Finextra Research
Sign in
Sign up
  • News
    • Latest news
    • Company updates
    • Long reads
  • TV
  • Research
  • Events
    • All
    • Conferences
    • Webinars
    • Popular
  • Community
    • Community latest
    • Latest expert opinions
    • Groups
    • Search members
  • Jobs
  • APIs
Sign in
Sign up
  • News
    • Back
    • News
    • Latest news
    • Company updates
    • Long reads
  • TV
  • Research
  • Events
    • Back
    • Events
    • All
    • Conferences
    • Webinars
    • Popular
  • Community
    • Back
    • Community
    • Community latest
    • Latest expert opinions
    • Groups
    • Search members
  • Jobs
  • APIs
  • payments
  • markets
  • retail
  • wholesale
  • wealth
  • regulation
  • crime
  • crypto
  • sustainable
  • startups
  • devops
  • identity
  • security
  • cloud
  • ai

Community

  • Your feed
  • Latest expert opinions
  • Groups

Join the Community

23,587
Expert opinions
41,339
Total members
358
New members (last 30 days)
191
New opinions (last 30 days)
29,160
Total comments
Join Sign in
164780
Follow Unfollow

Katherine Chan

CEO
Juice
Member since
05 Nov 2024
Location
London
Followers
5
Following
0
Opinions
12
Long reads
0
Followed by John Sims, Martha Boyle and 5 others you follow

Experience

CEO
Juice
To Present
Show all experience

Latest opinions

Katherine Chan

Finance that fits: what SMEs really need from credit in 2025

SME lending is back in the headlines. In the first quarter of 2025, UK high-street banks issued billions in new loans, supported by expanded government schemes and renewed interest in business credit. On paper, the recovery looks strong. But in practice, many founders still find themselves working around finance rather than with it. During the yea...

27 June 2025 Fintech innovation and startups

Katherine Chan

5 Uncomfortable Truths About SME Lending in 2025

Small businesses do the heavy lifting, but fair access to finance is still out of reach for many. In 2024, gross lending rose 13% to just over £16 billion (UK Finance). But repayments outpaced new loans, leaving a funding gap that hasn’t closed. Debt levels have more than doubled since before the pandemic (OECD, 2024). Many firms now carry liabilit...

23 June 2025 Fintech

Katherine Chan

Scaling in a high-cost world: How SME founders are adapting

In 2025, scaling a business requires more than ambition—it demands precision. Founders are operating in a climate shaped by persistent inflation, tighter margins, and increasingly complex supply chains. While UK inflation eased to 2.6% in March (ONS, 2025), the cumulative impact of high input costs and shifting trade dynamics is still being felt ...

14 May 2025 Fintech innovation and startups

See all 12 opinions by Katherine

Katherine writes about

  • artificial intelligence
  • start ups
  • financial inclusion
  • predictions

Katherine's opinion archive

  • 2025 (12)
ShowHide similar members

Similar members

Joerg C. Mauelshagen

Joerg C. Mauelshagen
CEO at bancon GmbH

Follow Unfollow
Igor Chugunov

Igor Chugunov
CEO at Credits Blockchain and Payment Platform

Follow Unfollow
Aleksandras Karpickis

Aleksandras Karpickis
CEO at Gurupay

Follow Unfollow
Sho Sugihara

Sho Sugihara
CEO at Fuse

Follow Unfollow
Dmitrijs Bocarovs

Dmitrijs Bocarovs
CEO at Up2 Money

Follow Unfollow

Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.

Please read our Privacy Policy.

Accept
Finextra

Finextra

  • About

Community

  • Rules
  • Contact the community team

News

  • Guidance
  • Contact the news desk

Sales

  • Media pack
  • Contact the sales team

Get involved

  • Finextra Live@
  • Webinars
  • Finextra TV
  • Research
  • Finextra.jobs

Events

  • Sustainable Finance Live
  • NextGen Nordics
  • EBAday
  • NextGen:AI
Join the community Register for news alerts
Apple App Store Google App Store

© Finextra Research 2025

Terms of usePrivacy PolicyCookie Centre