London fintech firms recruit thousands more staff as they set course for expansion

Britain’s biggest fintech firms are recruiting thousands of new staff, fresh research has found, in signs the industry is charting a course for major expansion. More than three thousand job vacancies in fintech were advertised in the first three months of this year, according to data from Morgan Mckinley and VacancySoft, representing a jump of nearly two-thirds on last year, with the lion’s share of the hires taking place in London.