Analysis

December 31, 2024

What’s next for European fintech? Eight predictions for 2025

Sifted asked industry experts to give their predictions for the next 12 months


Tom Matsuda

8 min read

When Sifted spoke to fintech experts last year to find out what they expected to see in fintech 2024, the sector had just come out of a particularly difficult year. 

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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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