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Want to scale your fintech? Here’s why the UK is the obvious choice

Fintech investment in the UK fell last year. According to one KPMG report, it corrected itself from a record-breaking $39 billion in 2021, to $17.4 billion in 2022, a 56% drop. Innovate Finance also recorded an 8% dip in Venture Capital (VC) investment. For most of us, the market correction was a predictable byproduct of the COVID tech boom. Yet...

26 June 2023 /markets

Payments without borders: The democratisation of finance for SMEs

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Payments without borders: The democratisation of finance for SMEs

One of the clearest memories from my childhood – one of those that I can still see like a photograph – is sitting in the back seat of my parent’s car and holding a bunch of papers I was given after opening my first bank account. For many businesses worldwide, accessing and using financial services is not straightforward. On top of that, once access...

06 June 2023 /markets

Ireland's fintech and payments space: The rise of a global hub for innovation and investment

Chloé Wade VP International Financial Services UK at IDA Ireland

Ireland's fintech and payments space: The rise of a global hub for innovation and investment

Ireland has experienced significant growth in its fintech and payments sector in recent years, both in regulated and non-regulated activities. Ireland has been home to significant operations for many of the world’s largest and leading financial institutions since the establishment of the IFSC (Irish Financial Services Centre) in Dublin in the mid-...

05 June 2023 /markets

What is Europe’s formula for supporting the fintech industry?

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

What is Europe’s formula for supporting the fintech industry?

This is an excerpt from The Future of Digital Banking in Europe 2023, a Money 20/20 special edition. Growth across the European fintech industry is fluctuating, and it is becoming increasingly evident that the record levels of funding and deals seen in 2021 will not happen again any time soon. As revealed by CB Insights, funding rose by a staggeri...

01 June 2023 /markets

What does the future hold for fintech investment in the UK?

Madhvi Sonia Head of Content at Finextra

What does the future hold for fintech investment in the UK?

Fintech investment across Europe, the Middle East and Africa fell from $79 billion across 2,379 deals in 2021 to $44.9 billion across 1,977 deals in 2022, according to KPMG’s biannual analysis of global fintech investment, the ‘Pulse of Fintech’ report. Further, total UK fintech investment hit $17.4 billion in 2022, down from $39.1 in 2021. This i...

13 April 2023 /markets

What happens to UK fintechs once the recession strikes?

Devin Kohli General Partner at Outward VC

What happens to UK fintechs once the recession strikes?

In the wake of the UK Government’s Autumn Budget, it is now confirmed that the UK is now well on its way towards a period of extended recession. The fintech sector is braced for a period of change and behavioural adjustment, as investors and founders furrow their brows over what to expect from what is likely to be an economically turgid 2023. For ...

01 December 2022 /markets

Practical tips for investing through difficult times

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

Practical tips for investing through difficult times

This remains a tough period for investors. Rising geopolitical tensions have prompted significant market volatility. After a period of near-uninterrupted growth, markets now need to adjust to a changed climate, where interest rates and inflation are rising and the outlook appears less certain. Investing today may feel like a test of nerve, but the...

05 October 2022 /markets

Arvin Abraham Partner at Goodwin Procter

Navigating a distressed fintech market

This piece was co-authored by Sunay Radia, partner, McDermott, Will & Emery. Fintech encompasses a broad spectrum of emerging businesses operating at the intersection of financial services and technology including neobanks, digital brokers, e-money institutions, crypto businesses and more. While the sector has outperformed the general market fo...

03 October 2022 /markets

The fall of big tech: The impact on investing opportunities

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

The fall of big tech: The impact on investing opportunities

It has been a dismal start to the year for some of the world’s largest technology companies as earnings have slowed and their high valuations have been called into question. Is the future as bright for the glory sector of the 2010s? Technology has seen an extraordinary run since the global financial crisis. In the ten years to June 2022 the technol...

23 August 2022 /markets

The fintech sentiment: Fintech’s take on the BoE’s rate hike

Paige McNamee

The fintech sentiment: Fintech’s take on the BoE’s rate hike

In the largest hike since 1997, the Bank of England this week raised interest rates by 50bp, to 1.75%. The central bank at the same time warned that a recession is expected to begin in late 2022, and last for five quarters. As the rate rise is spells drama for the entire economy, we’ve compiled the key observations and opinions of experts across th...

05 August 2022 /markets

Digitising reconciliation as a business case in itself

Alex Duggan Capital Market Solutions Head at Cognizant

Digitising reconciliation as a business case in itself

Taking a big-picture view, the data funnelling through financial institutions can be seen as the strategic asset that allows them to make the correct decisions around market execution, optimal funding, timely settlement, and payments, demonstrating compliance, and improving client experience through accuracy, time to market, and analytics. However...

25 July 2022 /markets

Six months to forget? The year (so far) in review

Marco Mottadelli Head of Global Brokerage at Fineco Bank

Six months to forget? The year (so far) in review

Overall, investors may rather forget the first half of 2022, however, with share prices reverting to more realistic levels, some sectors may present enticing opportunities to investors. The start of 2022 came with some measure of optimism: inflation may have been high, but economic growth was robust and the worst of the pandemic appeared to be ove...

12 July 2022 /markets

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