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15 January 2025

Explainable AI For Financial Risk Management

We overview the opportunities that Explainable AI (XAI) offer to enhance financial riskmanagement practice, which feeds into the objective of ...
Fintech firms
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15 January 2025

New US Boost for Scottish Tech Companies

Five innovative Scottish firms will showcase their solutions in the Silicon Valley in the US. The Scottish Enterprise’s US MarketBooster ...
Announcement
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09 January 2025

Fintech Innovation in Scotland delivers growth with 8% Increase in employment

The FinTech Scotland Cluster recorded an 8% year-on-year employment growth in 2024 bringing the total number of people working in ...
Fintech firms
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08 January 2025

Scotcoin Targeting a $250M Market Debut

Scottish fintech Scotcoin will be listing on a tier 1 cryptocurrency exchange this February valuing the project at $250 million (£200 million), signifying a a ...
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06 January 2025

Fintech Innovation in Scotland delivers growth with 8% Increase in employment

The FinTech Scotland Cluster recorded an 8% year-on-year employment growth in 2024 bringing the total number of people working in ...
Skills & Talents
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16 December 2024

Unlocking the Potential of AI in Finance: Insights from Hays’ Latest Research

The financial services sector is going through important changes driven by the increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI). According to ...
Fintech firms
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10 December 2024

Zumo’s Amelie Arras Joins MENA Fintech Association’s Sustainable Fintech Alliance as Co-Chair

The MENA Fintech Association (MFTA) has announced the appointment of Amelie Arras, representing Scottish fintech Zumo, as the new Co-Chair ...
Sector
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09 December 2024

NatWest Launches Fintech Growth Programme to Drive Innovation in Payments

NatWest Group is launching its inaugural Fintech Growth Programme, offering UK- based fintech startups a great opportunity to collaborate with ...
Payments & Transactions
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09 December 2024

Financial Regulation Innovation Lab – Exploring the intersection of quantum computing and the finance sector

As part of the 4th FRIL theme focusing on innovation to address financial crime, the FRIL team  along with Alliance for ...
Fintech firms
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09 December 2024

Hope4u: Empowering People Through Financial Innovation

Throughout their lives, people will more often than not face financial challenges at some point. Recognising this, Hope4u, a fintech ...
Fintech firms
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06 December 2024

Amiqus Strengthens Leadership in AML Expertise

Scottish fintech Amiqus has just appointed Graham MacKenzie, an expert in Anti- Money Laundering (AML), as its Director of AML ...
Announcement
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29 November 2024

KPMG UK joins FinTech Scotland further boosting fintech innovation in Scotland

KPMG UK has joined FinTech Scotland, the cluster management organisation for fintech in Scotland. The two organisations will work closely ...