Financial Services & FinTech
Inside Scotland's Financial Services & FinTech sector
Financial Services covers areas like banking, investment and insurance and employed almost 70,000 people in Scotland last year.
It is closely linked to Professional or Business Services - accounting, solicitors, collection agencies and management consultancy - which employed just under 60,000 people.
Scotland also has a thriving Financial Technology or FinTech sector. There is work to position Scotland as a global leader in FinTech, Green Finance and ESG – Environmental, Social & Governance.
The following videos were recorded during the SDS Sector LMI sessions running during January - June 2024.
Presenters used data from the Sectoral Skills Assessment reports from 2023.
Use the following links to access the latest 2024 reports SDS Sectoral Skills Assessments 2024
Financial Services in Scotland
Financial Services now
What sort of jobs and careers are there in the financial services sector
Getting started in Financial Services
What are some of the routes and pathways into Financial Services
Financial Services futures
What does the future look like in Scotland's Financial Services sector
Financial Services Useful links
Want to find out more?
There are numerous sources of Financial Services sector insight and intelligence.
Here are our top three picks of useful link to explore as a next step.
Plus, our full list of ‘Useful Links’ to download, use and share.
Financial Services LMI
If you're interested you can watch the full SDS/DYW Financial Services Sector LMI session
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