#Belgium
Belgian fintechs focus mainly on the digital payments arena. The majority of their fans user demand come from payment services, especially in their B2B market. After payments, Belgians are growing their grass roots in investment advice and insure-tech.
Transaction value is at a growth rate of 17.8% each year. Resulting in a total of £9,450m, predicted to reach £18,183m by the next World Cup 2022.
#France
The “Grande Nation” has put forth their plans to become the ‘gate-way’ for fintechs into Europe this year. With already a lot of competition in lending, France has started to build on its fintech youth academies by, shifting corporate culture towards innovation, modernising information systems, overhauling the entire consumer experience, and leveraging intrinsic data.
Transaction value is at a growth rate of 12.3% each year. Resulting in a total of £68,746m, predicted to reach £109,480m by the next World Cup 2022.
#Croatia
Croatia has been the surprise star-team to reach the semi finals. Perhaps they have been inspired by Oradian, the leading provider for Banking Software for Microfinance institutions, who came 1st in the European Fintech Awards.
Transaction value is at a growth rate of 15.1% each year. Resulting in a total of £1,061m, predicted to reach 1,860m by the next World Cup 2022.
#England
The country that is ‘bringing fintech home’. In 2016, England voted to leave the EU and soon after, Iceland kicked them out of the Euros. Since then, the country has had a lot of time to redevelop its squad, as well as their Fintech ecosystem, making London the hotspot for startups. Hopefully we can see a Brexit deal that benefits everyone before the next world cup.
Transaction value is at a growth rate of 14.0% each year. Resulting in a total of £164,245m, predicted to reach £277,173m by the next World Cup 2022.