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Thursday, September 11, 2025
David Brown | Founder & CEO at Hi55 Ventures | Fintech Finance

About David Brown

https://www.hi55.uk/
Payments is my passion with a heavy focus on SMEs, specifically ensuring they get paid quickly, as it is my firm belief that this leads to growth and creates jobs. I have been challenging and revolutionising the payments industry for over a decade with innovative and disruptive methods related to Supply Chain Finance. I have over three decades worth of experience and two successful startups in enterprise payments founded under my leadership and I personally championed the recognition of Payables in the Bank of England commission report endorsing SCF as a solution to the liquidity crisis caused by the credit crunch. I have been influential in framing the US and UK government policy in early payments and have spent my recent career disrupting and innovating in the payments sector. I am the entrepreneur behind many game-changing organisations, including Commerce One, Open Text in their early days, latterly, Oxygen Finance, Previse and now www.hi55.uk I am continually striving to push the boundaries on conventional SCF to make it more efficient, more inclusive, less risky and at the lowest cost and believe that my passion about payments exudes a compelling charm which inspires devotion from those that work alongside me.

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