Category: Fintech

FinTech Scotland – the body representing financial technology organisations – has secured UK Government funding to advance research and innovation in financial regulation. The FinTech Scotland initiative in partnership with…

The organisation that supports the financial technology – ‘fintech’ – sector in Scotland has announced a strategic partnership with Morgan Stanley. FinTech Scotland is to work with the investment banking…

Scotland’s fintech innovation efforts received a boost this week as a new board of directors was unveiled for the financial services research body, Smart Data Foundry. Dame Julia Unwin, former…

Scottish financial technology – ‘fintech’ – firms secured over £305m in funding in the last 12 months, according to new figures. The investment represents a 200 per cent increase in…

The chairman of FinTech Scotland – the cluster management organisation for the financial technology, ‘fintech’ industry – has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List. Stephen Ingledew,…

Fintech champions have been appointed for Scotland and Wales – completing a network of UK nations representing innovative companies and startups in the sector. Glasgow’s DirectID, an early pioneer of…

Glasgow fintech Nude is on a mission to get young people saving for their first home. Using innovative technology, the company’s app can track spending habits, informing users how to…

Finance chief Charlotte Crosswell has been instrumental in bringing open banking to the UK. With six million people and 600,000 SMEs benefiting from greater interoperability between online banking services, she…

Business leaders gathered in Edinburgh last week for the second annual conference designed to stimulate regional collaboration and growth opportunities for fintech. The UK Fintech Symposium held at NatWest’s Gogarburn…

An Edinburgh fintech firm has launched a benefits calculator in collaboration with NatWest as part of efforts to help customers through the cost-of-living crisis. Inbest has worked with the bank…