FinTech Scotland appoints Scottish Government director to accelerate plans for ‘financial regulation innovation lab’
FinTech Scotland has appointed a senior government director to accelerate plans for a financial regulation innovation lab. Trish Quinn, who was a digital programme director with the Scottish Government, will…
FinTech Scotland partners with TSB on third annual ‘innovation labs’ programme
FinTech Scotland is partnering with TSB on its third annual ‘innovation labs’ programme – with a call for fintechs to apply to the scheme. The cluster management organisation for Scottish…
FinTech Scotland partners with Phoenix Group to tackle ‘gender pensions gap’
FinTech Scotland is partnering with the Phoenix Group to devise ways of using financial innovation to tackle the ‘gender pensions gap’. The cluster management organisation is working with the UK’s…
FinTech Scotland and Smart Data Foundry launch innovation challenge with UK banks
FinTech Scotland is joining forces with the Smart Data Foundry to launch an innovation challenge with some of the leading UK banks. The cluster management organisation for Scottish ‘fintech’ will…
Fintech Festival gets its sixth outing across Scotland later this year
Scotland’s annual Fintech Festival is set for its sixth outing when it’s hosted in venues across the country later this year. The three week-long event series takes place between September…
Scottish fintech harnesses power of ChatGPT to close ‘advice gap’ in financial services products
A Scottish fintech company is launching a new service based on ChatGPT’s powerful AI technology to close the ‘advice gap’ in financial services. Edinburgh-based Aveni’s new Assist platform will use…
FinTech Scotland Chairman Stephen Ingledew appointed to board of new UK finance innovation body
FinTech Scotland chairman Stephen Ingledew has been appointed to the board of the new finance innovation body set up by the UK Government. Mr Ingledew OBE will join the Centre…
Eight Scottish firms travel to Money 20/20 fintech conference in Amsterdam
Eight Scottish firms travelled to Money 20/20 – the leading European fintech conference – in Amsterdam this week. Supported by Scottish Development International and FinTech Scotland, the companies took part…
‘Snugg’ as the proverbial bug. Edinburgh fintech secures government grant to create greener future for homeowners
An Edinburgh fintech company has won government support to help create a greener future for homeowners. Snugg, an innovative tech platform focused on giving data-driven insights on consumers to banks…
Fintech platform will use synthetic data to help financial organisations innovate
A new platform based on ‘synthetic data’ will accelerate innovation for financial organisations who find it difficult to access real-life data. Smart Data Foundry has developed the ‘aizle’ platform to…