Vienna. For fintechs with British roots, the “# fintech2019” is currently taking place in Austria and Switzerland: Big players like BA and Bawag are on site.
The event, the second of its kind
The event is already the second of its kind and will take place from 22nd to 24th of January 2019 among others. in the British Embassy in Vienna, on initiative u.a. the British Department of Commerce. With 13 out of 34 European “Unicorns” (start-ups with a market value over $ 1 billion), the UK has the strongest fintech landscape.
The growing interest in tech financial companies
The interest of financial companies in young high-tech financial firms is considerable. The participants counted at the last event according to the information u.a. Bank Austria, Bawag, Erste Group, Wüstenrot and VIG, as well as advisory multinationals such as A.T. Kearney, PwC and KPMG.
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