Analysis

March 16, 2020

London fintechs in a "talent war" for the best engineers

UK fintechs may have enjoyed a funding boom last year, but there's an ongoing struggle to fill empty developer seats.


Isabel Woodford

4 min read

The UK may be Europe's leading hub for fintech, but founders complain it still lacks one key ingredient; local software engineers.

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