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Announcements Economy and Ecosystem Opinion Profiles and Interviews Working at tomato pay Product Understanding Fintech Five-Minute Finance ###### [Working at tomato pay Covid-19 plan: Distributed working at tomato pay Mar 19, 2020 4:00:00 PM We empathise completely with the world, and small businesses throughout this difficult time. At tomato pay, we need to be at our most productive, now more than ever, to enable small businesses to overcome their cash flow issues.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/covid-19-plan-distributed-working-at-tomato-pay) ###### [Announcements tomato pay to speak at RBI 2020's virtual conference Mar 19, 2020 9:00:00 AM We are excited to join this year's RBI 2020 EU conference to discuss API strategies UPDATE - 25th March 2020: Link to the panel can be found here.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-speaking-at-rbi-2020-eus-virtual-conference) ###### [Profiles and Interviews IWD 2020: Kristy Duncan, Women in Payments Mar 16, 2020 12:00:00 PM To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day, I spoke to a formidable woman in the fintech space - Kristy Duncan, CEO and founder of the professional association Women in Payments.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/iwd-2020-kristy-duncan) ###### [Announcements tomato pay in FT-backed publication, Sifted Mar 16, 2020 9:00:00 AM London is a hotbed for business and remains the global leader for fintech.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomatopay-in-ft-backed-publication-sifted) ###### [Announcements tomato pays view on the UK Government’s 2020 Budget Mar 13, 2020 9:00:00 AM tomato pays (formerly known as Fractal) view on the UK Government’s 2020 Budget, delivered by UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, on Wednesday 11th March As global markets continue to stumble throughout the current Covid-19 epidemic, this year’s hotly-anticipated budget began on the topic of the virus outbreak. The new Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, said that he, “promises to keep the country healthy, and financially secure throughout the Covid-19 outbreak. This year’s budget provides for security today, but it is also a plan for tomorrow”.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-view-on-the-uk-governments-2020-budget) ###### [Economy and Ecosystem How do late payments impact small businesses? Mar 9, 2020 11:00:00 AM Just under a year ago, Open Banking gathered a group of leading fintechs (including us at tomato pay) and the UK Small Business Commissioner, Paul Uppal, to discuss an ongoing issue that significantly affects small business owners and their cash flow - late payments.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/how-do-late-payments-impact-small-businesses) ###### [Working at tomato pay International Women's Day 2020 Mar 8, 2020 12:00:00 PM At tomato pay, we believe that cultivating a diverse workplace is very important. An equal world is an enabled world. Diversity can cover race, a person’s capabilities, and gender which is the focal point of today as we celebrate International Women’s Day.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/international-womens-day-2020) ###### [Announcements Why should students work in the fintech industry? tomato pay | Deloitte event Feb 22, 2020 9:00:00 AM With the Fintech sector having grown continuously year by year and its value is estimated well above 200 billion by 2021, it is no surprise that it also has become a very attractive sector to work in for graduates. Nowadays, a quarter of young graduates are more interested in working in the tech industry than in finance.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/city-university-student-visit) ###### [Announcements Alinea meets Gaurav Katyal, Chief Product Officer at tomato pay Feb 7, 2020 9:00:00 AM We always enjoy speaking to other small businesses, so we jumped at the chance to speak to Josh Winterson, CEO and founder of Alinea, about everything tomato pay (formerly known as Fractal), and why diversity is so important in small companies.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/alinea-meets-gaurav-katyal) ###### [Announcements tomato pay features in Open Ocean's Quick Pitch Feb 5, 2020 9:00:00 AM](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-features-in-open-oceans-quick-pitch) ###### [Announcements January and February highlights at tomato pay Jan 29, 2020 9:00:00 AM It's 2020 - the start of a new year, and a new decade We are grateful to have been able to contribute to such a thriving industry for the past few years, particularly in 2019, and we are excited to see what 2020 will bring for tomato pay (formerly known as tomato pay), the fintech industry and of course, for consumers and small businesses.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/january-and-february-highlights-at-tomato-pay) ###### [Announcements The Financial Armageddon: round up of the night Nov 1, 2019 9:00:00 AM On Tuesday 29th October, we had an incredible time hosting our flagship 2019 event alongside our sponsors for the night, Deloitte, with all ticket sales going towards a very worthy cause - homeless charity Beam.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/the-financial-armageddon-round-up-of-the-night) ###### [Announcements November highlights at tomato pay Oct 8, 2019 9:00:00 AM It’s nearly November (not too long before the holiday season!) and for the tomato pay (formerly known as Fractal) team, it’s another month of events and working hard to better serve the small business community. Here's what's on our agenda in November.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/november-highlights-at-tomato-pay) ###### [Announcements tomato pay selected by EIT Digital as one of Europe’s best deep tech scaleups Sep 23, 2019 9:00:00 AM tomato pay selected by EIT Digital as one of Europe’s best deep tech scaleups tomato pay (formerly known as Fractal) is in the running for the EIT Digital Challenge 2019, Europe’s prestigious competition for Deep Tech scaleups. 25 finalists from 12 EU countries will compete on the 6th of November in Brussels tomato pay has been selected by EIT Digital, a leading European player in innovation and entrepreneurial education, as a finalist in its renowned pan-European competition EIT Digital Challenge. The competition focuses on startups in growth stage, so called scaleups, with deep tech products that leverage sophisticated, hard-to-reproduce digital technologies that fuel the digital transformation.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/tomato-pay-selected-by-eit-digital-as-one-of-europes-best-deep-tech-scaleups) ###### [Announcements tomato pay in Singapore: Singapore Fintech Festival 2019 Sep 18, 2019 9:00:00 AM This year we had the opportunity to go out to Singapore with the Department of International Trade to join and exhibit at the hotly-anticipated Singapore Fintech Festival.](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/singapore-fintech-festival-2019) - [1](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/author/lisa-leid/page/1) - [2](https://blog.tomatopay.co.uk/author/lisa-leid/page/2) - 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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