Holvi Blog for Makers and Doers

Getting started with Facebook ads – Performance Marketer shares his advertising tips for small businesses

Entrepreneurship | 05/12/19 10:51

For small business owners who want to make marketing a priority but don’t have the time, budget or knowhow, Facebook can be a smart choice. Here, our Performance Marketing Manager shares his best tips for getting started with Facebook ads.

How to keep your Holvi account safe

How to use Holvi | 02/12/19 10:23

The security of your account is our top priority. We do our best to keep your money and your data safe, but you too can affect the security of your account – in both positive and negative ways. Here, we summarize which measures Holvi implements to keep your account safe and tell you what you as a Holvi user can do to ensure that these measures are effective.

Why does Holvi sometimes have to block accounts?

Entrepreneurship | 29/11/19 08:53

From time to time, affected customers reach out to us on social media asking why their account has been blocked. As with other payment institutions and banks, we are subject to very strict regulations that may require us to take action due to security reasons, or if we suspect any suspicious activity. For the sake of transparency and to dispel rumours, we’re outlining here the reasons behind account suspension.

Acronyms, Bank Branches, Constant Learning: Our ABCs of Growth over the last 12 months

Digitalisation of entrepreneurship | 17/10/19 11:40

When you have a home market of 5.5 million people, if you really want to make it big, you have to think international from day 1. As a fintech startup in a digital world, working with a newly standardised European banking system, “going global” should have been straightforward for Holvi.

New EU directive aims to reduce the risk of account misuse, says lawyer

Entrepreneurship, How to use Holvi | 09/10/19 07:47

The EU’s payment service directive sets new security standards. But what does this mean for Holvi users?

Life Balance and Contextual Banking - Holvi’s CEO on the State of Entrepreneurship in 2019

Entrepreneurship | 16/07/19 08:03

“There used to be this term ‘work life balance’, right?”

A Holvian’s story – a former small business owner shares her best marketing tips

Entrepreneurship | 07/01/19 09:40

Small business owners love what they do. They’re passionate about their work and their customers. And, of course, they want new customers to find them. But when the actual work – and paperwork – takes up too time, there’s often little left for marketing.

5 reasons to take the leap from employee to entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship | 28/11/18 14:48

Nowadays, it’s easy to start your own business and make a living on your own terms. No wonder entrepreneurship attracts more and more people. Many simply turn their hobby into a business or sell their expertise as a side job, often as a sole trader. A typical micro-entrepreneur or freelancer checks the following boxes:

How Holvi turned customer learnings into actions – and how you can do the same

Entrepreneurship | 14/11/18 12:28

Every company wants to understand its customers in order to develop its business and drive growth. Since 2003, NPS or “net promoter score”, has been a key metric to measure growth and loyalty. While gathering feedback from customers used to prove quite difficult, in this data-rich era the problem can often be too much data. When there’s tons of feedback and data to analyse, companies need to find new ways to organise research and use tools, such as the NPS, the right way.

5 reasons why entrepreneurs choose Holvi

How to use Holvi | 05/11/18 11:52

How does Holvi differ from other traditional business current accounts and services provided for entrepreneurs? How does it help small business owners to spend more time on productive work? Here are five reasons why thousands of entrepreneurs have chosen Holvi.