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A POWERHOUSE FOR FINTECH, CYBER, AND INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT

Belfast - a magnet for inward investment

An FDI hotspot

31,000 Financial and professional services jobs

The region is leading the way in providing a wide range of international financial services solutions including fund administration, investment operations, regulatory compliance and risk management, in support of the global capital markets, asset management and banking industries.

Northern Ireland has exceptionally strong credentials in financial services technology and is a European leader in sophisticated software development for major financial institutions worldwide.

A host of global financial services institutions have established operations of scale in Northern Ireland including Allstate, Citi, CME Group, FinTrU, IQ-EQ and TP ICAP.

Belfast attracted £448m in foreign direct investment in financial and professional services between 2019-23

A dynamic cluster of home-grown companies such as Data Intellect, FD Technologies, Datactics and FSCOM thrive in a supportive entrepreneurial ecosystem in which collaboration and innovation is encouraged and supported by the government.

Fintech

Fintech

Cyber security

Cyber security

RegTech

RegTech

Home to the UK’s first RegTech Supercluster

The North West City Region of Ireland is proposing to establish the world’s first multi-sector regulation supercluster as an exciting and ambitious opportunity for the region, Ireland, UK and internationally.  The Supercluster aims to position stakeholders at the forefront of addressing these complex international regulatory challenges by creating the required infrastructure, programmes, training and support to facilitate research, development and commercialisation of innovative regulatory solutions. 

The project will build on the region’s unique location straddling the EU-UK border and its cross-jurisdictional pool of talent, expertise and knowledge across multiple regulated sectors – as well as industry clusters and well established multi-sectoral partnerships.  By leveraging and building on this strong ecosystem, the Supercluster will drive innovation and be a magnet for further investment and economic growth of the region.

The project is being led by partners Donegal County Council, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Atlantic Technological University (ATU), Catalyst, Alpha Innovation and Ulster University – working closely with other key stakeholders across industry, academia and public investment agencies.

Nurturing innovation

9 companies in the Deloitte TechFast 50 list

Nurturing innovation

Leading cyber centre

A preeminent hub for investment in the sector and the number one destination for US-based cybertech investment

Leading cyber centre

Partner story

FinTrU: “The UK is a logical place for a business such as FinTrU. Historically the UK has been a very open country, it has a well established legal regulatory framework and it has a very impressive education system.”

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