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March 3, 2026

What HBO's Industry gets right — and wrong — about European fintech

Season four of the HBO/BBC drama Industry swaps the trading floor for a high-flying fintech, borrowing from real-world scandals and startup politics. But how close is it to the real thing?


Tom Matsuda

6 min read

Photograph by Simon Ridgway/HBO

In the first episode of Industry’s fourth season, a fintech journalist heads to a nightclub with a specific goal in mind: to get the scoop on Tender, London’s hottest fintech, by seducing one of its employees. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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