Analysis

January 9, 2024

What’s in store for European fintech in 2024? The experts give their predictions

2023 ended up being not only a slow year for fintech, but an undeniably tough one. So what does 2024 hold?

When Sifted asked experts at the end of 2022 what they expected to see in fintech in 2023, they said more of the same: after the funding bonanza of 2021, 2022 had been a very slow year and 2023 was unlikely to be any different. 

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