The competition winners will be announced at the Regional Finals in March 2022. 12 inspiring female founders have been named as this year’s AccelerateHER awards finalists in partnership with Barclays Eagle Labs. The influential Scottish women have been shortlisted for their aspirational work in fields of Science and MedTech; FinTech, Data Science and Cybersecurity; CleanTech, Climate and …

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With 2022 set to be an exciting year for Scottish tech, DIGIT explores some of the companies expected to grab headlines. Many Scottish tech companies will have entered 2022 with a new-found sense of optimism and excitement. Despite challenging conditions, the Scottish tech sector performed well in 2021, with several notable acquisitions, expansions and investment deals. Statistics published by Dealroom in December revealed …

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The tech sector in Scotland has received $549m in funding this year – up 56% on 2020. Tech Nation has announced the five Scottish of its fourth Rising Stars competition, which recognises the best early-stage tech scale-ups from every area of the UK. They were selected by a panel of more than 50 judges based …

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Growth funding competition receives hundreds of pitches during two-day event. Scottish EDGE has invested in a total of 42 businesses with entrepreneurial potential, breaking its investment record with a total of £1.5m. The high growth potential business funding competition received hundreds of applications. After two days of pitching, judges chose the winners. Medical technology start-up …

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55% of lenders plan to adopt Open Banking technology by the end of 2021, with 93% of those businesses expecting to adopt the data-sharing initiative in the next 12 months; according to the recent data of Know-it.  One-fifth of lenders are to implement Open Banking-enabled products with a higher sense of urgency as a direct impact of …

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55% of lenders plan to adopt Open Banking technology by the end of 2021, with 93% of those businesses expecting to adopt the data-sharing initiative in the next 12 months; according to the recent data of Know-it.  One-fifth of lenders are to implement Open Banking-enabled products with a higher sense of urgency as a direct impact of …

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Open banking has been more widely adopted during the pandemic, so more than half of British lenders plan to speed up future roll out. More than 50% of UK money lenders have said they plan to adopt open banking in 2021, according to credit management firm Know-it. The way businesses and customers engage in the banking …

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55 per cent of lenders plan to adopt open banking this year with 93 per cent of those businesses expect to adopt the data-sharing initiative in the next 12 months according to recent studies. One-fifth of lenders (19 per cent) plan to implement open banking-enabled products more quickly due to Covid-19. It is evident that …

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