Leeds, UK

Wales continues to rise as a globally recognised hub for fintech innovation. Agile, collaborative, and open for investment, it is home to a new generation of digital finance pioneers alongside the established success stories that place nations firmly on the map for international investors.

London, UK

South Wales fintech company, Finalrentals, offers a car rental booking platform that enables users in a chosen location to search for and compare car rental prices from a range of companies in their area.

The independent membership association and champion of the Fintech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has published the Fintech in Wales Annual Report for 2022/23.

Few company headquarters feature a meeting room in a treehouse, a sun terrace, a towering atrium with stadium seating or a village-style pub.

Sorodo provides a suite of online platform-based financial services ranging from business funding to merchant cash advances and invoice factoring. And its rapid rise has a lot to do with the knowledge and expertise already embedded in the area.

One of the many absorbing storylines at this year’s FIFA World Cup, was the arrival of Wales onto the world stage. They won hearts and minds with their return to the tournament after a 64-year wait.

Since it took flight in 2014, Starling Bank has caused quite a murmuration in the banking community. Now the UK’s fastest-growing bank is tapping into the talent of Wales’s Fintech sector.

Talent is a vital ingredient to any country’s success.

Wales employs 40,000 people in the financial and insurance services sector as per the latest ONS data who in turn generate economic activity of £2.8bn.

FinTech Wales also awarded £250,000 by Cardiff Capital Region to help shape the future of FinTech in Wales.