FinTech Scotland Festival 2025 - FinTech Scotland :FinTech Scotland

The FinTech Scotland Festival is a week-long celebration of innovation and collaboration across the fintech landscape in Scotland, the UK and globally.

The festival brings together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and academics to explore the future of financial services.

Now in its 8th edition, the festival will spotlight the achievements of the Scottish fintech cluster as well as welcome speakers and attendees from around the world.

Events will include conferences, roundtables, innovation showcases, networking sessions and more.

Festival Themes

Scotland is driving research and innovation across various fintech related fields which will be discussed throughout the festival. We’re looking forward to showcasing the progress across those various themes as well as listening and learning from participants.

AI

How AI is transforming financial services, from automation and customer engagement to risk management and compliance and more

DLT

We will examine real-world use cases and emerging opportunities as well as the role of the Scottish Centre of Excellence for DLT.

Regulation

An opportunity to look at the latest developments in RegTech and how firms can navigate evolving frameworks with confidence.

Climate Finance

Enabling green investments, ESG reporting, and sustainable innovation, supporting both climate goals and commercial growth.

Open Finance

Going beyond Open Banking to develop better services and a more inclusive financial sector.

Payments

Real-time infrastructure, cross-border capabilities, embedded finance, and what’s next in the race for seamless, secure transactions.

22 September

Festival Opening Reception

Join us for the official launch of the FinTech Scotland Festival.

FinTech Scotland, alongside Scottish Government officials will welcome a selected group of attendees to this invitation-only reception.

Join international delegates, speakers, leading financial institutions, regulators, universities and much more for an evening of networking and celebration.

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23 September

Global Fintech Forum

We invite you to this unique event, an opportunity for the Scotland to showcase its fintech leadership to the world.

A senior minister from the Scottish Government will deliver the opening keynote speech.

We’re hosting delegations from around the world to come, connect, learn and get involved in the Scottish Fintech Cluster.

We’ll bring Scotland’s fintech proposition to life through real life case studies and give you the opportunity to connect with some of the largest organisations in the UK and globally.

We warmly welcome fintechs, financial institutions, trade associations, VCs, investors, policymakers, regulators and government officials from across the globe.

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24 September

Fintech Summit

The Fintech Summit is Scotland’s largest annual gathering of financial technology leaders with over 500 participants.

The conference will explore technological innovation across the industry, from developments in leading FS institutions, to the disruptive innovators within the challenger and start-up community that are reshaping the Financial Services market. The programme will consider the key shifts in regulation, investment, and technology, and discuss how they will impact the future evolution of the sector.

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24 September

Scottish Financial Technology Awards

An evening to celebrate the development of the Scottish Financial Technology ecosystem, with a series of awards categories designed to recognise outstanding individual and organisational achievements within the sector.

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25 September

Scale-up day

A day for fintech entrepreneurs to gain expert guidance on scaling their businesses.

FinTech Scotland’s Strategic Partners will share best practices, real life case studies, share research and much more.

Sessions to be announced shortly.

Other events

25 September – Morgan Stanley 25 Years in Glasgow

This year, Morgan Stanley proudly marks 25 years in Glasgow. To celebrate this milestone, throughout 2025 we are honouring the people and partners who have contributed to our success along the way. As part of these celebrations, we will host a reception at the City Chambers in partnership with Glasgow City Council, which is also commemorating the City’s 850th anniversary.