Academic Focus - Fintech in Wales
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Talent is a vital ingredient to any country’s success.
I’m Avril Lewis MBE, the managing director of the non-profit membership organisation Technology Connected which works to bring technology industry together giving it an impactful voice, to help promote and champion the industry and collaboratively create solutions to build a brighter future for it.
How did you get into the industry?
Craig Marvelly, Head of Platform and Chief Compliance Officer at Bipsync, explains why locating the company’s product team in the Welsh capital is all about the upside.
In their blueprint for Capital Law, Chris Nott and his two founding partners envisioned a firm that could compete with the big names in the City, support entrepreneurship in Wales and offer staff an enviable work-life balance.
Financial technology plays a vital role in Wales’ fast-growing digital economy.
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.
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 is the independent membership body representing Wales’ fast growing fintech community, supporting early-stage startups to global brands in their pursuit of success in Wales.
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.