Xero Blog

This morning, we were delighted to hear the news that iwoca, one of our longest standing alternative lending partners, received a grant of £10 million from the Banking Competition Remedies’ (BCR) Capability and Innovation Fund.

At Xero we believe that valuing diverse ideas leads to innovation, as well as inclusion. A diverse workforce reflects our global small business customer and partner communities and allows us to be relevant and well connected to both.

For the past two years A2X has attended Xero’s global developer roadshow – XD. The event returns in August this year, and I want to share why A2X always attends. What is XD19?

Calling all developers and tech-lovers, the world’s greatest global roadshow for developers (in our opinion) is back in August! Spaces for the Xero Developer Roadshow are filling up fast, so don’t miss your chance to join us at XD19 at four locations around the globe.

Thanks to Google’s Women Techmakers grant, I was fortunate enough to be one of the 15 recipients to attend the Google I/O conference held in San Francisco in early May. I can certainly say that if you ever get the chance to attend #io19, then do!

As part of the Kiwi Fintech Accelerator, we hosted the Startup Challenge in our new coworking space, Rewired. The day was facilitated by Creative HQ, where 30 fintech fanatics came in to pitch their ideas with a chance to bring them to life through support from the fintech community.

This is a guest post written by Andrew Bowden, Senior Manager, Product Marketing at TradeGecko. Every single day, thousands of new products spark into being. Yet only one in five survives longer than a year.

In this blog post, Caroline Plumb, CEO and founder of Fluidly, talks about how cash flow forecasting can help accountants to prepare for the future. When I talk to accountants about their clients, I often hear these words: “if only they had talked to me before doing that” or “if only they had known that we offered that service.” In a fast-changing world, it’s all too easy to get disconnected from your clients and what’s really going on in their businesses.

With interest in Xero’s app marketplace growing rapidly for businesses and accountancy firms alike, we’re excited to launch our new Xero UK App Integrator Program. The program is a direct response to our partners and customers who tell us that with more than 700 apps now in the Xero marketplace, researching and implementing the right apps can be an arduous task.