A CELEBRATION of Scotland’s growing and lucrative “fintech” sector begins today in conjunction with FinTech Scotland and VisitScotland Business Events.
Fintech – the moniker for technology that improves activities in finance – attracts millions of pounds worth of investment to Scotland, and more than 50 self-identifying startup and established fintech businesses are now based in the nation.
Fintech Scotland Fortnight 2018 will run from September 17 to September 28 and will feature 23 events across Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Falkirk and Fife, including a special fintech edition of VisitScotland Business Events’ Innovate the Nation series.
Rory Archibald, business development manager at VisitScotland Business Events said: “Through these events we want to seize the opportunity to showcase Scotland’s fintech sector to the world. By doing this we hope it will act as a springboard to attract more business events into Scotland by showcasing this is the place to be for fintech.”
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