Matthew Argent has 19 years’ experience in the financial technology industry. He has started six companies, two which have sold, one didn’t work out (learning experience) and three that are currently still active.  Since the sale of his last company in 2013, Matthew has been a mentor and board advisor/member to European fintech companies alongside advising venture capital firms with their investments.

In 2016, Matthew founded the Fintech Hub which is Sweden’s independent centre of gravity for Financial Services Innovation. The Fintech Hub has members that include regulators, banks, payment providers, insurance companies and of course startups. The Hub also helps companies scale internationally as well as connecting universities, investors and government.

Matthew has now replicated this business model with Fintech hubs now open in Helsinki and Oslo and with the Baltics coming in Q1 2018.