Category: Fintech

A new innovation lab in Glasgow is set to boost the UK’s financial technology – or ‘fintech’ – industry’s approach to regulation. The Financial Regulation Innovation Lab (FRIL) will be…

A new partnership has been struck for Scotland’s first bank ‘solely dedicated to small and medium sized businesses’. Alba Bank, founded by Scottish entrepreneur Jim McColl in 2018, with its…

A new talent platform has been launched using AI to skills match candidates to over 220 fintech companies in Scotland. The ‘Fintech Talent’ platform will enable professionals to showcase their…

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 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 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 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…

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…

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 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…