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…
FinTech Scotland hails roadmap a success one year after publication
FinTech Scotland has revealed it is on track to hit its targets for economic growth a year on from publishing an industry roadmap to boost the sector. The independent cluster…
FinTech Scotland secures UK Government funding to advance research and innovation with new Glasgow ‘centre of excellence’
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…
FinTech Scotland announces strategic partnership with Morgan Stanley
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…
Fintech innovation boost as high-profile board unveiled for Smart Data Foundry
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…