Financial services
Technology leader
We’re home to top financial technology (FinTech) companies, pushing financial services boundaries and attracting major global investment.
Financial hub
The UK is a leading financial service centre, with the highest concentration of global financial institutions in the world.
Flexible environment
Our robust but flexible regulations encourage smooth operations and faster growth. We actively help businesses comply with the rules and bring new ideas to market.
Atom bank is combining world-leading financial expertise with innovative technologies like facial recognition.
£6.6bn
contributed to the UK economy by FinTech every year
2.3m
people employed in UK financial services
428
foreign companies listed on the London Stock Exchange – the 2nd biggest exchange in the world
£9.7bn
capital raised through issues and IPOs in 2017
$10.8tn
UK banking sector assets in 2017
76,500
people employed in the FinTech sector
Talent for start-up and beyond
The world’s best financial services talent is on tap in the UK. Businesses can reduce the cost of moving overseas and confidently recruit staff for the lifetime of their investment.
Fast growth FinTech
We’ve handled some of the largest FinTech IPOs, including Worldpay. Funding Circle, Nutmeg, Monzo and Transferwise picked London as their home – together with 17 of the top 50 FinTech companies and 25% of unicorns.
Islamic and green finance
66 Sukuk issuances on the LSE raised over $50bn – one of the reasons we’re the front runner for western Islamic finance. Our Green Finance Initiative cultivates sustainable finance, with 78 green bonds on the LSE raising in excess of $24.5bn.
Professional services support
Businesses have access to first-class accountancy, legal and professional services expertise across the UK. We’re the 2nd largest legal services market in the world.
The financial frontier
‘London’s financial sector is more receptive to our frontier innovation than any other city. It is much harder elsewhere to generate this kind of resonance with key influencers and talent.’ Winnie Cheung, CEO of Lattice, developers of the world’s first driven portfolio optimiser.
