English fintech scholar crowned

English fintech scholar crowned

One of the UK’s leading financial comparison platforms Quotezone.co.uk, has announced the winner of this year’s Fintech Scholarship, an initiative designed to help foster greater diversity in the sector by asking students from outside the world of fintech to explore what it could potentially offer them.

The winner, Ella Henry, a MPhil student studying Biological Sciences at the University of Cambridge, wrote an intuitive piece, entitled - Fintech in a finite world: The price of protecting our planet focusing on climate change and the role fintech can play in helping create a sustainable future.  Ella wins a £1,000 bursary to help cover any educational fees such as textbooks, course materials and living expenses. 




British fintech firms continue to entice lucrative international investment, having just hit the multibillion-pound peak of investor interest in July 2021.  There are now 13 UK cities with at least 10 fintech companies, estimated to employ nearly 53,000 people.




Marja Lahelma-Barnsley, Programme Leader for MSc Financial Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, comments:  “FinTech is reshaping the ways that financial needs are