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August 19, 2026

I chase invoices for a living. Here’s how to get paid without taking your client to court

Practical steps you should take to retrieve your money

Almost one business every 40 minutes goes under in the UK because they’ve not been paid for work they’ve already done, with late payments draining the country’s economy of £11bn per year. 

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Clément Carrier

is CEO and cofounder of Aria, a Paris-based fintech that develops flexible payments infrastructure to help software platforms move money

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