Xero Blog

At Xero, we have a strong focus on thinking innovatively so we can solve big challenges on behalf of small businesses around the globe. In Denver, where our Xero Americas HQ is located, innovation and entrepreneurship was on full display at Denver Startup Week earlier this month.

Xero’s app marketplace has over 800 apps which help small businesses and their advisors reach their goals. Each month we celebrate an app partner who stands out for helping small businesses thrive.

Paying bills is a time consuming task for all small businesses. We’re working to update this process in Xero to reduce friction and streamline it where we can. The existing batch payments interface was one of the first features to be built at Xero.

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.