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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Friends of FinTech - July 9th 2021

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

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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.

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The FinTech Five - July 2nd 2021

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

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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.

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Recruitment Roundup - June 30th 2021

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

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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...

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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.

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Recruitment Roundup - June 23rd 2021

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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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How Welsh Universities Are Fuelling the FinTech Revolution

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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FinTech Wales meets: Delio

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme - OPEN

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme is now OPEN

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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

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HMRC update for businesses and employees

HMRC update from the UK Government on COVID-19

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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).

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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.

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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

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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.

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FinTech National Network Symposium

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

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FinTech Awards shortlists announced – showcasing Wales’ best in FinTech