About 20 start-ups in the banking and financial industry have reaffirmed their plans for total investments of up to eur 500 million. pounds in Britain, said today, ΠααÏασκευή, the consulting firm PwC.
These projects will be a boost for the industry of financial services in the Uk, which has suffered from the speculation about job cuts and relocation of companies abroad after the vote in Britain in favour of Brexit.
These financial institutions are a mixture of british, european and non-european companies and have already committed to investments of 200 million. pounds, said PwC, with their business plans provide for a total investment of up to half a billion. pounds.
Stephen Morse, senior manager at PwC, said that about 20 customers who invest in Britain is not only simple banks, institutions granting mortgage loans and fund managers.
According to him, there are a number of banks that developed, thanks to the technology, from companies fintech (using new technologies in the financial sector), commercial banks and even from specialized investment banks “have identified gaps in the market, which was caused partly due to the fact that large global banks withdrew from some activities in the last few years”.
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