London’s 101 Fastest Growing Financial Services Startups

At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 101 Financial Services companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

• Track record
• Executive leadership
• Market share
• Innovation
• ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top Financial Services Companies & Startups (London)

Selina Finance

Selina Finance provides loans to small and medium businesses in the form of flexible credit facilities.

Soldo

Soldo is a multi-user expense account helping companies manage their budgets.

Monese

Monese is a digital banking option that provides mobile-only, multi-currency accounts in countries across the European Economic Area.

Codat

Codat is an API platform that provides real-time connectivity to the financial software used by small businesses.

FlowBank

FlowBank is a multi-asset trading platform that offers a wide range of online banking & investment services to brokers & corporate clients.

Token

Token is an open banking payments platform driving the shift from traditional payment methods to bank payments.

Rapyd

Rapyd is a payments platform that inserts fintech services into any app and simplifies the complex offering of local payment methods.

SFC Capital

Early-stage investor combining its own angel syndicate & seed funds to provide investors with diversified exposure to SEIS/EIS businesses.

Bud

Bud is a financial network combining APIs & data to create a new species of connected experiences.

Form3

Form3 is a cloud native payments-as-a-service platform that designs, builds, and runs the technology that powers the future of payments.

DIEM

Twig is a fintech startup that provides a mobile banking app.

Zepz

Zepz is a money transfer service that helps migrants send money to their loved ones all over the world.

LATOKEN

LATOKEN is the leading platform for multi-asset tokenization and cryptocurrency exchange.

LocalGlobe

LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.

Startupbootcamp

Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry-focused startup accelerators that provides investment and mentorship services.

Outlier Ventures

The World’s Leading Open Metaverse Accelerator

Atomico

Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.

Seedrs

Seedrs is a UK-based investment and crowdfunding platform.

Generation Home

Generation Home is a new mortgage lender dedicated to making homeownership work better for everyone.

Fintern

Fintern is a lending startup looking to offer an AI-driven alternative to costly payday loans.

Moneybox

Moneybox is a mobile savings and investment app that offers a range of saving and investment products including Lifetime ISAs and Pensions.

Ziglu

Ziglu provides a digital platform that enables customers to exchange fiat currency for cryptocurrency.

LemonEdge

LemonEdge is a low-code development platform with integrated accounting engine, designed for financial services.

LMAX Group

LMAX Group: Delivering a transparent, neutral, global marketplace for all participants

Collective Benefits

Insurance and benefits to make independent work, work for everyone.

3S Money

3S Money offers international business banking services in 190 countries.

Outfund

Outfund is a revenue-based finance startup.

Stenn

Stenn is a non-bank trade finance provider that delivers innovative solutions to unlock working capital for buyers and suppliers.

Urban Jungle

Urban Jungle provides an insurance technology to help young people get cheaper, better home insurance.

Reef Finance

Reef Finance is a DeFi platform that enables cross-chain integrations across various DeFi protocols.

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MMC Ventures

MMC Ventures is an investment firm that invests in technology companies at Seed and Series A.

GlobeDX

GlobeDX is a startup, which has dubbed itself the “Coinbase for derivatives”.

Entrée Capital

Entrée Capital is a venture capital firm that funds multi-stage startups and companies all over the world.

DigiSEq

DigiSEq is an innovative global FinTech company providing Programme Managers, Issuers or NFC wearable manufacturers.

Repay Solutions

Over The Top payment platform connecting businesses to the latest real-time payments innovations without changing bank.

Kwanji

Online FX Comparison Platform Bridging Emerging & Traditional Markets

Trillion Fund

Trillion is the UK’s biggest social crowdfunding platform.

Nucoro

Nucoro enables financial institutions to build digital savings, investment and wealth management propositions at speed and scale.

9fin

The leading data, news and predictive analytics platform for debt capital markets

Concentric

Concentric invests in software technology business in the financial services, mobility, real estate, industrial, and logistics sectors.

Flagstone

Flagstone is a UK starup developing a cash deposit marketplace that gives users easy access to hundreds of cash deposit accounts.

TaxScouts

TaxScouts is a tax preparation platform that makes tax planning easier.

CRED Investments

CRED uses artificial intelligence to invest in the future of talent. Helping realize the commercial & financial potential of talent.

Trussle

Trussle is a free online mortgage broker that works with much-needed transparency.

Future Planet Capital

Future Planet is a venture capital firm that seeks investment in potentially high-growth companies from research centers.

Cushon

Cushon is a fintech company that provides investment, pension, financial wellbeing and workplace savings.

Cryptopay

Cryptopay is a digital currency firms, offering crypto-wallets, debit cards, B2B payments, & investments.

Monolith

Monolith is a decentralised banking alternative that integrates the DeFi economy into your daily life.

HSBC

HSBC is a banking and financial services organization that offers a comprehensive range of services.

Vizolution

Vizolution develops a screen sharing technology for businesses to directly interact with their clients.

Wayhome

Start owning a home today from just 5% deposit

dopay

dopay provides a cloud-based payroll service that allows employers to calculate salaries and make payments electronically.

ezbob

ezbob is a UK based software provider for banks and other financial institutions.

Options Technology

Options is a global leader in financial technology managed services and IT infrastructure products.

Funding Options

Funding Options is a business to business services marketplace platform operating in the UK and the Netherlands.

Kingsway Capital

Kingsway Capital is a investment management firm.

Superfluid Finance

Superfluid Finance is on a mission to transform the way assets move in decentralized finance.

The Bank of London

The Bank of London is a global clearing, agency, and transaction bank advancing the economic infrastructure of the future.

Cashaa

Next Generation Banking Platform

Upside Saving

Upside is Intelligent Cashback as an API, fuelled by Open Banking.

Vyne Technologies

Vyne Technologies is the specialist account-to-account payments platform.

Nexus Mutual

Nexus Mutual uses the power of blockchain technology and Ethereum to allow people from all over the world.

Nebeus

Nebeus is a cryptocurrency and crypto-backed lending platform that allows people to borrow, exchange, earn, and insure their crypto assets.

Calastone

Calastone is a global transaction network for the mutual fund industry.

DigiDoe

DigiDoe is a UK-based fintech which has redesigned the world’s payments infrastructure for the 21st century.

REG

REG provides an intelligence, analytics, and risk management software to the global insurance and financial services market.

TreeCard

Treecard is a fullstack green finance platform, allowing consumers to spend, save and invest responsibly.

Octopus Ventures

Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.

Connectd

Connectd is a product ecosystem that empowers founders, investors and advisors to make and manage connections.

Fluidly

Fluidly is fundamentally rethinking the way businesses plan and manage cashflow, using data science, accounting domain expertise.

Jaja

Jaja is a fintech company that provides digital and physical credit cards and other financing services.

Trading 212

Trading 212 is a fintech company that provides free, smart apps to democratize the economic market.

Updraft

Updraft is a part lending, part credit report, and part financial planning app for millennials. We turn borrowers into savers.

Glint

Glint is a FinTech with an app and debit card that enables clients to save, exchange, spend and send multi-currencies and physical gold.

Stubben Edge

Stubben Edge is a technology-based financial services group that enables intermediaries & clients to make easy decisions about their risks

Fnality International

Fnality International provides a digital cash system that uses blockchain technology to settle financial transactions.

Yapily

Yapily offers API-based software to enable innovative products to connect to banks.

Global Wealth Group

Global Wealth Group is a Meta-Marketplace Embrace a more accessible way of Creating Global Wealth.

Koyo

Koyo uses machine learning to serve customers with competitively priced credit

Omnio

Omnio Group is a market leading provider of cloud-based banking and payment services.

Funderbeam

Funderbeam is a funding and trading platform that connects companies and investors to buy and sell equity stakes.

TAB

TAB company provides short term bridging loans for property projects.

Mode

Mode is building the next-gen financial ecosystem allowing consumers and businesses to connect in ways that have never before been achieved.

Pave

The proper path to good credit

CIRCA5000

The investment platform of the human future

Fronted

Fronted pay your deposit upfront, you pay us back in bite-sized chunks.

Monitise

Monitise is a technology and services company that delivers mobile banking, payments, and commerce networks.

Lightyear

Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.

Hambro Perks Ltd.

Hambro Perks is a London-headquartered international investment firm focused on private technology investing.

B-Social

Kroo is a financial technology company that develops innovative services for a new generation of customers.

Flux Systems

Flux Systems develops software platform that keeps a track of payment receipts by automatically linking them to payment cards.

CreditEnable

CreditEnable provides data analytics, deep learning, AI and technology to build solutions to financial challenges.

Foresight Group

Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.

Traydstream

Traydstream automates the most critical aspects of converting, checking and managing trade finance documents.

Oval Money

Oval offers an app for financial coaching and planning that helps people save according to their rules.

Marshmallow

Marshmallow is a full-stack insurance carrier driven by technology.

Chaser

Chaser helps businesses get their invoices paid on time, automatically.

SparkChange

SparkChange is a provider of specialist carbon investment products and data, serving global institutions and their clients.

Steadview Capital

Steadview is a tech-focused investment firm that invests in technology oriented businesses.

CDC Group

CDC is the UK’s development finance institution.