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Announcements Economy and Ecosystem Opinion Profiles and Interviews Working at tomato pay Product Understanding Fintech Five-Minute Finance ###### [Profiles and Interviews IWD 2021: Talking with Mandy Nyarko, and Deepali Nangia Mar 8, 2021 12:00:00 PM Happy International Women’s Day (IWD)! Every year, a theme is bestowed on the day, and after a year of trials and tribulations the theme chosen for 2021 is #ChoosetoChallenge; a challenging world is an alert world, and from challenge comes change.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/international-womens-day-2021) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem Pay As You Grow: flexible loan repayment for SMEs Feb 8, 2021 12:00:00 PM With the third lockdown in full effect across the UK, and shops still closed, many small businesses rely on government support now, more than ever before.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/the-new-pay-as-you-grow-scheme) ###### [Profiles and Interviews The Future of Open Banking Feb 1, 2021 3:15:00 PM Welcome to tomato pays first podcast. The topic is one very close to our hearts and to many of us in the fintech industry. It is of course around the transformative legislation - Open Banking.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/the-future-of-open-banking) ###### [Profiles and Interviews In conversation with Nina Mohanty about the payment landscape Jan 20, 2021 12:00:00 PM Welcome to our second podcast. Today we’re speaking about a topic dear to our hearts at tomato pay on our second podcast focusing on payments with the thoughtful, experienced, and very insightful Nina Mohanty.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/in-conversation-with-nina-mohanty-about-the-payment-landscape) ###### [Understanding Fintech Strong Customer Authentication: what is going to change? Jan 13, 2021 1:00:00 PM The payments space is changing, and with that, so are the security regulations around it.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/strong-customer-authentication-what-is-going-to-change) ###### [Product The future of payments: account-to-account payments Nov 25, 2020 1:15:00 PM Today, we believe that account-to-account payments are the next natural step for the fintech world.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/account-to-account-payments) ###### [Profiles and Interviews Black History Month and Pinterest: How we can all support Black-owned small businesses Nov 6, 2020 2:00:00 PM Last Saturday (31st of October) marked the final day of Black History Month 2020.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/why-this-years-black-history-month-was-more-important-than-ever) ###### [Working at tomato pay Working at tomato pay: Isabelle Weitz Oct 7, 2020 5:00:00 PM 2020 has not been easy on graduates. Covid-19 has left students, including myself, finishing degrees in an environment where jobs are sparse, companies are struggling and the economy is crumbling.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/my-journey-at-tomato-pay) ###### [Announcements tomato pay to speak at TNW Conference 2020 Sep 30, 2020 9:00:00 AM We are so excited to join this year's virtual TNW flagship event on the 1st and 2nd of October 2020 Make sure to tune in at 10am (BST) to watch our CEO and co-founder Nicholas Heller speak about tomato pay (formerly Fractal) experiences working with the Department for International Trade (DIT) alongside Myrthe van der Erve, COO of TNW and Lucy Ferguson, Deputy Ambassador, UK Embassy The Hague.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-to-speak-at-tnw-conference-2020) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem How three million individuals and businesses have been excluded from Government support Aug 4, 2020 2:00:00 PM The several-month-lockdown has caused the economy to suffer the worst contraction in 41 years due (the economy dropped by 20.4% in April) due to a lack of consumer confidence in spending.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/how-three-million-individuals-have-been-excluded-from-government-support-during-covid-19) ###### [Product tomato pay and untied's SMART solution: sole traders' feedback Jul 22, 2020 12:00:00 PM We are thrilled to have put in a bid for the Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) Capability and Innovation fund, designed to improve the financial products and services available to small businesses alongside untied, the UK’s personal tax app. Together we are partnering to create SMART (SMEs Manage Accounts Receivables and Tax) to help sole traders, who makeup 60% of UK small-medium-sized-enterprises (SMEs) and are key drivers to the UK economy. We believe that we can save 50,000 businesses a year, as well as decrease the average outstanding debt to SMEs by 29%, saving the economy £1 billion per year.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/sole-traders-feedback-on-smart) ###### [Profiles and Interviews The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and its effect on SMEs Jul 10, 2020 11:15:00 AM The pandemic has made one thing clear: in the end, we can only survive with the support and help of each other.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/the-coronavirus-job-retention-scheme-and-its-effect-on-smes) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem What can we learn from the Chinese economy after Covid-19? Jul 8, 2020 10:30:00 AM Six months ago the first Covid-19 case was registered in the Hubei province in China.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/lessons-from-chinas-economy) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem Future Fund: the right support for innovative businesses? 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