working.
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Daniel Groves
06.08.2022
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past three months, you’ve probably noticed that the once sunny fintech economic climate has become increasingly foggy. There are certainly specialists who can speculate on why exactly this has happened, but as someone in the field, and as a founder myself, I’m well-placed to report on how it’s affecting the sector that I have called home for over thirty years.
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Mark Hartley
05.08.2022
Every week, Maddyness brings you the latest investment news from the UK startup ecosystem. Here's a recap of this week's investments.
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Maddyness UK
05.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Sarah Crawley and John Ryan of SymTerra about co-operation, communication and helping construction to shake off its analogue methods.
04.08.2022
At the London Law Collective, we provide entrepreneurs and startups with quality legal advice. As such, we are well aware of the common errors that they make, both legal and non-legal, and which often drive them to seek our support.
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Tim Herbert
04.08.2022
Starting your own business can take a lot of hard graft. Success doesn't simply come overnight, after all. Instead, it has to be incessantly worked towards, putting in the man-hours required to get your startup off the ground in the right way.
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Daniel Groves
03.08.2022
We get asked frequently at present about what the global downturn and current fundraising environment means for us, a growing company in the UK’s private Fintech/Regtech sector. Amidst high-profile down rounds and large-scale tech staff layoffs, there is still reason for optimism for early-stage startups looking to raise funding.
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Steve Pomfret
03.08.2022
It’s hard to think of a more successful example of growth via strategic acquisition, or ‘buy-and-build’, than Berkshire Hathaway. Originally a textiles manufacturer, Warren Buffett spent eight decades turning the firm into a corporate behemoth with subsidiaries in everything from insurance to high-tech.
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James Porter
02.08.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Sophie Abrahamovitch, CEO and cofounder of DUSK, about check-ins, showcasing bars and venues and how the business is revolutionising brand activations.
02.08.2022
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