Money 20/20
Amsterdam
4-6 June 2024

Foreword from the Department for Business and Trade

The UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the UK. 

As an industry, Fintech is fast and fiercely competitive. The UK remains a global leader thanks to our world-renowned financial services sector, empowering business environment and innovative approach, evident across supportive policy and regulatory frameworks. That’s why year-on-year the UK remains the best place for Fintechs to start and scale anywhere in the world.

The diversity of our Fintech ecosystem says a great deal, with over 40% of people in the sector coming from overseas - either to develop their careers, scale their business or both. We are also delighted to be home to the highest number of Fintech Unicorns in Europe.

We remain the world’s largest net exporter of Financial Services, with a trade surplus of £92 billion in 2022. The UK continues to show resilience against the backdrop of a challenging global economic environment. In addition, the UK is the leading destination in Europe for investors, having secured $5.1 billion across 409 deals in 2023 - more than the next 28 European countries combined.

These credentials showcase not only that the UK business environment is ripe for investment, but also the capabilities and expertise that exist on our shores to help build Fintechs into global powerhouses.

Two years ago, DBT accepted Innovate Finance’s invitation to co-chair the International Fintech Group, a 20-strong collective of global Fintech companies set up to promote and support the UK Fintech sector internationally.

This year, we are continuing to drive forward a key objective of the group – to enhance the UK’s presence at major global events – with our second “whole-of-UK” pavilion here at Money/2020. DBT has partnered with 8 key stakeholders to deliver this UK-wide mission.

In 2024, overseas businesses continue to look beyond London and take advantage of Fintech talent and collaborate with the innovative clusters across the UK.

At Money/2020, we are delighted to once again showcase the breadth of investment opportunities and depth of export support available across the UK. Our UK Pavilion is home to a suite of experts from the UK’s nations and regions - including Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the West Midlands and the North of England – ready to equip you with the tools, knowledge and networks you need to land, expand and thrive in the UK.

We warmly welcome a conversation to discuss opportunities that best fit your business interest – whether that be exporting from the UK overseas, investing into the UK Fintech ecosystem or collaborating with UK Pavilion partners.

We look forward to meeting you!

Hugh de Lusignan, Roisin Perry and Rory O'Kane
Department for Business and Trade

DBT Contacts

Roisin Perry
Fintech Trade and Investment Manager in FinTech
roisin.perry@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Sian Evans
Senior Sector Support Officer in DBT Wales
sian.evans@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Eleanor Bradley
Sector Support in DBT Scotland
eleanor.bradley@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Jabir Ahmed
Inward Investment Manager in Financial and Professional Services
jabir.ahmed@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Clare Carswell
Financial, Professional, and Business Services Sector Lead in DBT Scotland
clare.carswell@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Luiz Barbosa
Investment Manager in Financial and Professional Services
luiz.barbosa@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Partner Profiles

Barclays Rise

Partner Contacts

Kristen Bennie

Group Head of Partnerships & Innovation | MD

Charlotte Kanagasabapathy

Head of Fintech Scouting | Director

charlotte.kanagasabapathy@barclays.com

Partner profile

Rise, created by Barclays is a global fintech ecosystem made up of cutting-edge start-ups and scale-ups, working together to create the future of financial services. 

At Rise, we have created an environment for open innovation and growth through our physical locations in London and New York, and our virtual community in India. Our ecosystem has access to Barclays' network of industry experts, mentors, investors and partners, helping founders scale at pace. 
 
Onsite and virtually, we offer events, networking and mentoring sessions dedicated to fintech innovation. We also have the Rise Academies: digital fintech programmes designed to meet a founder’s needs at every stage of their journey. Be a part of a community of likeminded individuals to connect and collaborate with at the #HomeofFinTech 

Website: https://rise.barclays/

LinkedIn: Rise, created by Barclays

Chatsworth

Partner Contacts

Nick Murray-Leslie

Director

nick@chatsworthcommunications.com

+44 (0) 7855275055

Michael Deeny

Director

michael@chatsworthcommunications.com

Liz Fleming

Director

liz@chatsworthcommunications.com

Partner profile

Chatsworth is a highly specialised advisory and communications agency and the first to focus 100% on fintech.Founded 20 years ago, the agency is a trusted advisor to a portfolio of legacy financial infrastructures and emerging fintech brands.

The team operates globally and has supported and steered dozens of fintech start-ups from conception, through fundraising onto growth and acquisition. We work with energy and intelligence, supporting clients with every aspect of their communications and marketing strategy and execution, delivering reputation gain with investors, customers, analysts and the media.

Chatsworth was honoured to be voted as Fintech Advisor of the year, 2023 and has grown the reputation of its business and clients, together. We are proud to be representing UK fintech at Money2020 working along with our friends from the DBT and the UK’s brilliant regional fintech representatives.

Website: www.chatsworthcommunications.com

LinkedIn: Chatsworth

UK Fintechs

Sibstar

Sibstar is a highly secure debit card and mobile phone app for families affected by dementia. It is a practical solution to help and support people living with dementia to manage their everyday spending more safely and was recently featured on Dragon’s Den.

Website: https://www.sibstar.co.uk/

Globacap 

Globacap is a leading capital markets technology firm that digitises and automates the world’s private capital markets. Its technology has been used to host over 150+ primary placements, digitize over $20bn in investment vehicles, and execute and settle over $600m in secondary transactions of private assets.

Website: https://globacap.com/

MillTechFX

MillTechFX is an FX-as-a-Service (FXaaS) pioneer that enables corporates and fund managers to access multi-bank FX rates via an independent marketplace. Its end-to-end solution automates the FX workflow and ensures transparent best execution – saving clients time and costs.

Website: https://milltechfx.com/

RedCompass Labs

RedCompass Labs is a world leader in payments modernization that enables good payments and helps stop the bad. It uses the latest micro-services technology and deep payment knowledge to deliver payment transformation projects and also offers advanced financial crime investigation tools.

Website: https://www.redcompasslabs.com/

Fintech Alliance

Partner Contacts

Phil Vidler

CEO

Phil@fintech-alliance.com

+44 (0) 7762024167

Partner profile

FinTech Alliance is a digital community that provides a multifaceted engagement platform bringing the UK FinTech ecosystem together to explore, engage and do business. In partnership with the Department for Business and Trade, FinTech Alliance offers support to FinTechs in accessing capital, market, and talent by curating online content and a series of in person events throughout the year, such as an annual Investment Series. Founded in 2019 FinTech Alliance is made up of more than 250 companies and 10,000 individuals.

Website: https://fintech-alliance.com/

UK Fintechs

Anthony Corner

Senior Manager

anthony.corner@thistleinitiatives.co.uk

+44 (0) 02074360630

Thistle Initiatives - Thistle Initiatives, part of the Thistle Group, is a multi-award-winning compliance consultancy, providing advice and support to regulated and unregulated firms both internationally and across the UK

Scott Barker

Director

scott@authoripay.co.uk

+44 (0) 7872330914

AuthoriPay - AuthoriPay provide regulatory help to over 200 UK and European Emoney and payment firms. They provide high calibre assistance to new and existing Fintechs in areas such as licensing,  AML, Card Scheme Memberships, Audits and Safeguarding Accounts.

Anette Trulsson Corda

SVP Market Development and Communication

anette.corde@idexbiometrics.com

+46 (0) 733207070

IDEX Biometrics - IDEX Biometrics is a global fintech designing and commercialising biometric sensor solutions, enabling trusted digital identity for consumers across the world. We enable seamless and secure payment and identification experiences as we partner with financial institutions, corporations and governments to bring biometric payment and access cards to market.

Fintech North & Northern Partners

Partner Contacts

Joe Roche

General Manager

joe@fintechnorth.uk

+44 (0) 7536112300

Daniel Rajkumar

Director

dan@rebuildingsociety.com

+44 (0) 7968746937

Julian Wells

Director

julian.wells@whitecapconsulting.co.uk

+44 (0) 7515706958

Ryan Walsh

Marketing and Events Executive

ryan@fintechnorth.uk

+44 (0) 7913744194

Partner profile

FinTech North is the focal point for the FinTech community in the North of England.

Since 2016 FinTech North has brought the northern FinTech community together via events, conferences, seminars and trade missions. There are now over 6,000 people in the FinTech North community; all of whom are interested and work in Northern FinTech.

FinTech North’s objectives are to bring the FinTech community together, to develop the northern FinTech economy, align with development of the national FinTech sector and to promote the North of England as an international destination for FinTech.

In 2024, International Trade is a strategic priority for FinTech North, and profiling the North's thriving ecosystem featuring over 400 FinTechs is one of our main objectives. 

We are delighted to bring together inward investment colleagues from across the North of England on our stand at Money 20/20, including representatives of the great cities of Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Durham and Newcastle.

We’re also thrilled to bring together some of the North’s fantastic FinTech companies; we’ve assembled a great group of FinTechs, Tech organisations and ecosystem enablers, including SDK.finance, Scott Logic, Squire Patton Boggs, Iridium, White Label Loyalty, Shoosmiths and Dialect Communications.

Website: www.fintechnorth.uk

LinkedIn: Fintech North

UK Fintechs

Achille Traore

CEO

achille@whitelabel-loyalty.com

+44 (0) 7707201230

White Label Loyalty - CEO of White Label Loyalty; an API-first loyalty platform that helps businesses build more meaningful connections with customers.

Dan Parsons

Head of Sales

dan.parsons@ir77.co.uk

+44 (0) 7899679440

Iridium - We use our expertise to support our clients in delivering their customer outcomes, meeting regulatory changes and delivering lasting change.

Danielle Carrington

Internationalisation Manager for Digital & Creative

danielle.carrington@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

+44 (0) 7817848074

Invest Liverpool City Region - Invest Liverpool City Region are responsible for inward investment into the city region, supporting FinTechs on their journey to expand into the UK and the Liverpool City Region.

Craig Luther

Head of Sales

craig.luther@dialectcommunications.com

+44 (0) 7921369283

Dialect Communications - We are an award-winning customer experience optimisation provider based in the UK, delivering seamless 24/7 back and front office solutions.

David Titterton

Business Development

dtitterton@scottlogic.com

+44 (0) 7917022472

Scott Logic - At Scott Logic, we design and build software that transforms the performance of some of the world’s biggest and most demanding organisations. From capital markets and commodities to complex public services, our consultants combine innovation, experience and pragmatism to deliver measurable results with every project.

Dawn Dunn

Tech Sector Lead

dawn.dunn@ngi.org.uk

+44 (0) 7789974485

Invest Newcastle - Invest Newcastle are responsible for inward investment into the city region, supporting FinTechs on their journey to expand into the UK and Newcastle and North of Tyne. Invest Newcastle work closely with Invest North East England.

Deborah Walker

Head of Inward Investment - Financial and Professional Services

deborah.walker@midas.org.uk

+44 (0) 7789917880

MIDAS - Manchester's Inward Investment Agency are responsible for inward investment into the city region, supporting FinTechs on their journey to expand into the UK and Manchester.

Jenny Halford

Fintech Sector Development Manager

jenny.halford@durham.gov.uk

+44 (0) 7886699781

Business Durham - Business Durham are responsible for inward investment into the city region, supporting FinTechs on their journey to expand into the UK and Durham. Business Durham work closely with Invest North East England.

Joseph Beaden

Business Development Manager

joseph.beaden@midas.org.uk

+44 (0) 7553136785

MIDAS - Manchester's Inward Investment Agency are responsible for inward investment into the city region, supporting FinTechs on their journey to expand into the UK and Manchester.

Luke Stubbs

Partner

luke.stubbs@shoosmiths.co.uk

+44 (0) 3700865547

Shoosmiths - Shoosmiths are well embedded in the UK's FinTech ecosystem. Luke Stubbs has long been involved with FinTech North and specialises in payments and Open Banking.

Pavlo Sidelov

CTO

pavlo@sdkfinance.com

+44 (0) 7467690114

SDK Finance - A ready-made FinTech Platform to make your PayTech product go live in the shortest possible time.

Robert Bray

Partner

robert.bray@squirepb.com

+44 (0) 7825204501

Squire Patton Boggs - FinTech and Northern market experts SPB are key partners of FinTech North, and are integral to the Northern FinTech ecosystem. SPB have been a key supporter of all FinTech North's international efforts since 2016.

Steve Walsh

Internationalisation Manager

steve.walsh@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

+44 (0) 7860267883

Invest Liverpool City Region - Invest Liverpool City Region are responsible for inward investment into the city region, supporting FinTechs on their journey to expand into the UK and the Liverpool City Region.

Invest Northern Ireland

Partner Contacts

Karen Bradbury

Sector Lead, Financial and Professional Services

karen.bradbury@investni.com

+44 (0) 7985111018

Una McCallan

Sector Executive, Financial and Professional Services

una.mccallan@investni.com

+44 (0) 7584410181

Partner profile

Invest Northern Ireland (Invest NI) is the region's economic development agency. Its role is to grow the local economy by helping new and existing businesses to compete internationally, and by attracting international businesses to set up in the region. 

Invest NI works with investors to offer advice and financial assistance to support business establishment, growth, capability development and international competitiveness. 

Northern Ireland is leading the way in providing a wide range of international financial services solutions including fintech, asset and wealth management, banking and capital markets, governance, risk and compliance and insurance and assurance. 

The region has exceptionally strong credentials in financial services. Belfast, the region's capital, is the world's top city for fintech inward investment projects and Europe's leading inward investment destination for new software development. The region has seen significant investment by global names including Citi, Allstate, Aflac, FinTrU, TD Cowen, CME Group and TPICAP and considerable growth from indigenous companies such as FD Technologies, Datactics, FSCOM and Data Intellect.

Northern Ireland has two top universities and a network of further education colleges producing highly skilled graduates. Thirteen globally recognised technology-related university research centres are also producing world-leading research. In addition, a range of tailored and flexible government-funded support measures ensure companies can access and develop the skills they need, both at set up and for future expansions.

Website: www.investni.com/europe

LinkedIn: Invest Northern Ireland - Europe

UK Fintechs

Andrew Watson

Head of Payments and Strategy

andrew.watson@kainos.com

+44 (0) 7917599037

Kainos Software Limited - I am a payments veteran and am building a FS vertical for Kainos. Kainos provides digital services across all sectors including cloud and AI, digitalisation of KYC and fraud solutions, low code solutions, sustainability solutions, consulting and managed services.

Dan Jelly

COO

dan@complyfirst.co

+44 (0) 7832960987

Complyfirst - Complyfirst is the must-have regulatory reporting tool for global payment and e-money companies. Submit reports 8x faster, slash the risk of fines (we're talking millions) and effortlessly scale into new jurisdictions - no extra hires necessary.

Helen Jeeves

Head of Business Development

helen.jeeves@neueda.com

+44 (0) 7593437544

Neueda - Lead Customer Success and New Business for Neueda, a leading provider of tailored learning solutions and consulting services driving business transformation across Data, Software Engineering, Technology and Professional Skills in Financial Services.

Scottish Development International and Fintech Scotland

Partner Contacts

Wendy Lamin

International Trade Specialist

wendy.lamin@scotent.co.uk

+44 (0) 7787840068

Tessa Kofmel

Senior Trade Officer

tessa.kofmel@scotent.co.uk

+41 797266014

Gary Bowie

Inward Investment Specialist

gary.bowie@scotent.co.uk

+44 (0) 1414685403

Janice Liu

Inward Investment Specialist

janice.liu@scotent.co.uk

+44 (0) 7311904884

Mickael Paris

Marketing Director

mickael.paris@fintechscotland.com

+44 (0) 7889343006

Partner profile

As Scotland’s trade and inward investment agency, we aim to help more businesses from around the world do business in or with Scotland. If you’re an overseas business looking to set up in Scotland or source Scottish products, services or innovation, we can help. Scottish Development International promotes Scotland as a place for investment and trade. Securing more international trade and investment is vitally important in helping to create a more dynamic and globally competitive economy in Scotland. We do this by providing information, partnering with businesses and investors that want to set up or invest here, and helping businesses find the connections they need.

Website: www.sdi.co.uk

LinkedIn: Scottish Development International

UK Fintechs

Adeline Lahore

Events Marketing Manager

adeline.lahore@modulrfinance.com

+44 (0) 7971820553

Modulr - Planning the event strategy and ensuring alignment with the commercial goals.
- Managing multiple stakeholders both internal (LT and sales teams) and external (industry event contacts, event agencies, vendors, production agencies)

Maysara Hammouda

Co-Founder and CTO

maysara.hammouda@predictiva.co.uk

+44 (0) 7311301313

Predictiva - Predictiva is an AI/Fintech company that develops and utilises advanced machine learning algorithms to autonomously trade the financial markets. Predictiva provides fully-autonomous, fully-customisable, SaaS trading platforms for asset managers.

Jason Tucker-Feltham

Head of Sales

jason@zumo.tech

+44 (0) 7445869246

Zumo - Zumo is a B2B digital assets infrastructure that enables financial institutions and enterprises to embed digital assets via an API.

Megan Grant

Client Partner

megan@appointedd.com

+44 (0) 7955557346

Appointedd - an award-winning online scheduling solution, is relied upon by numerous global businesses in retail, automotive, and finance. Appointedd saves time, drives revenue, and stands out as a premier SaaS solution with fully customisable booking flows, top class account management, and competitive features like multi-timezone and language functionality.

Nick Botha

Global Payments Sales Manager

nicholas.botha@autorek.com

+44 (0) 7398248504

Autorek - AutoRek automates reconciliations & financial controls for payments & e-money firms. Our solutions cut operational costs of transactions and supports an agile back office that scales as you grow.

Niels Footman

MD UK and Europe

niels@copylabgroup.com

+44 (0) 7788245574

Copylab - We combine human insight and secure technology to help asset managers and other FS firms tell their story worldwide -- through thought leadership, white papers, design, digital and strategic insights.

Rachel Curtis

CEO

rachel.curtis@inicio.ai

+44 (0) 7850138570

Inicio AI - We use conversational AI to guide end consumers through detailed affordability assessments for purposes such as debt management and new lending. The solution partners with Open Banking and bureau data to complete any gaps or to provide a manual alternative where consumers will not give consent.

Robert Derks

Business Development Manager

robert.derks@encompasscorporation.com

+31 (0) 647818430

Encompass Corporation - Encompass enables fast, accurate identity validation and verification of corporate customers, and a gold standard approach to KYC. Our award-winning corporate digital identity (CDI) platform incorporates real-time data and documents from authoritative global public data sources and private customer information, to create and maintain digital risk profiles.

Thomas Gillan

CEO

thomas.gillan@br-dge.to

+44 (0) 7872592388

BR-DGE - offers an independent payment orchestration platform, which gives merchants, financial institutions, acquirers and payment partners the tools to innovate and succeed​. Working with BR-DGE means our customers have simple, secure access to a global, diverse range of best-in-market payment technologies and providers.​

Welsh Government

Partner Contacts

Clare Parfitt

International Trade Advisor (ITA)

internationaltrade@gov.wales

+44 (0) 300063000

Rachael Bayona

Senior Business Development Manager

internationaltrade@gov.wales

+44 (0) 300063000

Partner profile

This is Wales. This is Fintech. 

Agile countries like ours think a little differently to the mainstream. It's a place where our business ecosystems are closely interlinked, supporting each other to drive new ideas forward. Industry, academia and the Welsh Government work together to make things happen. We have the right business support and the agility to make decisions quicky. Although we're a close community here, we're also proud to e citizens of Europe and the world. We're well connected to the rest of the UK and to global markets. Wales is also a great place to live and work. It's a beautiful country with a superb quality of life.

Wales is part of Britain and the United Kingdom and is already home to over 1,900 active financial services companies with 128 of those directly classified as FinTechs. Wales has over 55,000 people now actively employed within the financial services sector. Around 16,000 people are now directly employed by the FinTech sector. 

We're also the first country in the world to have legislated for the rights of future generations. We want to leave Wales - and the world - a better place. This is your invitation to discover our country. If you are considering operating all or part of your business from Wales, get in touch and we can answer your questions and support you to make your move.

Website: https://tradeandinvest.wales/

LinkedIn: Trade & Invest Wales

UK Fintechs

Chris Hutchings

Head of Risk

chris.hutchings@creditsafeuk.com

+44 (0) 7341568712

Creditsafe - Chris has a demonstrated history of working multiple roles within the information services industry. He is skilled in negotiation, strategy, AML/KYC and product management, has strong industry experience and a global market understanding.

Edoka Idoko

Founder/CEO

connectidoko@gmail.com

+44 (0) 7823762393

OjrehPrime Financial Services Limited - A mobile only multicurrency fintech application with dedicated account numbers across 30+ currencies, seemless currency swap with the best customer experience.

Hema Marshall

Chief Revenue Officer

hema.marshall@fullcircl.com

+44 (0) 7766602755

W2 by FullCircl - W2, FullCircl's identity solutions division, provides an identity verification platform including KYC, AML, document verification, and anti-fraud software. W2's services cover 160+ countries and 20+ data suppliers, enabling compliant onboarding for regulated entities globally.

Warren Russel

CEO and Founder

warren.russell@scvlabs.com

+44 (0) 7967239473

SCV Labs Ltd - Real time document analysis, validation, storage and retrieval for secure customer due diligence processing. Using AI and blockchain you can automatically search vast arrays of data quickly to be able to have a single customer view.

West Midlands Growth Company & Supertech West Midlands

Partner Contacts

Chris Lawes

Senior Business Development Manager

chris.lawes@wmgrowth.com

+44 (0) 7816226124

Hilary Smyth-Allen

Executive Director

hilary@supertechwm.com

Partner profile

The West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC) is the region’s official investment promotion agency and destination management organisation.

Backed by the West Midlands Combined Authority and its seven constituent metropolitan authorities, as well as five of the region’s universities, WMGC is a not-for-profit organisation which brings together the strengths of the public, private and academic sector in order to deliver sustainable, inclusive growth for the West Midlands.

Our mission is to attract investment, businesses and visitors to the West Midlands, in order to drive economic growth, create jobs and deliver a better quality of life for those that live and work here.

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SuperTech: The UK’s only proftech supercluster. Supporting the vibrant community built around our thriving West Midlands region.

Our community is a collective of ambitious people from an array of different ProfTech sectors (such as FinTech, LegalTech, PropTec

Website: wmgrowth.com / supertechwm.com

LinkedIn: Invest West Midlands UK (West Midlands Growth Company) / SuperTech WM

UK Fintechs

Amar Rana

Founder and CEO

amar.rana@credicar.co.uk

+44 (0) 7515788457

Fastcheck - Fastcheck is transforming consumer financing by leveraging technology to instantly match borrowers with pre-approved offers from diverse credit lenders, tailored to their credit and affordability.

Stuart Green

CEO

sgreen@setldpay.com

+44 (0) 7917874381

Setld Pay - SetldPay is a next gen, full service Card Scheme Program Manager. Working across Europe we provide Open Loop and Private Label Card Programs. Our automated funds flow allows just in time funding to minimise pre-funding requirements and our knowledge of the regulatory landscape will minimise customer time to market.

Why invest in the UK?

The economic power and diversity of the UK offer global businesses one of the best ecosystems in the world to grow innovative companies.

We offer world-class talent, high investment and a robust, business-friendly environment to reliably expand, trade and invest.

We have a mature, high-spending consumer market and an open, liberal economy with a business-friendly regulatory environment.

Our language, legal system, funding environment, time zone and lack of red tape helps make the UK one of the easiest markets to set-up, scale and grow a business.

Use the Investment Atlas to navigate UK investment opportunities for your business across UK sectors, nations and regions.

To see things differently, choose the UK. Find out more at www.great.gov.uk/international/investment/