From high fees to complex applications and an impersonal service, the business current accounts offered by traditional banks still leave a lot to be desired, said Richard Davies, CEO at Allica Bank, a regulated U.K. neobank which provides savings, lending and payments services for small...
Today in B2B payments, Allica Bank touts the value of small business banking relationship managers, and Rho announces $100 million in funding. Plus, Ardius discusses unlocking R&D tax credits, Barclaycard debuts a new cashback card for SMBs, and ancora Software collaborates on source-to-pay automation. Finding...
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have finally come into focus for banking and financial services innovators, resulting in the proliferation of neobanks and FinTechs challenging marketing incumbents to step up their game. What that often looks like is the rollout of digital-first solutions focused on...
Today in B2B payments, ForwardAI discusses the value of faster, more secure small business lending, and Battery Ventures focuses on SaaS FinTech investment. Plus, Xsolla discusses video game developers’ influencer payout challenges, Allica Bank launches direct-to-SMB banking, and Mastercard collaborates on another SMB card product....
May 17, 2023
From high fees to complex applications and an impersonal service, the business current accounts offered by traditional banks still leave a lot to be desired, said Richard Davies, CEO at Allica Bank, a regulated U.K. neobank which provides savings, lending and payments services for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This is especially true for established […]
October 22, 2025
U.K. bank and FinTech Allica Bank has acquired small and mid-sized business (SMB) lending FinTech Kriya. With Kriya’s embedded business PayLater solution, Allica will enter the embedded finance market, the bank said in a Wednesday (Oct. 22) press release. The combined offering created by the acquisition will provide flexible working capital and PayLater options to […]