37 UK firms named in Europe’s top 50 financial tech companies The FinTech 50 list highlights Europe’s most disruptive financial technology companies Written by Abigail Van-West Updated on 25 June 2021 Our experts We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Written and reviewed by: Abigail Van-West The UK has come out on top in the FinTech 50, a list of the 50 most disruptive companies in the financial technology sector.Compiled by a panel of industry experts including head of ventures at Octopus Investments Alex Macpherson and Nick Ogden, founder of business banking start-up CashFlows, the list recognises both new and existing European firms that are “re-defining the future of finance” through innovative technologies.FinTech 50, which consists of emerging technologies, such as mobile payments devices, currency exchanges and investment platforms, has named 37 UK-based companies.Among the home-grown firms recognised in the list are crowdfunding platforms Crowdcube and Seedrs, which were named in the 2011 Startups 100 and the 2012 Startups Top 20 respectively.They are joined by Startups Top 20 firm iwoca, a loan provider for sellers trading on eBay and Amazon, and international currency platform Transferwise, founded 2012 Young Guns Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann.UK mobile payments device firm mPowa also made the list, joined by Swedish competitor iZettle and Dublin-based SumUp.Along with emerging businesses in the FinTech space, more established firms including payments solutions firm Aconite, mobile payment analytics company Bango and commodity software solutions firm Brady were also recognised for their continued innovation.The full list was as follows:1. Aconite TechnologyHQ Location: London, UK2. AyondoHQ Location: Frankfurt, Germany3. BangoHQ Location: Cambridge, UK4. BaswareHQ Location: Espoo, Finland5. BorroHQ Location: London, UK6. BradyHQ Location: Cambridge, UK7. CalastoneHQ Location: London, UK8. CashflowsHQ Location: Cambridge, UK9. CeloxicaHQ Location: London, UK10. Clear2PayHQ Location: Brussels, Belgium11. CrowdcubeHQ Location: Exeter, UK12. CurrencyFairHQ Location: Dublin, Ireland13. Dovetail SystemsHQ Location: London, UK14. DuedilHQ Location: London, UK15. EToroHQ Location: Limassol, Cyprus16. FFastFillHQ Location: London, UK17. FidessaHQ Location: Woking, UK18. Fidor BankHQ Location: Munich, Germany19. FixnetixHQ Location: London, UK20. Funding CircleHQ Location: London, UK21. GocardlessHQ Location: London UK22. HolviHQ Location: Helsinki, Finland23. Interactive InvestorHQ Location: London, UK24. IWOCAHQ Location: London, UK25. Ixaris SystemsHQ Location: London, UK26. iZettleHQ Location: Stockholm Sweden27. KlarnaHQ Location: Stockholm, Sweden28. KurtosysHQ Location: London, UK29. MarketInvoiceHQ Location: London, UK30. miiCardHQ Location: Edinburgh, Scotland31. Mi-PayHQ Location: Woking, UK32. MPOWAHQ Location: London, UK33. MurexHQ Location: Paris, France34. NutmegHQ Location: London, UK35. Pensions First AnalyticsHQ Location: London, UK36. Perseus TelecomHQ Location: Dublin, Ireland37. SeedrsHQ Location: London, UK38. SemafoneHQ Location: Guildford, UK39. SmartStreamHQ Location: London, UK40. SumupHQ Location: Dublin, Ireland41. TBricksHQ Location: Stockholm, Sweden42. The Currency CloudHQ Location: London, UK43. Thunderhead.com HQ Location: London, UK44. TransferWiseHQ Location: London, UK45. Vega-ChiHQ Location: London, UK46. VizolutionHQ Location: Port Talbot, Wales47. VocaLinkHQ Location: Rickmansworth, UK48. WongaHQ Location: London, UK49. WorldFirstHQ Location: London, UK50. ZopaHQ Location: London, UKThe FinTech 50 announcement comes as Europe’s largest FinTech accelerator Level39 opens its doors in Canary Wharf.Established by the Canary Wharf Group, the programme aims to provide growing financial technology firms with the space to create, test and market their products and services. Share this post facebook twitter linkedin Written by: Abigail Van-West