Fintech Belfast

Building a community for #fintech and #tech professionals in Belfast & NI.

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

🧵Why is #Belfast becoming a #fintech hub?🧵

Belfast has many advantages over other cities around the globe when it comes to attracting fintech and #tech firms.

Here are the top ones… 🔽

[Iggy O'Doherty @ICTiggy]

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That’s a wrap. Hugely successful Belfast-hosted flagship event #CyberUk23

Key messages :

Global cooperation. Digital skills for everyone. Fixing foundations. Space to innovate. People capability underpins Resilience. Value driven leadership.

Supply chain to use GovAssure.

[Russ Shaw CBE @RussShaw1]

As we get ready to kick off the @TechLondonAdv & @GlobalTechAdv #GTAInvestorShowcase at @HereEast, my op ed appears in today's @CityAM to set the scene for what's to be discussed - @lakestarvc @Beauhurst @BBCBenThompson https://t.co/6QnpXib42Q

[Alex Iskold | 2048.vc @alexiskold]

In 10 years of venture I helped in over 250 pre-seed, lots of seeds and also Series A, B, and C funding rounds.

Founders that prepared & had a strategy at pre-seed raised A LOT FASTER and WITH BETTER TERMS.

Here are MATERIALS and STRATEGIES of the best founders.

Let's go! 🧵👇

[Brendan Hughes @brendanhughes64]

.@dptfinance has launched a recruitment campaign for 30 graduates to join a new NI Civil Service "accelerated leadership" programme.

The graduates will start on a salary of £32,328, with the chance to apply for promotion after four years, which would see them earning £52,026.

[Ian Browne @ij_browne]

Founders: I am sending a dealflow newsletter to >200 investors at the end of Sept. If you are currently raising capital please DM me details and if appropriate I will include in the newsletter

[Datactics @Datactics_]

Datactics has ranked in the top 10 FinTech companies in Belfast. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow.

Read the full piece here: https://t.co/VAlN9Olsyq

#FinTech #FastGrowing

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

In just over a month we’ve doubled our following to 200. Thanks to everyone who has liked, retweeted, replied and followed #FintechBelfast! Feel free to tag @Fintech_Belfast in your #fintech and #tech news stories and we’ll share them with our community 🚀

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

Welcome to Belfast @AnthonyWatson and the @thebankoflondon team

[Bank of London @_bankoflondon]

🙌 'To build the future of finance, we need to be where the future is.' - @AnthonyWatson, Founder and Group CEO

🎉 We are delighted to announce the launch of our Centre of Excellence in Belfast!

Get the full story ➡️ https://t.co/4wEYzgvoog

#Banking #Fintech

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

#Belfast ranked the 6th top global location for #cybersecurity #FDI deals by @InvestMonitorAI. The city attracted seven deals from 2019-2021 and its expertise is anchored by @CSIT_QUB which is globally recognised as a centre of excellence https://t.co/7IUr0ibweJ @QUBelfast

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

#Bitcoin’s price has dropped 9% and fallen below the key $20k threshold for the first the since November 2020, deepening the crisis in the #digitalasset sector. Can it bounce back from this? https://t.co/8F29IgnJYW @joshckoliver

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

Irish #fintech @swoopfunding, led by CEO Andrea Reynolds, raised nearly €10m in a Series #A funding round which valued the firm at €30m. It aims to simplify access to loans, grants and equity funding for #SMEs https://t.co/l8zfgQYu02 @Independent_ie

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

#Belfast #tech firm which specialises in emissions #data @Catagen has taken four funding awards under the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Net Zero Innovation Portfolio. It plans to double its headcount to 70 in the next year https://t.co/vPM5cK666v

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

Congrats to the @pitchbooking team which raised £500k in funding to boost its online sport booking service and double the size of its team over the next year https://t.co/XL99oYbos0 @EmmaDeig #investment

[Fintech Belfast @Fintech_Belfast]

#Belfast has been described as the gateway to the EU by @thebankoflondon which is setting up a centre of excellence here and creating over 200+ jobs, generating around £20m for the local economy https://t.co/M47FSD83Mm

[Ulster University Business School @UlsterBizSchool]

It's day two at #DigitalDNA and UUBS's @DbrobyDaniel, Professor of Financial Technology, chairs a powerful session on The Future of #Fintech @DigitalDNAHQ #DigitalDNA2022 #DDNA2022 #Techevents

[Ulster University Business School @UlsterBizSchool]

Responsible Trustworthy & Ethical AI - @JohnnyDontTweet @UlsterCEBE, Paul Carlin @OpenUniversity, @AustinTanney SIB NI and @AislinnMcBride @KainosSoftware discuss the challenge between regulation and ethics for emerging technologies #DigitalDNA #aiforeveryone @DigitalDNAHQ

[Lightyear @lightyearcloud]

Today we had the pleasure of attending both @DigitalDNAHQ and the @sageuk Roadshow in Belfast. It's great to be back out seeing old friends, meeting new ones and discussing all things Fintech 🚀
#Networking #Sage #DigitalDNA #belfast #fintech

[Sync NI @SyncNI]

First-ever Founders Night for NI entrepreneurs and startups to take place in Belfast for a night of knowledge-sharing and networking.

The event, to be held at @ormeaubaths, will feature fireside chats with the founders@MedAllApp and @belfastfoodtour

https://t.co/sGUk7p6RHj

[FinTechNI @FinTechNI]

Writing in today's @irishnewsbiz, our Chair Andrew Jenkins @fintechenvoyNI sets out why stable institutions are vital to supporting this new phase for the fintech sector. #NIFinTech

https://t.co/RWBG93W3we