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This statistic presents the leading Fintech (Financial Technology companies) locations worldwide in 2014, by value of investment. The term Fintech is used to describe the start-up innovative companies operating in the financial sector, which provide modern technology solutions to financial services companies. It was found that Silicon Valley in the United States was the leading Fintech location worldwide, as it attracted approximately *** billion U.S. dollars of investments in Financial Technology companies. Other cities with substantial Fintech activity and which can develop into significant Fintech centers in the future are Dublin, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Fintech – additional information

As well as Silicon Valley, New York and London were distinguished as main Fintech locations in 2014. In that year, investments in financial technology companies in New York amounted to approximately *** million U.S. dollars, and investments in London-based companies were equal to approximately ** million U.S. dollars. The other global cities with substantial Fintech activity, and which were looking at the prospects of developing into significant Fintech centers in the future, were Dublin, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Singapore and Hong Kong.

The value of investment in Fintech venture companies in the United States was equal to *** billion U.S. dollars in 2013 and this figure was projected to increase to between *** and *** billion U.S. dollars in 2018. Investments in the Fintech sector globally amounted to three billion U.S. dollars in 2013 and they were estimated to reach between six and eight billion U.S. dollars in 2018. In 2014, the United States was the leading country in terms of value of investments in Fintech companies.

In 2014, the United States provided *** thousand jobs in the Fintech sector, while the UK Fintech employment figure reached ** thousand. London, New York City and San Francisco Silicon Valley were the cities with highest number of Fintech employees, with ** thousand, ** thousand and ** thousand employees, respectively, within a ** mile radius of each city.