Tagged: scottish enterprise

January 15, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scotland’s Fintech cluster has reportedly experienced a 24% increase in overall jobs within fintech as Fintech Scotland, the cluster management organization, marks its sixth year of supporting the ecosystem. Regularly delivering on Scotland’s goal to considerably boost fintech-focused roles, the nearly  25% growth is being… Read More

June 21, 2021 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scottish Fintech firm Aveni has acquired a £1.1 million investment in order to establish an AI platform which is focused on supporting speech analytics for modern businesses. Aveni Detect reportedly uses the latest artificial intelligence and natural language processing (NLP) technologies in order to fully… Read More

February 5, 2020 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Regulatory technology (Regtech) firm Encompass has reportedly won a £2 million grant from the Scottish Enterprise, in order to create an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced engine to complement its existing know-your-customer (KYC) product offering. The latest funding is part of an initiative with a total value… Read More

January 10, 2020 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The number of financial technology (Fintech) companies operating in Scotland has reportedly increased by 60% over the past year. According to Fintech Scotland, there are 119 Fintech-focused businesses based north of the border, which is significantly greater than 72 financial technology companies from the previous… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based Fintech firm Modulr revealed on October 30 that it’s planning to invest most of its £20 million in funding in Scotland’s financial technology sector, in order to promote innovation and support the nation’s role as a leading tech hub. Modulr’s investment-related decision has come after… Read More

October 21, 2019 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, 12 Canadian Fintech firms are in the UK on a 5-day trade mission led by the UK Department of Internation Trade (DIT). The visit is part of an initiative in support of these Fintechs seeking to enter the UK market. According to DIT, the… Read More