The Ultimate Guide to Fintech
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Fintech.
What to know about Fintech
Fintech, short for financial technology, represents a dynamic sector where innovation meets finance to revolutionize how individuals and businesses manage money. This tag aggregates stories that cover the broad spectrum of fintech developments ranging from payment solutions and banking technology to AI-driven financial services and cybersecurity.
Readers exploring this tag will find insights on groundbreaking startups expanding across regions, significant funding rounds propelling growth, the rise of embedded finance, and the ongoing challenges of regulatory compliance and cybersecurity in financial services. The stories also spotlight the evolving influence of women leaders and inclusivity efforts within the fintech landscape.
Whether it's about the latest in digital payments, collaboration between traditional banks and fintech firms, advances in AI for financial operations, or regional fintech ecosystems gaining momentum, this collection offers valuable knowledge for anyone interested in the current and future impact of technology on finance.
UK Fintech News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Ecommpay goes live on PayControl orchestration platform
Merchants gain a new acquiring route and broader regional coverage through a single integration, reducing technical complexity.
GoCardless partners with anvil on telecoms billing
Telecoms and MSPs could cut billing admin as the integration links contract signing, Direct Debit approval and collections in one platform.
Simba Sleep lifts approvals with Snap Finance deal
More shoppers are completing mattress purchases after a second lender approved 17% of Simba's first-line declines, lifting order values by 50%.
London to take majority of UK finance hiring in 2026
Vacancies in the capital are forecast to rise 17% next year, lifting London to 52% of UK finance recruitment as hiring narrows.
Dext extends payments to UK QuickBooks Online users
The move gives UK accountants and small businesses a single workflow for supplier, expense and payroll payments as late invoices strain cash flow.
UK Open Banking passes billion payments & 100bn API calls
Higher reliance on account-to-account payments is pushing monthly API traffic to a record 2.81 billion calls, while uptime stays high.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Fintech
The next $100 billion enterprise software company won't sell software, it'll sell decisions
Global fintech market set to hit USD $1.5tn by 2034
Gartner warns CFOs on AI spend split over priorities
Kore.ai & Atos UK&I launch sovereign AI for UK firms
Gartner sees finance talent shift towards digital skills
Featured News
Expert Columns
Fintech’s next edge is teams with wider perspectives
UK Fraud liability in 2026: The hidden cost of synthetic identity fraud
How can banks adapt to the new, AI-driven economics of cybercrime?
Building beneath the app layer: What Upvest shows about the next phase of European fintech
Why seamless Middle East 2026 should be on every commerce leader's calendar
MiCA goes beyond compliance. For payment firms, it is a strategic shift
How AI is helping sellers read buyer intent
AI is rewriting the rules of dealmaking
AI in finance: The shift towards decision support
What DeFi Actually Built and Why Traditional Finance Is Quietly Adopting It
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Sage Intacct builds explainable AI into accounting
Exclusive: Google Cloud reshaping finance with agentic AI
Exclusive: G+D's Sofiane Chouane on the future of European fintech
Strong growth for Irish tech imports across Australia and New Zealand
Confluent says data streaming will enable faster, better decisions
Recent Fintech News
Iwoca secures GBP £250 million facility for SME lending
A surge in small-business borrowing has prompted Iwoca to expand lending capacity, after UK SME lending rose 60% in 2025.
Huel cuts month-end close by two days after overhaul
Finance staff at Huel now close the books two working days faster after automating reconciliations and workflows, with no extra headcount.
Hyperlayer names first Head of AI as banks push AI
Banks are moving AI into live, regulated systems, putting pressure on software vendors to prove every instruction is authorised and auditable.
Paylink appoints new Senior Leaders as business evolves platform
The Grantham-based affordability technology provider is expanding beyond its Embark platform as it targets more clients and stronger customer support.
Brickflow sees £520 million in offers as searches fall
Borrower demand weakened quarter on quarter, yet lenders still pledged more than GBP £520 million across specialist property finance.
OpenAI AI model escapes test & breaches Hugging Face
The incident has heightened fears that frontier AI could outpace safeguards, leaving smaller firms exposed to faster, more autonomous attacks.
Flagstone expands SME savings panel to 56 UK banks
UK SMEs can now spread surplus cash across more than 200 business savings accounts as Flagstone lifts its bank panel to 56.
Ecommpay playbook targets failed subscription payments
Failed recurring charges are costing subscription firms an average 9% of revenue, prompting a push to recover payments before customers quit.
AccountsIQ warns UK finance leaders on AI governance
Unchecked AI could distort finance decisions and damage trust, as UK firms rush adoption without enough governance, oversight or training.
Rezolve Ai partners Zilch on retail offers platform
Nearly 6 million Zilch users will see retail offers and rewards embedded in their payments journey as Rezolve Ai widens Reward's reach.
ETG buys Lightning Reach in GovTech portfolio boost
The deal adds a platform used by more than 300,000 people to ETG's portfolio as unclaimed UK support tops GBP £24 billion a year.
UK finance leaders face pressure to rush AI agents
Most UK finance chiefs lack in-house expertise and feel pressure to prove AI returns quickly, despite governance controls lagging behind.
FICO urges UK banks to boost personalisation amid switching
Switching rose 43% in Britain last quarter, adding pressure on banks to tailor offers as digital-only accounts neared half of households.
Gartner warns CFOs on AI spend split over priorities
Boards may question finance AI programmes unless spending shifts from efficiency gains towards better decisions and growth, Gartner said.
EHE Ventures opens second raise for AI Growth Fund
The Manchester-based investor aims to deploy GBP £1.5 million into early-stage AI start-ups across the UK by the end of the tax year.
MoneySuperMarket launches investment app with Seccl
Customers can now start investing from GBP £1 as the comparison site broadens its app into wealth products and deepens ties with users.
Bank of England says tokenisation could speed payments
Cross-border transfers and everyday checkout payments could become quicker and cheaper if digital records of assets are widely adopted.
PayPal adds new Pay in 30 Days option for UK shoppers
The fee-free option gives eligible UK shoppers up to 30 days to settle online purchases from GBP £1 to GBP £900 at checkout.
Creditspring tops GBP £1 billion in loan disbursements
Households squeezed by higher costs are turning to fixed-fee borrowing, helping the lender pass GBP £1 billion in loans.
UK Fraud liability in 2026: The hidden cost of synthetic identity fraud
Banks now face a capped GBP £85,000 reimbursement bill per claim as synthetic identity fraud turns into a direct liability under tighter UK rules.
Job Moves
Hyperlayer names first Head of AI as banks push AI
Paylink appoints new Senior Leaders as business evolves platform
eCapital UK names Mike Harrison South Regional Chief
IRIS names first Chief Data & AI Officer Surya Sagi
Gresham names Spiros Giannaros as Chief Executive Officer
Multiverse opens Edinburgh hub with ex-Amazon AI chief
Cloudsmith names finance & legal chiefs after funding
Tes appoints Ali Nazarboland as Engineering Vice President
AutoRek appoints Tony Livesey as Technology and Product Chief
