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Blocser believes cards still have a hold<\/p><\/div>\n

Ambitious Danish fintech Blocser has partnered with top UK card manufacturer allpay.cards with designs on the fast-growing gig economy.<\/p>\n

Blocser has pinned their Butterfly Card to one of its biggest market moves yet \u2013 the UK offer to the near 5million now estimated as working in the nation\u2019s gig economy.<\/p>\n

Butterflies, says Blocser founder and CEO Henrik Danbj\u00f8rg, are those who \u201cdare to work on their own and only collect what they need\u201d.<\/p>\n

allpay.cards took that on board \u2013 and the butterfly took flight.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt allpay.cards, we understand the importance of card design and the impact it can have on the market.<\/p>\n

Our designers created a wide range of stunning design options, all of which enhanced the card with multiple printing techniques, bringing the butterfly to life,\u201d said Emily Lovelock, Head of Sales, allpay.cards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to be working with Blocser and look forward to supporting them through their launch,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

From the off, Blocser\u2019s offer has backed those working beyond the 9-5 model with an account, payment card, billing tool and digital business card. To draw a direct comparison with the gig economy, Danbj\u00f8rg says: \u201cThink of us as a ridesharing service but instead of rides you sell your work – build your work-life one deal at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will help you find customers and use all the great free online channels that exist today if you are looking for extra income selling your skills and time directly to others.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a fintech offering a full range of solutions, Blocser believes cards still have a hold.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will find many advocating the death of cards. In China they pay with face recognition, Apple pay and Google Pay converts smartphones into payment vehicles and wearables are on the rise as well – but the fact is that card payments hold a huge proportion of payments,\u201d says Danbj\u00f8rg.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is universally accepted and with the rise of Fintech, it has become a cornerstone of a lot of the new valuable services offered to freelancers, cross border workers, ex-pats\u00a0and everyone else who is marginalised by traditional banks.<\/p>\n

\u201cCash is declining and the first ones to get hit by that are people who would normally get paid in cash – primarily\u00a0“The blue-collar freelancers”.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people live from gig to gig, the absence of a monthly paycheck makes them irrelevant to banks and Tax authorities struggle to collaborate with them – they get marginalised\u2026 stigmatised\u2026 underserved\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Blocser\u2019s partnership with allpay.cards offer the UK gig market transition support allowing digital payments directly to the Butterfly card.<\/p>\n

Those payments are pitched as instant and fee-free between blocsers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it will feel like cash because they get a card they can use in more than 30 million stores and three million ATMs,\u201d says Danbj\u00f8rg.<\/p>\n

Michelle Pacey, director of allpay.cards said getting ahead of the gig economy is one of the biggest challenges facing UK fintech.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work with Blocser demonstrates what can be done with cards as the sector rises to this challenge \u2013 a challenge we\u2019re ready to lead on at allpay,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Blocser believes cards still have a hold<\/p>\n

Ambitious Danish fintech Blocser has partnered with top UK card manufacturer allpay.cards with designs on the fast-growing gig economy.<\/p>\n

Blocser has pinned their Butterfly Card to one of its biggest market moves yet \u2013 the UK offer to the near 5million now estimated as working in <\/p>\n

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