Barclays Bank has become latest financial institution to invest in United Fintech, an umbrella outfit dedicated to scooping up a stable of capital markets, wealth management and wholesale banking vendors.

Barclays joins BNP Paribas, Citi, Danske Bank and Standard Chartered, in backing the company.Founded in 2020 by CEO Christian Frahm, United Fintech has so far acquired seven fintechs, including Cobalt, FairXchange, TTMZero, Athena Systems, NetDania, Commercial Banking Applications (CBA) and TradeLedger.Barclays will join its fellow investing banks on the United Fintech board of directors, reinforcing the growing collaboration between established global financial institutions and innovative fintech platforms.Ryan Hayward, head of strategic investments at Barclays, comments: "United Fintech’s approach to scaling proven fintech innovation aligns closely with our vision for future-ready financial services.” Says Frahm: “With AI accelerating across financial services, industry-wide collaboration has never been more important. With Barclays now onboard, we further strengthen our industry-wide adoption, and United Fintech is well on its way to becoming the trusted ecosystem for enabling that collaboration.”


By on Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:10:00 GMT
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