Pay Time

For some, the thought of a drive out into the country was a positive opportunity for much-needed respite from the toils and routines of the lockdown periods.

But to those for whom that drive was a business activity – trying to tie down a signature to make a fund transaction happen or racing to get documents signed so they could be delivered to a law firm the same day – it merely added to the pandemic stress.

The manual nature of many of the financial transactions and processes in the world of business and finance were exposed – as was the impact that they have on people’s ability to do business quickly and efficiently.