{"id":1010,"date":"2019-09-19T08:56:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T08:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2024-05-28T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:21:03","slug":"swoop-recognised-as-one-of-the-hot-ten-by-fintech50","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/blog\/swoop-recognised-as-one-of-the-hot-ten-by-fintech50\/","title":{"rendered":"Swoop recognised as one of the HOT TEN by FinTech50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">It&#8217;s another exciting day for the Swoop team as we have been recognised as one of FinTech50\u2019s Hot Ten Companies for 2019.&nbsp;As a FinTech solution that supports SMEs to access funding and savings, we\u2019re thrilled to be recognised for the work we\u2019re doing to help small businesses across UK and Ireland.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefintech50.com\/the-fintech-50-2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The FinTech50<\/a>&nbsp;is an annual list of the 50 hottest FinTech companies in Europe selected by some of the biggest names in FinTech.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now in its seventh year,&nbsp;it was the first list worldwide to recognise FinTech companies for innovation. They look at FinTechs across Europe,&nbsp;across all verticals, and each year invite&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thefintech50.com\/the-fintech50-selection-panel\" target=\"_blank\">an expert panel&nbsp;<\/a>to select the FinTechs they believe will be &#8216;the ones to watch&#8217;. And Swoop has been selected as one of the HOT TEN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swoop co-founder, Ciaran Burke, spoke from the announcement event in London.\u201cWe feel honoured to have been selected by such a high-profile panel as one of the Hot Ten FinTechs. We\u2019re sitting alongside some exceptional businesses, so are absolutely thrilled that our passion for helping SMEs to flourish and grow is being recognised at this level\u201d.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cSMEs are a hugely important part of all economies. The effective provision of finance and banking services to these businesses is crucial for boosting economic performance. Over recent years, we have seen a significant growth in alternative finance, challenger banks, and a burgeoning investor base coupled with government grant and tax relief schemes, but this expanding supply of finance requires intelligent and timely delivery.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cSwoop serves as a virtual CFO connecting SMEs to the best solutions for their business needs. The future of SME banking is about more than one FinTech, one bank or one source of finance. It is about delivering independent curation of the right service and the right type and blend of finance, for every SME, at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">FinTech50 is not an awards programme,&nbsp;as there are no outright winners. And they don&#8217;t rely on &#8216;entries&#8217; just the views of their international panel members.&nbsp;It\u2019s a tribute to this hugely enterprising sector that is transforming financial services, and an accolade to the movers, shakers and disruptive technologies, like Swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This amazing news comes following the \u00a35million funding award from the UK\u2019s Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) which is being used to grow our business in order to support more SMEs more quickly. Since the win we have been investing heavily in our&nbsp;platform and&nbsp;building out an incredible team across the UK, Ireland, and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ciaran added \u201cit\u2019s exciting to know that as our business grows and succeeds, then numerous small businesses have been given the opportunity to grow and succeed too. We couldn\u2019t be happier\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge congratulations to the other companies in the list. See <a href=\"https:\/\/thefintech50.com\/the-hot-ten-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Swoop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Swoop is a business funding and savings platform enabling businesses to discover the right funding solutions across loans, equity and grants, and to identify and easily make savings &#8211; all in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We work with over 1,000 funding providers from mainstream banks, alternative lenders, venture capital funds, SEIS\/EIS funds, angel investors and grant agencies, meaning that whatever your funding requirement, we\u2019re able to offer a solution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And with our open banking technology, you can see potential savings and switch expenditure on Foreign Exchange, Utilities, Broadband, Mobile Phones and Insurance. All of this is done automatically through our technology coupled with our expert team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more information on Swoop or to join our community of SMEs like you across the UK and Ireland, head to&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/\"><strong>swoopfunding.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;and sign up today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another exciting day for the Swoop team as we have been recognised as one of FinTech50\u2019s Hot Ten Companies for 2019.&nbsp;As a FinTech solution that supports SMEs to access funding and savings, we\u2019re thrilled to be recognised for the work we\u2019re doing to help small businesses across UK and Ireland.&nbsp; The FinTech50&nbsp;is an annual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","category":[1365],"class_list":["post-1010","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1.png",980,460,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-300x141.png",300,141,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-768x360.png",768,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1.png",980,460,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1.png",980,460,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1.png",980,460,false],"image_blog":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-408x252.png",408,252,true],"image_blog_full":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1.png",980,460,false],"image_podcast":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-397x298.png",397,298,true],"image_banking":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-43x20.png",43,20,true],"image_blog_internal":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-840x460.png",840,460,true],"image_blog_medium":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1.png",980,460,false],"image_single_banking":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/S1-980x460-1-80x38.png",80,38,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>It&#8217;s another exciting day for the Swoop team as we have been recognised as one of FinTech50\u2019s Hot Ten Companies for 2019.&nbsp;As a FinTech solution that supports SMEs to access funding and savings, we\u2019re thrilled to be recognised for the work we\u2019re doing to help small businesses across UK and Ireland.&nbsp; The FinTech50&nbsp;is an annual list of the 50 hottest FinTech companies in Europe selected by some of the biggest names in FinTech.&nbsp; Now in its seventh year,&nbsp;it was the first list worldwide to recognise FinTech companies for innovation. 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