Back Founded in 2011, GoCardless is an open banking company committed to making payments faster, cheaper and more secure. They specialise in direct bank payments - from direct debits connected to customer bank accounts, to one-off authorisations. They now help more than 75,000 businesses collect payments from customers in 30 countries. The company’s latest funding was a series G PE and VC round in February 2022, bringing their total raised to date to over $500m. Since then, the company has made strides towards delivering on their vision of becoming the world’s bank payment network. They acquired Latvian open banking company Nordigen in July 2022, and have partnered with fellow UK fintech WISE since 2019 to offer FX on customer payments. Most recently, they launched GoCardless Embed to allow other payment providers to build their offerings on the GoCardless network. “Open finance has huge potential," says Ahmed Badr, Chief Operating Officer, "but it's more than just payments. Data sharing, for example: having a secure way to do this will help create better experiences across the ecosystem, such as retail banking, and really increase competition in those markets. "London's a very open, exciting, vibrant city, and that is key to us being able to attract the talent we need to continue growing and innovating. There's a lot of fintechs in London, all learning from each other, innovating, competing, collaborating, to help deliver better customer experiences. "A lot of those companies are going through the same growth journey as us, which means that there's a real ecosystem developing as well as infrastructure, regulators, and government bodies who really engage on topics that matter to companies at all stages.” London's a very open, exciting, vibrant city, and that is key to us being able to attract the talent we need to continue growing and innovating Download the brochure for more on the UK’s investable FPS tech sector UK financial and professional services tech: innovation and investor opportunity UK financial and professional services tech: innovation and investor opportunity Share: Share to LinkedIn LinkedIn Share to Twitter Twitter Share to Facebook Facebook Share to WeChat WeChat Share to WhatsApp WhatsApp Share to Email Email Related content Case Study Castlepoint Systems | opportunities outside of its native Australia Nov 2023 - We spoke to Rachael Greaves, co-founder and CEO, about Castlepoint’s information governance and compliance service and the growth opportunities outside of its native Australia. Castlepoint Systems | opportunities outside of its native Australia Case Study Aon | helping clients manage the risks and opportunities from climate change Nov 2023 - Climate change is one of the most perilous emerging risks of our time, impacting countless lives. We spoke to Aon, about the role of insurance in mitigating climate risk. Aon | helping clients manage the risks and opportunities from climate change Case Study Lloyd's | Building resilience to wildfire in the US Nov 2023 - Lloyd's new wildfire syndicate protects California's commercial wildfire-prone properties. Lloyd's | Building resilience to wildfire in the US Case Study Aware Super | establishing a UK presence Nov 2023 - We spoke to Aware Super about why the pension fund selected London as its first overseas base for its international expansion strategy. Aware Super | establishing a UK presence