Late Payment Burden for UK Small Businesses Highlights Fintech Opportunity
What's happening
Late payments are a growing operational pain for UK small businesses, creating demand for better invoicing, receivables and payment tools. Banks are expanding back-office infrastructure to simplify ACH, international wire and cross-border payments and reduce workflow fragmentation. FinTechs are capturing more share of cross-border and payment work, with 36% of global SMB buyers planning to use FinTech payment providers, and press coverage highlights the opportunity for digital payments and upgraded invoicing to spur small business growth in the UK.
Why it's trending
Multiple reports show SMBs facing fragmented payment workflows and late payments now, and both banks and FinTechs are racing to offer billing, receivables and cross-border payment solutions.
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- 36% of Global SMB Buyers Plan to Use FinTech Payment Providers
Small businesses are not abandoning banks for cross-border payments, but they are giving FinTechs a much larger share of the work. That shift stands out in “The Cross-Border Opportunity,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Mastercard report based on a survey of 310 U.S. small and medium-sized businesses that bought production inputs from international suppliers in 2025. The report finds that […] The
PYMNTSJul 22 - Late Payment Burden for UK Small Businesses Highlights Fintech OpportunityTipRanksJul 21
- How digital payments are changing small business growth in the UKThe London EconomicJul 21
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