Things have changed – now you can too
When it comes to change, the payments landscape, like so many other aspects of business is undergoing deep transformation.
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GRID Finance
How we are helping one of Ireland’s fastest growing business lenders automate their payment and reconciliation processes using the fire.com API.
Managing business expenses with fire.com
There is little doubt that the effective control and management of business expenses is a key objective for organisations of all sizes – from start-ups to large corporates. Keeping business expenses under control can help in identifying where money is being spent, reduce manual reconciliation and errors, and make it easier for everyone involved. One […]
Optimising your payment processes with the fire.com payments API.
Today sees the launch of the fire.com business account payment initiation API. It is a key delivery as it now enables the complete integration of the business account with a business’s systems and internal processes. For businesses, payment processes can be complicated and error prone. In many cases businesses often create files in order to […]
4 ways fire.com is taking the hassle out of end of year taxes
You’ve made it through another end of year, your tax returns are complete, and you’ve promised yourself to be more organised next year. Being organised is a key aspect for successful tax and year-end planning and management. At fire.com we aim to help businesses plan and manage their affairs better by providing digital accounts and […]
How fire.com is helping businesses with the uncertainty of Brexit.
Time is moving on. With the deadline for the UK to leave the European Union now just 12 months away businesses need to start preparing for the possibility of a deal that falls short of preserving the status quo in trading relationships. Earlier this week, it was announced that the UK and the EU have […]
Making trade easier for fire.com business customers
For many UK and European based businesses, trading in both sterling and euro is an essential part of doing business. Given the size and proximity of the markets it is a natural development for UK firms to sell into the euro region and for euro based firms to sell into the UK. However, sometimes cross […]
Making reconciliation easier for fire.com business customers
For many businesses the reconciliation of their bank account balance and transactions is a key control point. This will be easier now for fire.com customers who use Xero or FreeAgent accounting packages. Earlier this week we released a new version of firework online which enables businesses to download statements in the latest OFX format in […]
What will Open Banking and PSD2 really mean for me?
On Saturday 13th January European wide changes in the rules about payments came into effect. These changes have been years in the making and they are designed to open things up in such a way that it will make payments more innovative, secure and bring more competition to the market. These changes are referred to […]
Making business payments more secure – with the firework mobile app
The need to make payments more secure whilst improving customer experience is becoming increasingly important for businesses. Our fire.com business account is used by a diverse range of business customers. From online retailers to consultants, start-ups, sole traders, corporates and independent lenders, we have customers of all shapes and sizes using fire.com for their business […]