The Liverpool City Region’s has nearly 100 firms operating in the FinTech sector across established financial services, tech, and FinTech. There are more than 40 dedicated FinTech firms with key strengths evident in payments, WealthTech, accounting and InsurTech.
Liverpool City Region has a GVA of £38.5bn, of which Whitecap estimate £218.6m is currently generated by FinTech. The region’s ambition of 5% R&D investment annually by 2030 is nearly double the national target, and the investment in innovation aims to provide £41.7bn gross GVA benefit and 44,000 new jobs by 2030.
The story of FinTech in the region is a strong one, and there is much to be positive about for people and organisations already based in the region, and those that might be considering it as a future location.
Events and Communities
Games Talks Live in Liverpool
Short talks and networking for the Northern games industry.
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FORMATGG
Europe’s Biggest Games Industry Community Nightlife Festival, comes to Liverpool in 2024
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Liverpool Game-Dev Network
Provides local game developers with a space to interact and develop relationships with other like-minded individuals
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LCR Play
Digital connectivity network for the Interactive Entertainment & Gaming Industry
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Liverpool’s FinTech Spotlight
Developing the FinTech Sector in Liverpool
The LCR FinTech Growth Group is made up of stakeholders working together to:
- Celebrate and champion Liverpool City Region
- Create impactful links
- Activate our community to work together, learn from each other and accelerate growth
- Alison Lacy, Avalanche Studios Group
- Ric Miskimmon, Criterion (EA)
- Phil Owen, D3t & Coconut Lizard (Keywords)
- Margaret Bourke, Dept for Business & Trade
- Clemens Wangarin, Digital Advsiors
- Joanne Toomey, Draw & Code
- Matt Southern, Firesprite
- Brian Woodhouse, Lucid
- Jon Holmes, Milky Tea
- Jamie Brayshaw, Ripstone
- Matt Wilson, Sony
- Pete Smith, Tencent
- Helen Johnson, Ukie
- Thomas Owens, University of Liverpool
- Helen Cross (secretariat), Growth Platform
- Cathy Skelly (observer), Liverpool City Council
If you’d like to find out more about Liverpool City Region’s FinTech heritage contact danielle.carrington@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk