UK fintech trends

The Fintech Brief: Analysing the Success of the UK Fintech Industry

In the second edition of this popular report, we’ve taken a closer look at the UK’s fintech startups.

Fintech innovation is driving global change in the traditional financial services industry. And the UK (London in particular) is a global fintech hub, with the likes of challenger banks, P2P lenders, and cryptocurrency wallets all making waves.

Since our records began, back in 2011, the UK’s fintech sector has seen meteoric growth. An astonishing £2.4b of fintech investment was deployed in 2019 alone, across 210 funding rounds. 

Mapping out the UK’s high-growth fintech ecosystem, this report spotlights some of the most exciting startups in the financial technology space:

High-growth fintech companies

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Fastest-growing fintech firms in the UK

Where does the data come from?

All data featured comes from the Beauhurst platform, a searchable database of the UK’s fastest-growing startups and scaleups.

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