Courses and Academies

Join our upcoming courses and develop the skills you need to succeed in the rapidly growing FinTech industry.

Past Courses and Academies

August 14, 2024

Aspire 2Be. – AWS Certified Courses

Aspire 2Be. is pleased to announce a new partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), as an Authorised Training Partner – the first and only one in Wales!

April 03, 2023

FinTech Wales celebrates 81% success rate in its first year of Coding and Data Academies 

FinTech Wales, in partnership with training provider iungo Solutions, has recorded an 81% success rate from individuals who attended their ten-week Coding or Data Academies. A substantial 62% of those who successfully completed the course have entered roles in FinTech or Technology, and 19% have gone on to undertake further training. Read more about the success of our Data Academies.

March 09, 2023

FinTechs in Wales actively seeking more women in tech

FinTech Wales and Chwarae Teg have partnered with Code First Girls, a social enterprise that provides free coding courses to women and non-binary people across the UK, to offer exclusive training and employment opportunities for females in Wales. 

October 19, 2022

FinTech Wales Meets with Chwarae Teg to discuss the Code First Girls Programme

Recently our Head of Skills, Gemma Hallett, sat down with Cerys Furlong, CEO of Chwarae Teg, to discuss an exclusive employment opportunity for FinTech Wales’ members seeking female Full Stack, Software, or Data talent through their New Futures project. 

August 31, 2022

Golfer to Coder; a new career is on par thanks to new Coding Academy

A new fast-track training programme launched by FinTech Wales and Cardiff and Vale College (CAVC) has already helped 28 people to become front or back-end developers, and ex-PGA Golfer, Richard King, is the first of four programme graduates to be offered a job opportunity with Principality Building Society.

Skills News

January 15, 2026

FleetEV Inspires Future Tech Talent at Willows High School

FleetEV’s Lead Engineer, Kurtis Chivers, visited Willows High School in Cardiff to speak with students about careers in information technology, artificial intelligence, and the future of electric vehicles (EVs).

January 12, 2026

Free AI Maturity Assessment by Code Institute

Code Institute is offering a free AI Maturity Assessment to give you a clear snapshot of your current position and a practical roadmap for your next steps.

January 09, 2026

50% Funded Courses in AI and Data Analytics

Code Institute is offering FinTech Wales members the opportunity to upskill their teams in AI and data analytics, with 50% of course costs funded through the Welsh Government’s Flexible Skills Programme.

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