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The North East is home to a fast evolving FinTech ecosystem, with a corridor of innovation running from Newcastle upon Tyne to the historical university city of Durham.
Newcastle is home to Sage, the UK’s second-largest tech company renowned for their accounting software, it’s also home to Newcastle Strategic Solutions, a world-class provider of Savings Management platforms to major retail banks. Durham is home to Atom Bank, one of the best known challenger banks and pioneers of the world’s first digital mortgage.
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We’re seeing an emerging specialism in Payments in the North East, with some of the North’s most innovative FinTechs based there, including payments infrastructure specialists Kani Payments and Crypto payments pioneers BottlePay.
The University of Newcastle, Northumbria University and The University of Durham are all actively engaged in FinTech.
GB Bank have recently launched in Teesside, and significantly HM Treasury have opened an economic campus in Darlington, which will play host to a range of government agencies including BEIS.
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The North East is home to a fast evolving FinTech ecosystem, with a corridor of innovation running from Newcastle upon Tyne to the historical university city of Durham.
Newcastle is home to Sage, the UK’s second largest tech company renowned for their accounting software, it’s also home to Newcastle Strategic Solutions, a world-class provider of Savings Management platforms to major retail banks. Durham is home to Atom Bank, one of the best known challenger banks and pioneers of the world’s first digital mortgage.
We’re seeing an emerging specialism in Payments in the North East, with some of the North’s most innovative FinTechs based there, including payments infrastructure specialists Kani Payments and Crypto payments pioneers BottlePay. The University of Newcastle, Northumbria University and The University of Durham are all actively engaged in FinTech.
GB Bank have recently launched in Teesside, and significantly HM Treasury have opened an economic campus in Darlington, which will play host to a range of government agencies including BEIS.
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