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Announcements Economy and Ecosystem Opinion Profiles and Interviews Working at tomato pay Product Understanding Fintech Five-Minute Finance ###### [Announcements tomato pay showcasing at the Global SME Finance Forum Oct 22, 2020 9:00:00 AM tomato pay (formerly Fractal) CEO and co-founder Nicholas Heller will be giving his thoughts on how SMEs have been impacted by the pandemic, how women-owned businesses in particular have been impacted by the crisis, tomato pay's concerns around SME financing, what gives us hope about SME financing over the next decade, and our experiences with the SME Finance Forum.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-showcasing-at-the-global-sme-finance-forum) ###### [Announcements tomato pay features in AltFi, The Fintech Times and The Paypers following BCR Pool-E win Aug 19, 2020 9:00:00 AM tomato pay (formerly Fractal), together with untied are delighted to announce that its SMART (SMEs Manage Accounts Receivables and Tax) solution has won its £2.5 million Pool E bid for the Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) Capability and Innovation fund, designed to improve the financial products and services available to small businesses. tomato pay and untied will use the BCR bid winnings to save 50,000 businesses a year.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-bcr-pool-e-win) ###### [Announcements tomato pay and untied to use Pool E money from BCR Capabilities and Innovation fund to save 50,000 business a year with SMART solution Aug 18, 2020 9:00:00 AM 18th August 2020 tomato pay (formerly Fractal), together with untied are delighted to announce that its SMART (SMEs Manage Accounts Receivables and Tax) solution has won its £2.5 million Pool E bid for the Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) Capability and Innovation fund, designed to improve the financial products and services available to small businesses. Fractal and untied will use the BCR bid winnings to save 50,000 businesses a year.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-untied-wins-pool-e-bcr) ###### [Opinion Our support for the #BLM movement, and cultivating a diverse workplace as a long-term strategy Jul 21, 2020 1:00:00 PM At tomato pay we unequivocally stand by those making a change for the better to give Black individuals rights most people take for granted; to lead a life without fear, without discrimination and equal opportunities to succeed and flourish.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/our-support-for-the-blm-movement-and-cultivating-a-diverse-workplace-as-a-long-term-strategy) ###### [Announcements tomato pay's reaction to Chancellor Rishi's Summer Statement in The Fintech Times Jul 13, 2020 9:00:00 AM UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has had his work cut out for him over the past few months. Since his last statement in the Spring budget, he was forced to make revisions to the amount of money the government were willing to give out to help small businesses, and to those who were unable to work throughout the lockdown.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-reaction-to-chancellor-rishis-summer-statement) ###### [Announcements tomato pay features in AltFi, Fintech Finance and Finextra Jul 10, 2020 9:00:00 AM We're so thrilled to be partnering with untied, a personal tax app, to create SMART (SMEs Manage Accounts Receivables and Tax) as part of our bid for the £2.5million, and £5million pots in the BCR Capability and Innovation Fund.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-features-in-altfi-fintech-finance-and-finextra) ###### [Announcements tomato pay and untied to save 50,000 businesses a year with SMART BCR bid Jul 8, 2020 9:00:00 AM tomato pay (formerly Fractal) and untied to save 50,000 businesses a year with SMART BCR bid.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-and-untied-to-save-50000-businesses-a-year-with-smart-bcr-bid) ###### [Announcements tomato pay and untied partners to create new SMART solution for sole traders Jul 8, 2020 9:00:00 AM In mid-March, at the start of lockdown, it was said that one of the biggest changes to the economy would be the huge numbers of inevitable business closures due to the fall in trading. In turn, this had a catastrophic effect on the UK and global economies. Sadly, by mid-April, it was reported that one-quarter of UK companies have temporarily closed, and the majority of those still operating have reported lower turnover. Furthermore, 21,000 UK businesses collapsed in March.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-and-untied-to-partner) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem Dealing with a recession: how do we regain financial prosperity? May 28, 2020 11:30:00 AM Since lockdown was imposed in Wuhan, China on the 23rd January 2020, a ripple of concern waved through the financial markets with the CSI 300 Index (an aggregate measure of the top 300 stocks in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges) dropping almost 9% GDP (Gross Domestic Product) by 3rd February 2020.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/dealing-with-a-recession) ###### [Opinion Mental Health Awareness Week May 22, 2020 12:00:00 PM Articulating the topic of mental health is not easy, so I will not pretend that this will be a one-size-fits-all post for everyone.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/mental-health-awareness-week) ###### [Announcements tomato pay to speak at Future Digital Finance Forum May 6, 2020 9:00:00 AM We are thrilled to have our Chief Evangelist Helene Panzarino represent us at Helsinki Fintech Farm's Future Digital Finance Forum tomorrow! Join us for what will be an enlightening discussion about business banking in Europe and beyond.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-to-speak-at-future-digital-finance-forum) ###### [Announcements tomato pay features in AltFi Apr 27, 2020 9:00:00 AM We were thrilled to feature in AltFi on the topic of assessing creditworthiness in a time of radical uncertainty Nicholas Heller said: "In the SME sector, fintech leaders are sensing the imperatives of crisis will push businesses towards fintech solutions. Nick Heller, CEO of tomato pay told AltFi “this is changing our societal behaviour, what we are going to see is an impetus to digitise a lot of what we do” he says the stakes are too high to be attached to old processes “this is about the survival of the entire ecosystem”. You can find the whole article here.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-features-in-altfi) ###### [Announcements tomato pay to speak at IFGS 2020 Apr 9, 2020 9:00:00 AM This UK Fintech Week will be very different from its previous editions. This year, the fintech focused initiative will span two weeks and take a digital format in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-to-speak-at-ifgs-2020) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem SMEs respond to Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) Apr 3, 2020 3:00:00 PM There’s no doubt that every small business owner will be going through a difficult time right now.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/smes-respond-to-cbils) ###### [Five-Minute Finance COVID-19 Guide to Support SMEs Mar 26, 2020 2:00:00 PM No one could have ever predicted the sheer speed of COVID-19’s virality, and the cataclysmic impact it would make on the world. In the past three months, we have seen some of the most prosperous countries completely lockdown in light of the pandemic, the economy go into freefall, and the livelihood of billions of small business owners out at risk or snatched away before help could arrive.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/covid-19-guide-to-support-smes) - [1](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/author/lisa-leid/page/1) - 2 - [3](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/author/lisa-leid/page/3) - [4](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/author/lisa-leid/page/4) - [5](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/author/lisa-leid/page/5) ## Subscribe to our newsletter For content and product updates leave your email and subscribe [![tomato pay](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/hubfs/images/tp-footer-logo.svg)](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk) ##### Business - [Business App](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk) - [Business Guide](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/guide) - [Security](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/security) - [Pricing](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/#subscription-pricing) - [Get Started](http://tomatopay.app.link/W0BW7m9cuhb) ##### Enterprise - [Partner Ecosystem](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/ecosystem) - [API Platform](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/platform) - [API Docs](https://docs.tomatopay.co.uk/) - [API Status](https://www.api.expert/industry/openbankingukproduction) - [Let's talk](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/contact) ##### Who are we? - [About us](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/about-us) - [Careers](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/careers) - [Blog](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk) - [Newsroom](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/newsroom) ##### More Information - [Help Centre](https://help.tomatopay.co.uk/en/) - [Consumer Waitlist](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/sign-up) --- ##### Follow us: [Privacy Policy](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/legal/privacy_policy) | [AIS Terms of Use](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/ais_terms_of_use) | [PIS Terms of Use](https://www.tomatopay.co.uk/pis_terms_of_use) Email: [info@tomatopay.co.uk](mailto:info@tomatopay.co.uk) Job enquiries: [jobs@tomatopay.co.uk](mailto:jobs@tomatopay.co.uk) Address: 2 Underwood Row, London, N1 7LQ Copyright © 2026 tomato pay. 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