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Why the pathway to finding FinTech talent is now an enjoyable Venture…

No company involved in FinTech needs reminding just how hard it can be to recruit the ‘right’ talent at the ‘right’ time. So, it was great to hear of the hiring successes achieved by the team at Venture Graduate Recruitment & Development - an expert zero-cost service that’s fully-funded by Cardiff Capital Region.

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The FinTech Five - 27th January 2023 

Welcome to the FinTech Five, where we take a fortnightly look at the best articles, news, insights and features from our FinTech Wales members. Featuring stories from: Illustrate Digital, Credas, Peppercorn, Confused.com & more.

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Recruitment Roundup - 20th January 2023

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies from FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Yoello, Admiral, Sorodo, LDMS & more.

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The FinTech Five - 13th January 2023 

Welcome to the FinTech Five, where we take a fortnightly look at the best articles, news, insights and features from our FinTech Wales members.

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Recruitment Roundup - 6th January 2023 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies from FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sero, Currencycloud, Backbase, Acquis Insurance & more.

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FinTech Wales’ 2022 Highlights

2022 was a phenomenal year for the Welsh FinTech ecosystem, so we’ve taken a trip down memory lane to show you some of our highlights from FinTech Wales’ Foundry, skills initiatives and events over the past year. 

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The FinTech Five - 23rd December 2022 

Welcome to the FinTech Five, where we take a fortnightly look at the best articles, news, insights and features from our FinTech Wales members. 

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FinTech Wales Wins Business and Partner Award at 2022 CAVC Annual Awards

FinTech Wales was awarded the Business and Partner Award at the 2022 Cardiff and Vale College Annual Awards, received in recognition for our pilot Coding Academies launched in partnership with the College.

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Recruitment Roundup - 7th December 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies from FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Wagonex, Yoello, Smart Money Cymru & more.

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CCRSP’s New Employment & Skills Plan 2022-25 Identifies FinTech as Priority Sector

Cardiff Capital Region Skills Partnership (CCRSP) have launched their new Employment and Skills Plan 2022-25, identifying FinTech as a priority sector.

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GoodDriver - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

GoodDriver is a disruptive PHYD (Pay How You Drive) and PAYG (PAY As You Go) car insurance product especially for younger drivers, drivers with low no claims bonus and drivers of electric cars.

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Credit Canary - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

Through data monitoring of active credit products, Credit Canary identifies scenarios where borrowers present an increased risk of missing their next payment.

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Cargo - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

Cargo is a digital kitty, aimed at group leaders, designed to help them better manage the finances, people and the details associated with group events.

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Nuable - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

Nuable have assembled the best scientists, engineers and analysts to develop a guide that identifies the best renewable energy in any given area.

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Pintech.io - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

Pintech.io is a powerful analytics tool designed with your property journey in mind. Combining investment-grade property data with comprehensive, easy-to-use, financial models.

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Serene - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

Serene uses data as a force for good - helping people to identify, manage, and ultimately prevent poor mental health, whilst simultaneously empowering them to achieve their financial goals.

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Fiyo - Individual Pitch - Pitch at the Parade 2022 - Foundry Season 3

Fiyo - Designed to navigate life and bits of paper, fyio combines a digital filing cabinet, highly secure document share function and a fyio personal assistant.

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FinTech Wales Releases 2021/22 Annual Report

FinTech Wales, the not-for-profit independent membership organisation for the FinTech and Financial Services industries in Wales, has today released its Annual Report for 2021/22.

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The FinTech Five, Friend Members Edition - 4th November 2022 

Welcome to a friends edition of the FinTech Five! This week we are taking a closer look at the best news updates from five of our FinTech Wales Friend Members who continue to provide support, knowledge, and expertise to our region’s FinTech community. 

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FinTech Wales Foundry Season 3 – Introducing Good Driver

Introducing Good Driver, one of the seven startups forming the cohort for Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry. Good Driver is building a true usage based and digital car insurance product rewarding good drivers. Their vision is to make driving safer and affordable through best in class driving intelligence.

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Recruitment Roundup - 22nd October 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies from Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sonovate, Blukite, Smart Money Cymru & more.

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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. 

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We’re Hiring - Office and Community Lead 

We’re on the lookout for an Office & Community Lead to ensure our office in central Cardiff is a well-coordinated & welcoming place for visitors, our members & staff.

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The FinTech Five - 14th October 2022

Welcome to the FinTech Five, where we take a fortnightly look at the best articles, news, insights and features from our FinTech Wales members. Featuring DIT, Identitech, Yoello, Dynamo Cover, Wagonex, Fintech Awards Wales and more.

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Discover 2022’s Winners at the FinTech Awards Wales

A comprehensive list of Award Categories and Winners at the FinTech Awards Wales 2022.

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FinTech Wales October Skills Newsletter

We've been extremely busy working to provide progressive pathways and a skilled talent pool for our members and the Welsh FinTech ecosystem, and therefore wanted to share some recent highlights with our members in our October Skills Newsletter.

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FinTech Wales Foundry Season 3 - Introducing fyio

Introducing fyio, one of the seven startups forming the cohort for Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry. fyio is designed to navigate life and bits of paper, combining a digital filing cabinet, highly secure document share function and a fyio personal assistant

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FinTech Wales Foundry Season 3 - Introducing Cargo

Introducing Cargo, one of the seven startups forming the cohort for Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry. Cargo is a digital kitty, aimed at group leaders, designed to help them better manage the finances, people and the details associated with group events.

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FinTech Wales Foundry Season 3 - Introducing Pintech.io

Introducing Pintech.io, one of the seven startups forming the cohort for Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry. Pintech.io was born from years of experience working with property investors and professionals, helping them to make better, smarter decisions, mitigating the downside and exploiting the upside of any investment decision.

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Fintech Wales Foundry Season 3 – Introducing Credit Canary

Introducing Credit Canary, one of the seven startups forming the cohort for Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry. Credit Canary is building a platform that flags borrowers facing financial distress to lenders, engaging them before these loans go wrong with personalised treatments to avoid needing collections.

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Fintech Wales Foundry Season 3 - Introducing Intend

Introducing Intend, one of the seven startups forming the cohort for Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry. Intend is first fintech-enabled wellbeing company, and it exists to connect the dots between people’s mental and financial health.

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Nominations Open for Fintech Wales’ Advisory Panel

Ahead of our AGM being held on the 10th of October, we're very excited to announce that nominations are now open to join FinTech Wales’ Advisory Panel.

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Recruitment Roundup - 2nd september 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies from Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: City of London Corporation, Coincover, ActiveQuote & more.

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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.

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FinTech Five - 26th August 2022 - Featuring Delio, Dynamo Cover, IE HUB, Coincover, and Wales FinTech Awards

Welcome to the FinTech Five, where we take a fortnightly look at the best articles, news, insights and features from our FinTech Wales members. Featuring Delio, Dynamo Cover, IE HUB, Coincover, and Wales FinTech Awards

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How does the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework apply to grant funding for your FinTech?

When you are applying for grant funding, it is important that you have a clear idea of your project’s technical maturity, which can be categorised through use of the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework.

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FinTech Five: 12th August 2022

Welcome to the FinTech Five, where we take a fortnightly look at the best articles, news, insights and features from our FinTech Wales members.

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Recruitment Roundup - 3rd August 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Delta Capita, Wagonex, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Pepper Money, Backbase & more.

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FinTech Wales Meets with Open University Wales to talk about Degree Apprenticeships

We sat down with Rhys Griffiths of The Open University Wales and our Head of Skills, Gemma Hallett, to talk about all things Degree Apprenticeships.

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The FinTech 5 - 29th July 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Credas, Coincover, Principality Building Society, LexisNexis Risk Solutions & IE Hub.

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Press Release: FinTech Wales kicks off its third accelerator programme

FinTech Wales, the not-for-profit membership organisation for the FinTech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has opened the applications process for the third season of its accelerator programme, the FinTech Wales Foundry. The closing date for applications is 19th August, 2022.

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Season 3 of the FinTech Wales Foundry Q&A Sessions

Join one of our online Q&A sessions with Programme Director, Neil Cocker to discover everything you need to know about Season 3 of The FinTech Wales Foundry Accelerator before you apply.

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FinTech Wales recruits Head of Skills to address FinTech skills gap in Wales

EdTech Entrepreneur, Teacher and Former International Rugby Player Gemma Hallett, will work with FinTech Wales’ members to help develop and retain FinTech skills in Wales

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The Fintech Five - 15th July 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Deloitte, The Fintech Power 50, Backbase, Sonovate & Currencycloud.

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FinTech Wales Skills Newsletter June

June was another incredible month for skills initiatives at FinTech Wales. To find out exactly where progress has been made in developing the FinTech talent of tomorrow, check out our most recent monthly newsletter.

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Delio Secures Place in The Fintech Power 50 2022 Cohort

Fintech Delio beats off competition from more than 1,200 companies to be chosen as one of the world’s most prestigious fintech companies.

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Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 awards opens entries for businesses based in Wales

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Fintech Wales Announces Season 3 of its Foundry Accelerator Programme at Fintech Week London

FinTech Wales are delighted to share that the FinTech Wales Foundry Accelerator Programme will be back for Season 3. The exciting news was announced live by our CEO, Sarah Williams-Gardener, during Fintech Week London. 

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The FinTech Five - Friend Members Edition, 8th July 2022 

Welcome to a friends edition of the FinTech Five! Featuring news stories from five of our Friend Members: Deloitte, Cardiff Capital region, Torfaen Economy and Enterprise, Swansea University & Lexington Corporate Finance.

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Recruitment Roundup - 6th July 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Confused.com, FE fundinfo, LDMS, Yoello, Hodge & more.

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The FinTech Five - 1st July 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Startup Awards Wales 2022, W2, Sonovate, Coincover & Delio.

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30 Developers Trained and Ready to Contribute to Wales’ FinTech Ecosystem

Two months ago, Cardiff and Vale College joined forces with FinTech Wales and Member Partners Admiral, Deloitte, Hodge Bank and Principality to launch two unique, fast-track training programmes designed to meet the growing need for skilled people to fill job vacancies in FinTech.

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Wales’ First-Ever Debate Mate Champions Crowned 

22nd June 2022 saw the first-ever Debate Mate Final take place in Wales, where nearly 100 students from schools in South Wales came together to fight for the Cardiff Debate Mate Cup Champion title. 

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Are You Looking For Effective Tech Recruitment Solutions? Take a Look at Our Essential Contact List Today.

Earlier this month we held a networking and skills information session at Cardiff University Business School, in partnership with Venture Graduates (Cardiff Capital Region) and supported by Technology Connected. 

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The FinTech Five - Saturday 18th June 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Wealthily, Wagonex, Currencycloud, Hodge & Trashed Tech, & the British Business Bank.

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The FinTech Five - 10th June 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Currencycloud, Backbase, Trust Payments & Delio.

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FinTech Wales secures £1.6million investment from Cardiff Capital Region

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has today announced a £1.6 million, five-year investment in FinTech Wales, the independent not for profit membership association and champion of the FinTech and Financial Services industry in Wales.

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What's On 2022 - Upcoming Events (Updated)

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The FinTech Five - 27th May 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Mubadala Capital’s Sovereign Investment Partnerships (SIP), Capital Law, Wagonex & more.

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Recruitment Roundup - 25th May 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: FE fundinfo, pepper Money, Delio, Monmouthshire Building Society & more.

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Pepper Money Wins War for Talent

Earlier this month, FinTech Wales members were given the opportunity to Interview Cardiff University Students at a Careers’ Event hosted by the University. We caught up with Recruitment Manager Emma Driscoll from Pepper Money, who attended the Careers Event, to find out a bit more about their experience.

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The FinTech Five - Friend Members Edition 

Welcome to a friends edition of the FinTech Five! Featuring news stories from five of our Friend Members: Illustrate Digital, Cardiff Capital Region, LimestoneGrey, Tech Nation & GS Verde Group.

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The FinTech Five - 13th May 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from our FinTech Wales members and friends of Finch Wales, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Wagonex, Currencycloud, CBI, Cardiff Metropolitan University & Delio.

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Recruitment Roundup - 11th May 2022

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Confused.com, Sero, Monmouthshire Building Society & more.

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The FinTech Five - 6th May 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: FinTech Wales Foundry, Acquis, W2, Delta Capita & Chetwood Financial.

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FinTech Wales Foundry completes its second accelerator programme, with new jobs, new deals and investment in the sector

FinTech Wales Foundry, the flagship accelerator program created by FinTech Wales, yesterday completed its 2022 programme with a pledge to create, between them, more than £70 million in revenue in the next three years and create 100 jobs in Wales.

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The FinTech Five - 30th April 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from us and: Peppercorn, FCA, Sonovate & more.

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Recruitment Roundup - 6th April 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: LDMS, Burges Salmon, Delio, Acquis insurance & more.

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Recruitment Roundup - 23rd March 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Chetwood Financial, ActiveQuote, Sonovate, Trust Payments & more.

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Wales blessed with great Female Tech Talent

Following 2022’s International Women’s Day and the release of Innovate Finance’s Women In FinTech Powerlist 2021, the team at FinTech Wales took some time to reflect upon & celebrate just how blessed we are in both our region and industry alike when it comes to great female talent.

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Recruitment Roundup - 16th March 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Hodge, ActiveQuote, Niche, Trust Payments & more.

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DebateMate Schools Programme Launched to develop Cardiff pupils’ oratory skills and awareness of the FinTech Sector

Read about The DebateMate Schools Programme - a 12-week programme designed to develop pupils’ oratory skills and awareness of the FinTech sector - launched by FinTech Wales and Cardiff Council.

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FinTech Wales Foundry - Demo Day 2022

The top Welsh FinTech startups pitching at the Principality Stadium to a crowd of experienced investors.

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Recruitment Roundup - 2nd March 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Ship Shape, Currencycloud, Sordo, Sero, Comparison Creator & more.

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Welcomes to FinTech Wales Membership: Credas

Introducing FinTech Wales member...Credas!

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The FinTech Five - 25th February 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from us and: Voltric, Wales Week in London events, Yoello and Sero.

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Recruitment Roundup - 23rd February 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies with us at Fintech Wales and our members. Featuring vacancies from: Ship Shape, Currencycloud, Hodge, Principality Building Society & more.

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The FinTech Five - 18th February 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from us and: Wales Week in London events, trust Payment, Admiral & LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

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Recruitment Roundup - 16th february 2022

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sero, Coincover, Delio, Chetwood Financial Ltd and more.

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The Fintech Five - 11th February 2022 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Trust Payments, Hodge, Acquis Insurance, Currencycloud & Sonovate.

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2022 Cohort Countdown: Introducing TropoGo

Introducing TropoGo, one of the eight companies forming the cohort for Season 2 of the FinTech Wales Foundry: Validate, Raise & Scale Program.

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Recruitment Roundup - 9th February 2022 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Ship Shape, Sero, Sorodo, Comparison creator &more.

Foundry, News

2022 Cohort Countdown - Introducing AGAM

Introducing AGAM International, one of the eight companies forming the cohort for Season 2 of the FinTech Wales Foundry: Validate, Raise & Scale Program.

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2022 Cohort Countdown - Introducing Everknock

Introducing EverKnock, one of the eight companies forming the cohort for Season 2 of the FinTech Wales Foundry: Validate, Raise & Scale Program.

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2022 Cohort Countdown - Introducing Final Rentals

Introducing Finalrentals! One of the eight companies forming the cohort for Season 2 of the FinTech Wales Foundry: Validate, Raise & Scale Program.

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2022 Cohort Countdown - Introducing Cufflink

Introducing Cufflink.io, one of the eight companies forming the cohort for Season 2 of the FinTech Wales Foundry: Validate, Raise & Scale Program!

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The FinTech Five - 4th February 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: FinTech Wales, Delio, CashCalt, Wealthily & W2 Global Data.

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The FinTech Five - 28th January 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Trust Payments, Credas, Currencycloud, CashCalc & EY.

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Recruitment Roundup - Confused.com and Delio Spotlight

In this edition of our Recruitment Roundup, discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by Fintech Wales members Confused.com & Delio. Plus more information on our new Kickstarter vacancy.

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FinTech Kickstart Scheme Catchup 

Last year, FinTech Wales and its partners launched the FinTech Kickstart scheme. We caught up with three of the Kickstarters who were hired as a result of our initiative to learn a bit more about their placements and the opportunities it has opened up for them. 

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The FinTech Five - 14th January 2022 

Welcome to a friends edition of the FinTech Five! This week we are taking a closer look at five of the best News updates from some of our fantastic FinTech Wales Friend Members: Deloitte, Tech Nation, Vantage Data Centers & Cardiff Capital Region.

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FinTech Wales Foundry Accelerator Program 2022 Cohort Announced

The FinTech Wales Foundry, the flagship accelerator program by FinTech Wales, has today announced the nine FinTech startups accepted into its 2022 Accelerator.

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Foundry Graduate Sero Secures Major Investment From Hodge and Legal & General

Sero, a Cardiff-based energy technology and services company and former FinTech Wales Foundry Accelerator graduate, has secured a £5.5m investment from Welsh business Hodge and leading finance services provider Legal & General to support the transition to net-zero across the residential housing sector in Wales.

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The FinTech Five - 9th January 2022

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Currencycloud, Chetwood Financial Limited, Niche IFA, Wagonex & Yoello.

Foundry, News

Deadline and Perks Extended for Foundry Season 2

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 22nd December 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sonovate, Sero, Wealthify, Confused.com & more.

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The FinTech Five - 17th December 2021 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: FinTech Wales Foundry, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, GS Verde Group, Yoello & Chewed Financial.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 15th December 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Ship Shape, Chetwood Financial & more.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 8th December 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sorodo, Delio, Confused.com, Acquis Insurance & more.

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The FinTech Five - 4th December 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Sonovate, The Welsh Government , Yoello, Wales Technology Awards & Sero.

Blog

Reversing the course of history… How we can stop our technology becoming a major carbon emitter

Read our latest blog from guest-writer Hannah Duncan - award-winning blogger and journalist - to find out what pineapples and our emails have in common, in addition to some simple steps the fintech sector can take to stop our technology becoming a major carbon emitter.

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Recruitment Roundup 1st December 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Confused.com, Sero, Comparison Creator, Delio & more.

Blog, Events, News

FinTech Wales hosts first Huddle event - How Green is your Fintech? 

Read all about our first FinTech Wales Huddle event - How Green is your FinTech? This month's chosen topic was on sustainability and featured speakers from Deloitte, Vantage Data Centers, Principality Building Society & Funding Xchange.

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Recruitment Roundup - 24th November

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Chetwood Financial, Admiral, Wealthily, Currencycloud & more.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 17th November 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sero, LexisNexis, Yoello, Chetwood Financial & more.

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The FinTech Five - 12th November 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Ship Shape, Delio, Principality Building Society, Currencycloud & Confused.com.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 10th November 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Next Venture, Backbase, Active Quote, Confused.com, Currencycloud & more.

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The FinTech Five - 5th November 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from: Tech Nation, Currencycloud, Principality Building Society, Vantage Data Centers and Cardiff University.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 3rd November 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: LexisNexis, Principality Building Society, Acquis, Admiral & more.

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The FinTech Five - 29th October 2021 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Yoello, Chetwood Financial, Acquis, Delio & Tech Nation.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 27th October 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Voltric, Confused.com, Sero, W2, Ship Shape & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five, Friends Edition - Friday 22nd October 

Welcome to a friends edition of the FinTech Five! Featuring news stories from five of our Friend Members: Tech Nation, Capital Law, Cardiff Capital Region, EY & British Business Bank.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 20th October 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Delio, LexisNexis, W2 Global Data, Sordo & more.

Blog, News, Reports

The End of FinTech Wales’ Second Year 

We are now at the end of our Second business year, and what a busy and productive year it’s been for us. Read about what has been achieved and find access to our 2021 End of Year Report.

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The FinTech Five - 16th October 2021 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Sero & Principality Building Society, Active Quote, Delio, Trust Payments and FinTech Scotland.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 13th October 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Backbase, Coincover, Wealthily & more.

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The FinTech Five - 8th October 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Sonovate, Trust Payments, Yoello, Confused.com & The Open University.

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Recruitment Roundup, Confused.com Edition - 7th October

Welcome back to FinTech Wales’ most recent Recruitment Roundup. In this special Confused.com edition, you can find a selection of the latest job vacancies listed by one of our Family Members Confused.com 

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The FinTech Five - 1st October 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from FinTech Wales Foundry, CBI, Innovate UK, W2 Global Data & Admiral.

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The End Of The Inaugural FinTech Wales Foundry Accelerator

Our First Foundry accelerator programme, created in partnership with Admiral Pioneer, Principality Building Society, and Cardiff Capital Region, completed the 2021 programme at its Demo Day event held at Tramshed Tech.

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Want to Work in Welsh FinTech? Discover new positions today!

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Acquis Insurance, Principality Building Society, Hodge Bank & more.

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The FinTech Five - 24th September 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from FinTech Awards Wales, Admiral, Sero, Trust Payments & FinTech Wales.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 22nd September 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sorodo, Comparison Creator, Monva.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five, Friends Edition - 17th September 2021

Welcome to a friends edition of the FinTech Five! Featuring news stories from five of our Friend Members: British Business Bank, CCR, EY, Tech Nation & GS Verde Group.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 15th September 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sero, Stable Resources Ltd, Admiral & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 11th September 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Sonovate, Seopa Ltd, Wales Start-Up Awards, Hodge & Backbase.

Foundry, News

Meet the First Foundry Cohort: Introducing Voltric 

Learn more about Voltric, one of eight startups selected from over 150 applicants to join the FinTech Wales Foundry inaugural accelerator programme.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 8th September 2021 

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Confused.com, Sonovate, Principality Building Society & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 3rd September 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from the City of London Corporation and FCA, LexisNexis, Yoello, Principality Building Society and FinTech Wales.

Foundry, News

Meet the First Foundry Cohort: Introducing Yimba

Learn more about Yimba, one of eight startups selected from over 150 applicants to join the FinTech Wales Foundry inaugural accelerator programme.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 1st September 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Delio, Acquis Insurance, W2 Global Data & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 27th August 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Graduate Programme Wales, LexisNexis, Delio, Yoello & Trust Payments.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 25th August 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Wealthily, Hodge, W2 Global data & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 20th August 2021 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from the Open University in Wales, Insider Media, Backbase, Principality Building Society and CashCalc.

Blog, News

Big Blue Adventures - The Importance of Outdoor Corporate Retreats on Company Culture

Foundry, News

Meet the First Foundry Cohort: Introducing Viaduct Group

Learn more about Viaduct, one of eight startups selected from over 150 applicants to join the FinTech Wales Foundry inaugural accelerator programme.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 18th August 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Admiral, Principality Building Society, W2 & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 13th August 2021 

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Principality Building Society, Acquis, Backbase, Admiral and Currencycloud.

Foundry, News

Meet the First Foundry Cohort: Introducing Wagonex

Learn more about Wagonex, one of eight startups selected from over 150 applicants to join the FinTech Wales Foundry inaugural accelerator programme.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - August 11th 2021

Read our latest recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our Fintech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Sero, W2, Optimum Credit & more.

Foundry, News

Meet the First Foundry Cohort: Introducing Zing

Learn more about Zing, one of eight startups selected from over 150 applicants to join the FinTech Wales Foundry inaugural accelerator programme.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 6th August 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Sero, Currencycloud, Sonovate, Deloitte & W2 Global Data.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 4th August 2021

Read our latest Recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Delio, Yoello, Admiral, Currencycloud & more.

Blog, News

The Fintech Five - 31st July 2021

Discover this week's news highlights from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Meet Cardiff, tech Nation, Ship Shape, Acquis Insurance & Delio.

Foundry, News

Meet the First Foundry Cohort: Introducing Ship Shape

Learn more about Ship Shape, one of eight startups selected from over 150 applicants to join the FinTech Wales Foundry inaugural accelerator programme.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 28th July 2021 

Read our latest Recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Hodge Bank, Yoello, Acquis Insurance, Admiral & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - 23rd July 2021

Discover this week's news highlights from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Backbase, Sonovate, LexisNexis, Wagonex and Trust Payments.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - 21st July 2021

Read our latest Recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Wagonex, Monva, Comparison Creator, Yoello & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - July 16th 2021

Read this week's most notable news stories from five of our FinTech Wales members, all in one place! Featuring stories from Currencycloud, Tech Nation, Coincover, Hodge Bank & CashCalc.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - July 14th 2021

Read our latest Recruitment Roundup and discover a variety of the latest job vacancies listed by our FinTech Wales members. Featuring vacancies from: Delio, Coincover, Ship Shape & more.

Blog, News

Friends of FinTech - July 9th 2021

Featuring news highlights from the past week from Deloitte, Vantage Data Centers, Direct Line Group, IFF Research & more.

Blog, Career

Recruitment Roundup - July 7th 2021 - FinTech Careers Edition

Find a selection of Graduate, Junior and entry-level roles In this week’s Tech Careers Edition of the Recruitment Roundup, where we list the latest job vacancies from our FinTech Wales members.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - July 2nd 2021

Featuring stories involving John Glen MP, Business New Wales, W2 Global Data, Currencycloud & Yoello.

Blog, News

Welcome to the FinTech Wales Family, Stable Resources Ltd.

Get acquainted with The Welsh SME Business Awards Winner (2019) in this blog where we’ll be shining a spotlight onto Stable Resources Ltd.

Career, News

Recruitment Roundup - June 30th 2021

Featuring job vacancies from Confused.com, CashCalc, Yoello & more.

Blog, Events, Foundry, News

A Political Peek at the Foundry’s First Cohort

The FinTech Wales Foundry officially started proceedings this week during a private pitching session with the companies invited to join Wales’ first FinTech accelerator...

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - June 26th 2021

Welcome to the FinTech Five - we'll be taking a closer look at the best articles, news, and features from across our FinTech Wales members.

Career, News

Recruitment Roundup - June 23rd 2021

Featuring Hodge Bank, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Principality Building Society, Sonovate & more.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - June 18th 2021

Welcome to the FinTech Five, the part of the week where we take a closer look at the best articles, news, and features from across our FinTech Wales members.

Career, News

The FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup - June 16th 2021

Welcome to FinTech Wales' most recent Recruitment Roundup, where you can find a selection of the latest job vacancies listed by our FinTech Wales members, including vacancies from: Active Quote, Wealthify, Trust Payments, Coincover & more

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - June 11th 2021 - Featuring Anne Boden, Wealthify, Backbase, Principality, & Wales Startup Awards.

Welcome to the FinTech Five, the part of the week where we take a closer look at the best articles, news, and features from across our FinTech Wales members.

Blog, News

The FinTech Five - June 4th 2021 - Featuring Wealthify, Currencycloud, Trust Payments, CCR, & FinTech Awards Wales

Welcome to the FinTech Five, the part of the week where we take a closer look at the best articles, news, and features from across our FinTech Wales members.

Blog, News

Welcome to FinTech Wales - Vantage Data Centers

Learn more about our latest FinTech Wales Friend member Vantage Data Centers.

Career, News

Recruitment Roundup - Featuring Monva, Currencycloud, ActiveQuote, Admiral, Principality, & Acquis Insurance Management

Welcome to the FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup, a bite-sized bulletin of the latest jobs added to FinTech Wales member's career pages over the last week. If you or someone you know are looking for an opportunity to work at an industry-leading financial technology company, then check out the freshest jobs in Welsh FinTech.

Blog, Career

FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup - May 5th 2021 - Acquis Insurance, Hodge Bank, Comparison Creator & More

Career, News

FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup - 28th April - Including Coincase, Trust Payments, & More

Welcome to the FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup, a bite-sized bulletin of the latest jobs added to FinTech Wales member's career pages over the last week.

Blog, News

The Reasons Wales Has Quickly Become the Cost Competitive Choice for Fintech Founders

Discover what makes Wales so cost-effective for founders seeking to scale their business in today's bite-sized blog.

Blog, News

How Welsh Universities Are Fuelling the FinTech Revolution

Blog, Career, News

FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup - April 21st - Featuring Sonovate, Delio, Backbase & More

The FinTech Wales Recruitment Roundup for April 21st, a bite-sized bulletin of the latest jobs added to FinTech Wales member's career pages over the last week.

Blog

Friends of Fintech - Including LimestoneGrey, Recruit 121, Capital Law & More

Welcome to a special edition of the Fintech Five this week as we take a closer look at five of our fantastic Friend Members who continue to generously share their time and knowledge with the Welsh FinTech community.

Blog

Capalona - The Flintshire Fintech With a Bright Future

Based in Flintshire, North Wales, www.capalona.co.uk is one of the most established online business funding platforms in the UK. Owned and operated by Fintech technology business Sorodo Ltd, the platform empowers SME's to quickly and easily find the right business funding product suitable for their needs.

Blog, Career

Want to Work in Welsh FinTech? - New Positions at Acquis, Wealthify, Backbase & More

Blog, News

FinTech Wales meets: Delio

Introducing Delio, passionate advocates for how technology can improve the way in which the world consumes financial services.

News

FinTech Wales appoints Starling Bank Founding Member Sarah Williams-Gardener as its first CEO

As the champion of the FinTech and Financial Services industry in Wales, we at FinTech Wales are proud to announce that we have named Sarah Williams-Gardener as our first CEO.  Find out more about the appointment and our ambition for the future FinTech in Wales here.

Events

Technology in manufacturing consultation

On behalf of the Welsh Government and Ken Skates Minister for Economy and Transport we are supporting a consultation to help define a framework that will protect and grow the manufacturing sector over the next 10 plus years. The framework will allow us to map and plan the best route for the sector and the support and interaction with public/private entities including the Welsh Government. Technology is playing an ever increasingly important part of the manufacturing story which this consultation will explore.

Reports

End of year 1 for FinTech Wales

FinTech Wales are at the end of their first year. Read about what has been achieved to date.

Reports

BBB equity tracker 2020 report

Today BBB has launched the 2020 Small Business Equity Tracker report which provides an in-depth assessment of equity finance markets for growing businesses. The headlines from the report are featured here.

News

Coronavirus COVID-19. Directory of business support resources

Updated 05.05.2020-19:35 FinTech Wales have created a one-stop shop to quickly guide and direct you on support and help for FinTech and Financial Services businesses impacted by the Coronavirus COVID-19 event.

News

CLBILS Scheme goes live and new Future Fund announced

BBB update on the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes and Fund, designed to support UK businesses that are losing revenue and seeing their cashflow disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

News

Beyond COVID-19 for Wales FinTech

Gavin Powell talks on the Cardiff Capital Region column on looking beyond the current pandemic for the Fintech sector in Wales

News

Welsh Gov C19 funding update

The Economic Resilience Fund aims to plug the gaps in the support schemes already announced by the UK Government, including the Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, which will guarantee 80% of people’s wages and income. The new £500 million Welsh fund will support firms of all sizes, including social enterprises, with a focus on those which have not already benefited from the coronavirus grants already announced by Welsh Government.

News

COVID-19 FinTech business preparedness

The UK Fintech national network is collating information to feed into UK Government and regulators around business support during COVID-19. Please take time to fill this in as it's the direct route for UK fintech lobbying

Events

Remote teamworking video

Video Available and slides. We recorded and edited the workshop session so that we are able to share with you all.

Events

COVID19 lessons from Asia

The first of a series of interviews with leading figures from the financial services and Fintech sector who are outside of the UK. What lessons can we learn from these influential people on how they are reacting to COVID19 as an organisation and a geographical region. The more different perspectives we are able to share the better we can all learn and respond in a more effective manner for our businesses.

News

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme - OPEN

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is now OPEN

News

Wage Support package

Latest on the wage support package that is being offered by the UK Government, and a request for feedback from Welsh Government

News

HMRC update for businesses and employees

HMRC update from the UK Government on COVID-19

Blog

Coronavirus COVID-19 Business Readiness

This business readiness bulletin for trade associations, business representative bodies and business intermediaries provides important information for you and your business members and networks on Coronavirus (COVID-19).

News

SME COVID-19 support available

British Business Bank coordinates support for UK and Wales SMEs to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus COVID-19

Events

Remote Teamwork for Success

A workshop to learn how to get the best from teams and team-working including the now very appropriate remote aspect of that.

Blog

AI for FinTech conference hosted by FinTech Wales

Read the blog from the FinTech Wales hosted AI for FinTech conference at Cardiff Business School with support from Confused.com

Events, News

Wales Start-Up Awards 2020

The Wales Start-Up Awards are held every year in partnership with the Depot, Cardiff's premier events venue where the start-up community can come together in an informal and relaxed atmosphere (strictly no black tie!) to celebrate the best of Welsh entrepreneurship.

Events, News

InfoSecurity Europe

InfoSecurity Europe. The Welsh Government intend to exhibit at InfoSec at Olympia, London 2-4 June 2020 and are looking for Welsh companies to join them.

Events

IFGS 2020

Innovate Finance Global Summit will be taking place on April 20/21 at the Guildhall in London

Events

Upcoming Bitcoin SV Wales events

Bitcoin SV Wales have two great events coming up 'Bitcoin & AI' and 'Bitcoin Tech Talk'

Events

AI for FinTech

‘AI for FinTech’, is the first mini conference by FinTech Wales (supported by Confused.com) looking at the world of AI. We will be discussing opportunities, challenges and constraints related to AI usage in fintech and financial services.

Events

Future of money & digital payments

Fintech Wales invite you to an event organized with Cardiff Metropolitan University, Coincover & Acuity Law. The financial industry is undergoing a revolution in the way it handles and transfers money. Digital platforms, digital currencies and updated regulations are creating opportunities for new entrants to the market who challenge the existing order. Join the panel session of industry and academic experts

Events

Meet the FinTech Wales awards winners

A Fintech Wales event sponsored by Delio & Recruit 121. Join us at Delio’s new office in Cardiff for an exclusive & casual morning session to meet the FinTech Wales Awards winners

Events

The Pitch Club

Fintech Wales' inaugural members only event of the Pitch Club, sponsored by Cardiff Council. Wales' dedicated Fintech investment event.

Events

Unlocking the potential of blockchain

This workshop aims to separate fact from hype, explore blockchain’s use cases and insights gained from early implementations

Reports

The future of Digital Wales

The digital future of Wales has been proposed by Professor Philip Brown of Cardiff University on behalf of the Welsh Government

News

FinTech Wales launch event in the press

The launch event for FinTech Wales was a great success by the over 100 people in attendance. Our reporter, Hannah Duncan, managed to describe it for us.

News

FinTech National Network Symposium

FinTech Wales take part in the National Network Symposium, ensuring the voice of Wales is heard on the UK stage

News

FinTech Awards shortlists announced – showcasing Wales’ best in FinTech