Contactless debit card payment limit increase for fire.com customers
From 1st April 2020, fire.com Mastercard® debit card holders can now make contactless card payments of up to €50.00 / £45.00. This change is part of an industry-wide movement to...
Fire Open Payments – a new way to get paid
The arrival of Open Banking represents a major change in the way consumers and businesses will use financial services. By opening up access to the account to regulated third-parties, it...
How to get set up on the Amazon Marketplace and enhance your selling with a digital current account
If you’re thinking of setting up your own e-commerce business, online marketplaces can be a good way of reaching a wide audience at a comparatively low cost, leveraging market trust...
Introducing Fire-UK
As part of our growth plans, we at fire.com are pleased to announce the launch of our new entity, “Fire-UK”. For several reasons we decided some time ago to create...
fire.com to open a development hub in Cork
As part of our continuing growth, we are pleased to announce the opening of a new development hub for fire.com in Cork, Ireland. Our Cork team, comprising development and product...
How to use automated payments to delight and retain customers as an alternative finance provider
The last few years has seen a significant rise in the number of institutions offering alternative finance options to businesses and consumers. From merchant cash advance, to crowdfunding and invoice...
Selling into the eurozone? Simplify your payments and cut costs with a dual sterling & euro account
If you are a UK business that regularly sells into the eurozone as part of your business model, or occasionally receive an invoice euro, having a pool of funds in...
The best alternative to traditional business bank accounts for start-ups and business owners
You’ve come up with the concept, approved your plan, registered your company name and had your licenses approved… what next? When it comes to choosing a business account there are...
fire.com supports alternative finance providers to streamline payments and enhance their customer experience
fire.com is changing the way businesses pay and get paid. Working closely with leaders in alternative finance that provide invoice finance, merchant cash advance or traditional business loans, we are...
Authenticating and authorising payments under PSD2
With new standards part of EU’s second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) becoming effective as of 14 September 2019, comes tighter regulations surrounding the authentication of payment transactions online. A key...
Creating digital accounts and debit cards with the fire.com API
With more than 3,000 businesses now using fire.com, we are continuously enhancing our platform and adding new payment services to help our customers pay and get paid. The fire.com API...
What is Strong Customer Authentication?
You may or may not have heard about Strong Customer Authentication (SCA for short). Either way, what's important to know is, it will change the way you access your bank...
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. This change is driven by many factors – technology, regulation and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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Fire – a new digital account experience.
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