Financial

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel ­syndicate, has received a top accolade following a record year of investment.

The public perception of stock exchanges remains little changed since the Big Bang deregulated the financial markets. Anytime a trading floor is depicted in a film or TV series, you can expect to see a group of men frantically waving their arms and shouting at a bank of screens showing the ups and downs of share prices.

The value of cryptocurrencies can fluctuate wildly but the blockchain technology they utilise is here to stay, writes Chris McCall

Archangels, the Edinburgh-based business angel syndicate, has received a top accolade following a record year of investment.

The business sector is watching with bated breath as the specifics of leaving the EU are hammered out. Will the booming fintech sector take a hit?

How do you stay employable when the job market is constantly changing? Is there a way to stay ahead of the game when new jobs are evolving all the time?

Don’t fully understand blockchain? It’s revolutionising our lives – from the way we get drugs, to how we prove our identity, to how we bet.

A combination of Clydesdale owner CYBG and Virgin Money will be headquartered in Glasgow, create a new competitor to Britain’s biggest banks under the latter’s branding but spark some 1,500 job losses.

Let us introduce you to ten of Scotland’s authoritative voices at at the frontier of financial technology.

Scotland has worked hard to establish a reputation for being a hub for business in the Financial Technology (or Fintech) sector.

Scotland boasts a proud, world-renowned history of innovation in financial services, dating back centuries; indeed, Scotland can be said to have invented retail banking and ATM technology.

A year ago, I wrote about how Scotland’s fintech potential could be unlocked, and the opportunities offered by a fledgling industry. Now that fledgling is set to soar.

Law firm Pinsent Masons has been appointed as a global “strategic partner” to industry enabler FinTech Scotland.

In a sign of the changing times within banking, Royal Bank of Scotland had appointed a chief digital officer.

If you want to take better control of the data that you share, willingly or otherwise, with companies and other third parties, there has arguably been no better time to do so.

The Social Bite chain of sandwich shops has been widely praised for its pioneering work with homeless people, providing food, employment opportunities and housing to those facing tough times.

We asked what is the biggest challenge between us and our fintech goals. These are the voices from across the industry.

From state-sponsored advanced persistent threats to small-scale mischief hacks, cyber threats can take many forms . One Scottish firm, ZoneFox, has chosen to focus on the growing problem of insider threats – individuals within organisations who, knowingly or otherwise, compromise key information assets and personal data.

Scotland’s fintech community is committed to delivering wider public benefit and can use this “social good” agenda to be a global force.