London is officially the global capital of fintech investment, but a new report detailing its success warns the system underpinning it remains overwhelmingly American.
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March 17, 2026
European fintech’s sovereignty problem is getting harder to ignore
Homegrown success is supercharging demand for alternatives to American infrastructure
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