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ALL ARTICLE NEWS BLOG WHITE PAPERS EGUIDES SUCCESS STORIES MOVIES NEWS WEX Completes Acquisition of eNett and Optal Read more 3 mins 627 views 16/12/20 NEWS eNett and Optal Respond to Court Decision on Certain Preliminary Issues Read more 3 mins 199 views 13/10/20 NEWS,BLOG Invapay: simplifying payments, optimising working capital Read more 3 mins 227 views 10/07/20 BLOG E-commerce during a pandemic: surviving the cash crunch with digital payments Read more mins 209 views 01/07/20 BLOG Five ways to unlock the power of payments Read more mins 58 views 03/06/20 BLOG A digital dividend: how virtual cards can drive business growth Read more 3 mins 102 views 27/05/20 NEWS eNett, Travelport and Optal Respond to WEX’s Attempt to Walk Away from its Binding Agreement Read more 2 mins 334 views 07/05/20 BLOG How digital payments can lay the foundations for a new kind of business Read more 2 mins 45 views 20/05/20 BLOG How digital platforms can reduce B2B payment risk in your business Read more 3 mins 234 views 13/05/20 EGUIDES Optal VANs success stories Download our Success Stories to see how Optal VANs are helping vendors, supplier businesses and the end user. Read more mins 21 views 26/01/19 EGUIDES Do you have a VAN plan? Download our eGuide for advice on minimising costly errors in supplier payments. Read more mins 8 views 26/01/21 EGUIDES How commercial credit can create smart working capital Download our eGuide to learn how commercial credit can create smart working capital. Read more mins 10 views 26/01/21 EGUIDES The need for payment alternatives is now Download our eGuide to discover a B2B payments alternative. Read more mins 11 views 26/01/21 WHITE PAPERS The digital dilemma Cheques are fraught with risk and represent an unreliable, inefficient and outdated way to pay. Yet, 44% of the senior finance professionals we surveyed admitted to still using them to pay suppliers. Read more mins 7 views 26/01/21 WHITE PAPERS Pushing Back on Payments Fraud Authorised push payment (APP) fraud cost UK businesses £126m in 2018 and losses are set to grow as more scammers look to cash in. It’s relatively easy for them to trick finance teams into paying fake invoices and suppliers, and there are few repercussions. Read more mins 10 views 26/01/21 BLOG Why your business needs a payments alternative Read more 3 mins 65 views 06/05/20 BLOG Going digital: Why it’s time to put credit to work in B2B payments Read more 3 mins 102 views 30/04/20 NEWS Optal Streamlines Supplier Payments for Leading Online Marketplace Wowcher Read more 3 mins 192 views 21/04/20 BLOG Major insurers are generating revenue through B2B payments innovation: so can you Read more 3 mins 404 views 28/02/20 NEWS Optal Named One of UK’s Fastest-Growing Firms Internationally Read more 3 mins 413 views 17/02/20 BLOG Raising funds for the Rainbow Trust at ILC with Harry Redknapp Read more 1 mins 202 views 27/01/20 NEWS Optal Signs Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Financial Technology Service Provider WEX Read more 4 mins 1,339 views 24/01/20 BLOG Helping to support another fantastic cause this Christmas Read more 2 mins 126 views 13/01/20 BLOG Our 2020 vision: looking forward to another stellar year at Optal Read more 3 mins 242 views 19/12/19 BLOG Under the radar: why scammers get away with corporate APP fraud Read more 3 mins 179 views 16/12/19 BLOG No safety net: why APP fraud could hit corporates hard Read more 3 mins 140 views 03/12/19 BLOG Empowering the Insurance Innovators of Tomorrow Read more 4 mins 132 views 13/11/19 BLOG All change please: why insurance firms can’t insure against the risk of doing nothing Read more 3 mins 144 views 01/11/19 BLOG Digitising financial services: taking the Optal message to Start-up Week Dublin Read more 3 mins 147 views 21/10/19 NEWS Optal Teams Up With Visa to Deliver Working Capital Solution to Europe Read more 3 mins 415 views 03/10/19 BLOG Optal Named Yet Again as One of UK’s Fastest-Growing Tech Firms Read more 3 mins 355 views 10/09/19 NEWS Optal in the Big Leagues: One of Europe’s Top Credit Card Issuers Read more 2 mins 677 views 07/08/19 BLOG Optal: A Company to Inspire Britain Read more mins 450 views 25/07/19 BLOG Ogden rate rise means insurers must trim costs and drive rewards from B2B payments Read more 3 mins 208 views 23/07/19 NEWS Optal Transforms Supplier Payments for Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking via Invapay Read more 3 mins 590 views 16/07/19 ARTICLE Celebrating excellence with sponsorship of the British Insurance Awards Read more 2 mins 176 views 11/07/19 BLOG No Walk in the Park: Optal Races for Glory in JP Morgan Corporate Challenge Read more 2 mins 188 views 05/07/19 NEWS How to make payments pay: a new digital approach to drive business success at Insurance2025 Read more 2 mins 210 views 03/07/19 NEWS Optal Invapay Chosen to Support Public Sector Supplier Payments via G-Cloud Read more mins 231 views 02/07/19 BLOG Advancing the Claims Industry Through Digital Innovation: Joining the Debate with ILC Read more mins 172 views 20/06/19 BLOG Tackling financial inefficiency to drive improved business performance Read more 2 mins 217 views 11/06/19 BLOG How to unleash your working capital via smart supplier payments Read more 3 mins 218 views 29/05/19 BLOG Eliminating payment disputes to drive business success Read more mins 243 views 22/05/19 BLOG Providing a Frictionless Experience for Suppliers Read more 3 mins 244 views 22/05/19 BLOG Optal Announces Industry Expert Jonathan Nixon as New European Head of Business Development Read more 3 mins 240 views 26/04/19 BLOG Tax and technology: can new solutions boost financial flexibility? Read more 3 mins 240 views 17/04/19 BLOG Why it’s time for a cheque replacement strategy Read more 2 mins 383 views 16/04/19 NEWS Optal expands regulatory reach to ensure continuity for European customers Read more mins 640 views 13/03/19 BLOG Taking the Invapay Message to the CPI Europe Summit Read more 2 mins 247 views 13/03/19 BLOG How to Get Smarter with Commercial Credit Read more 2 mins 283 views 04/03/19 BLOG The top five B2B payment challenges facing large organisations Read more 2 mins 298 views 04/03/19 ARTICLE Optal Drives Further Momentum with Place on Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 Read more 2 mins 378 views 11/02/19 ARTICLE Preaching the value of B2B payments innovation at the motor claims networking lunch Read more 2 mins 336 views 16/01/19 ARTICLE Global Travel Risk Management Expert Healix International Swaps Credit Cards for Optal VANs Read more 2 mins 367 views 09/01/19 ARTICLE Raising Money for a Great Cause This Christmas Read more 2 mins 285 views 12/12/18 ARTICLE Celebrating excellence in technology at the Insurance Times Awards Read more 2 mins 301 views 07/12/18 ARTICLE Optal Awarded Place on Prestigious Deloitte Technology Fast 50 List Read more mins 433 views 16/11/18 Transforming B2B Payments. How it works. Read more 2 mins 646 views 09/11/18 NEWS Optal Named One of UK’s 250 Fastest-Growing Businesses Read more mins 392 views 22/10/18 ARTICLE Optal Named in Prestigious FT Future 100 Report Read more mins 437 views 10/10/18 ARTICLE Taking the Optal VAN Payments Innovation Message to Insurance 3.0 with Mastercard Read more mins 487 views 21/09/18 ARTICLE As Vet Costs Rise, It’s Time for Insurers to Streamline B2B Payments Read more 3 mins 393 views 10/09/18 ARTICLE Optal Celebrates 14th Place on Sunday Times Tech Track 100 Read more mins 456 views 18/09/18 BLOG Earn Revenue for your Trust by Making Payments with Optal Read more 3 mins 430 views 02/07/18 NEWS Optal Expands APAC Presence with New Business Development Hire Optal, a world leader in optimising B2B transactions, is delighted to announce the appointment of Carey McLaren as its new Regional Director of Business Development for APAC, in a move which will help drive growth for the company in the region. Read more 3 mins 507 views 09/08/18 BLOG Introducing a New Website to Drive the Next Stage of Growth for Optal Read more 2 mins 409 views 26/06/18 NEWS Optal Optimises Supplier Claims Payments for Insurance Giant LV= Read more 2 mins 675 views 19/06/18 ARTICLE UK organisations foot a £60m reconciliation bill due to manual processes Read more 2 mins 360 views 14/06/18 BLOG Optal Ranked 47th in Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 Optal named as one of the UK’s fastest-growing private companies in terms of international sales. Read more 2 mins 444 views 11/06/18 WHITE PAPERS Research finds the complexity of B2B payments is holding back large organisations How digital payments technology can transform the complexities of B2B payments. Read more 5 mins 1,450 views 30/04/18 NEWS Mastercard® selects Optal as a preferred B2B Insurance payments partner Read more 2 mins 1,536 views 12/04/18 NEWS Optal optimises payments for Insurer Thomas Smith Read more 1 mins 356 views 13/04/18 NEWS Optal named one of UK’s Top 20 fastest-growing private companies Read more 2 mins 806 views 12/04/18 ARTICLE What if there was a quicker method of being paid? Read more mins 288 views 27/04/18 BLOG Optal is re-authorised under the Second Payment Service Directive Read more 2 mins 485 views 09/03/18 ARTICLE Virtual Account Numbers: Low Risk, High Security B2B Payments for Insurers Read more 2 mins 848 views 12/04/18 BLOG Enriched Data: Top of the Corporate Wish List Read more 2 mins 446 views 12/04/18 BLOG Support corporate social responsibility plans and reduce your environmental impact with Invapay Read more 2 mins 445 views 12/04/18 ARTICLE Optimising payments by changing the traditional card model Read more 2 mins 1,090 views 12/04/18 BLOG How Insurers Can Profit by Optimising Payments Read more 2 mins 285 views 12/04/18 BLOG Car breakdowns: speeding supplier payments to get things moving quickly Read more 2 mins 385 views 05/04/18 BLOG Three reasons why insurers choose Optal for B2B payments Read more 5 mins 764 views 05/03/18 WHITE PAPERS A new approach for CFOs to drive greater business agility and cost effectiveness B2B payments may not be an area many CFOs have thought to look for value, but it could be a quick win. Read more 10 mins 487 views 12/04/18 BLOG Three reasons why businesses are choosing Optal for B2B payments Read more 2 mins 1,574 views 12/04/18 2 minutes of adding value by Katrina Beckwith Read more 2 mins 335 views 22/03/18 NEWS Optal named one of EMEA’s fastest-growing tech firms Read more 2 mins 309 views 19/12/17 1 min 25 seconds of the multiplier effect by Jon Clark Read more 1.25 mins 348 views 01/05/18 1 min 45 seconds of reduced risks by Peter Allcock Read more 1.45 mins 279 views 02/05/18 NEWS Allianz Worldwide Partners UK selects Optal to simplify and optimise claims payments Together we are optimising claims payments by improving efficiency, reducing administrative overheads, lowering costs and enhancing the experience of Allianz customers. Read more 5 mins 837 views 22/03/18 1 minute of insurance spotlight by David Punter Read more 1 mins 262 views 02/05/18 BLOG Announcing our very own women in fintech powerlist nominee Read more 1 mins 342 views 06/11/17 SUCCESS STORIES Optal automates reconciliation of international payments for overseas students How Optal streamlined payments for global tech start-up, Cohort Read more 10 mins 674 views 23/03/18 NEWS Revolutionising B2B payments in automotive insurance with industry expert David Punter Read more 1 mins 325 views 09/10/17 NEWS Optal officially UK’s 16th fastest growing company, says latest Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 list Read more 2 mins 389 views 11/09/17 BLOG Cheque please: why it‘s time for insurers to ditch manual supplier payments and switch to vans Read more 2 mins 279 views 15/08/17 NEWS Optal named in 1000 companies to inspire Britain report London Stock Exchange Group announces 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain Read more 2 mins 273 views 25/05/17 NEWS Optal officially Europe‘s seventh fastest growing company as Financial Times FT1000 list is announced Read more 2 mins 614 views 11/04/17 NEWS Optal to acquire B2B payments business Invapay Combined business will have a unique, comprehensive B2B payments solution offering. Read more 2 mins 1,356 views 07/03/17 NEWS Optal Asia awarded SVF licence by the HKMA Read more 5 mins 1,923 views 04/11/16 If you have any questions or would like to know more, let’s talk. First name Last name Your organisation Your email address Telephone number By pressing “subscribe”, you agree that Optal may collect your full name and email address so we can add you to our subscriber list to receive marketing material, newsletters or general information about the Optal group’s services. We will only use your information for the purposes set out in our Privacy Notice. If you wish to unsubscribe you can do so at any time by emailing us at unsubscribe@optal.com or by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the end of any marketing email you receive from us. 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