Perhaps more than any other industry, the fintech sector has and continues to transform the way we live, work and behave. Often described as the fourth industrial revolution, the advent of the internet, IT services and the expediential expansion of AI, has reshaped the world and redefined virtually every aspect of our lives. Needless to say, the relentless rise of the industry has created hundreds of thousands of new jobs and the demand for those with the skills to service this new world has reached something akin to a fever pitch. By way of examples, challenger banks including Wise and Revolut and payment gateways such as PayPal and Klarna are some of the more commonly recognised fintech companies in the UK.
The term ‘fintech’ tends to apply to a particular niche in the information technology sector, and it is estimated that over 300, 000 workers are employed by the top 225 ‘unicorns’ alone. Unicorns refers to companies with a valuation in excess of $1billion without being listed on the stock market and represent the nirvana for investors and high-flying executives alike. To put this in perspective, the total number employed by the wider tech industry is between 15 and 20million. With massive salaries and rewards available to the most skilled of workers, the fintech industry is dependent upon EOR providers to help them employ or engage the talent required to maintain their growth trajectories.








