A recent Accenture study reports a whopping $5.4 billion investment in global Fintech companies for the first quarter for 2016 – a 67% increase over the same period last year.
The Q1 2016 growth was in large part driven by investments going to Europe and the Asia-Pacific, which nearly doubled to 62%. Global Fintech investment overall grew 75% in 2015, exceeding $22 billion in funding.
The Canadian Fintech landscape is also a hotbed of activity with 100 Canadian Fintech startups raising over $1 billion since 2010.
Read the full article from Rob Lewis of TechVibes here – https://techvibes.com/2016/09/26/the-next-great-place-to-expand-your-fintech-business