Enter TechRound’s FinTech50 2026!
TechRound is proud to announce the return of our FinTech50 campaign – now in its sixth year – celebrating the most exciting FinTech companies across the UK, Europe, US, UAE and beyond.
Whether your business has been innovating in the FinTech space for 20 years or just a few months, this is your opportunity to have your story heard.
Enter for free for a chance to be featured as one of our top 50 FinTech companies. Each company featured will get an individual write-up, so it’s great publicity!
Founded in 2016, TechRound is the UK’s best-known and fastest-growing startup and tech news site. This is where decision-makers, investors and startups of all sizes and nature come to find out the latest developments and trends within the industry.
Entries Open: 14 April 2026
Entry Cost: Free
Entry Deadline: 28 April 2026, 5pm GMT
Winners To Be Announced: 4 May 2026
Why Enter?
- Featured in front of an audience of 200,000+ visitors per month
- Top 50 placements get a full-page write-up (see example)
- Recognised by VCs, investors, journalists and industry leaders
- Free to enter
Our Criteria
- All companies must have a FinTech angle
- Revenue is not a deciding factor
- Both new businesses and established businesses welcome
Meet The Judges
Chris Ball, CEO at Hoxton Wealth
Chris started his career in 2004 with KPMG as a Tax Adviser specialising in personal taxation issues relating to investment income and pensions. He trained at the KPMG Tax Business School in Canary Wharf for his Chartered Accounting and Chartered Taxation Adviser exams.
After 7 years with KPMG, Chris moved to the Middle East to join the deVere Group, where he continued his work as an IFA, starting in their Abu Dhabi offices and eventually heading up the Qatar operations for the group dealing with HNW and UHNW individuals.
In 2018 he and founded Hoxton Wealth (then called Hoxton Capital Management) where the sole emphasis of the group is to help HNW and UHNW clients with borderless global financial advice. Chris’ speciality is assisting individuals with their retirement planning needs. The company now employs around 300 people worldwide, has offices in UAE, UK, USA, SE Asia and Australia and has a total AUM of $3.3bn (£2.5bn).
Madhu Nadig, Co-Founder and CTO at Flagright
Madhu spearheads engineering and design, skillfully driving the development of cutting-edge compliance and fraud prevention systems. His achievements in cloud computing, particularly in building high-performance infrastructures and architecting real-time systems, have had a significant impact on the logistics and fintech industries.
In addition, Madhu has showcased considerable expertise in data analytics and integration, especially within the pharmaceutical industry. His wide-ranging skills and innovative approach have firmly established him as a trailblazer in the tech industry, setting the stage for continuous advancements in the field.
Jean-Baptiste Gaudemet, SVP Strategic Innovation Lab at Kyriba
Jean-Baptiste Gaudemet brings twenty years of experience in fintech, combining deep expertise across data, analytics, agenting ai, and digital currencies. Currently serving as SVP of Product Innovation, he leads the prototyping of next-generation, AI-native liquidity performance solution.
Previously, he led Kyriba’s Data and Analytics organisation, where he spearheaded the launch of Trusted AI and Liquidity Analytics, empowering treasurers with reliable, contextualised and actionable insights. Jean-Baptiste is a graduate of École Polytechnique, France’s leading engineering institution and is a regular speaker at industry events. He has appeared on BFM Business to discuss the future of AI in finance.
Zee Yende, Reporter at TechRound
Zee is a TechRound reporter who specialises in tech, startup news, AI developments and digital business. On fintech, she researches and reports the latest fintech trends and developments as well as findings from UK fintech businesses.
The world is moving digital, and so are our currencies. It’s so important for businesses and startups even outside of the fintech industry to stay up to date and understand how the industry works.
She brings a strong understanding of how fintech connects with everyday business, from payments and digital banking to emerging tools that impact and influence how companies work with growth in mind.
Dr. Marko Sjoblom, CEO at Fiinu plc
Dr Marko Sjoblom is a successful second-time entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Fiinu plc, the London-listed fintech behind the Plugin Overdraft®. He is also a former elite athlete with a doctorate in artificial intelligence and unbundling banking services.
His fintech experience includes over 20 years on Wall Street and in the City of London, including ten years with leading banking, treasury, risk and payments companies. He has served as a treasury steering committee member at four DAX-30 companies.
Prior to Fiinu, Marko founded one of the largest overdraft-style lenders in the UK. This company developed a fully automated software robot that lent and recovered over $1 billion in small increments in the UK without relying on credit bureau data. His previous business was independently valued at $171 million after five years.
Important! Advice From The Judges
Use the first line to describe your business, what it does and what you are about in two sentences…what makes you tick?
With our judges reading through hundreds of applications, we are looking for a clear description of your business, its concept, its success and plans for growth.
Try to avoid waffle and discuss your business clearly and concisely.
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