Best Startup Scotland
At Best Startup Scotland we track over 100,000 Scottish startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 38 Banking companies in Scotland. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Banking Companies & Startups (Scotland)
Virgin Money
Virgin Money is a independent banking group.
Founder(s): David Duffy
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services
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miiCard
MiiCard is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of banking, identity management, and internet.
Founder(s): James Varga
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Identity Management, Internet
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Piper Sandler
Piper Sandler is a leading investment bank and institutional securities firm.
Founder(s):
Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, CleanTech, Financial Services, Marketing
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Tesco Bank
Tesco Bank is a retail bank in the United Kingdom.
Founder(s): Jack Cohen
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Personal Finance
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Standard Life Investments
Standard Life Investments is a asset manager with an expanding global reach.
Founder(s): Martin Gilbert
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Real Estate
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The Royal Bank Of Scotland Public Limited Company
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) engages in the provision of international banking and financial services.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services
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Clydesdale Bank
Clydesdale Bank growth finance provides a range of innovative debt solutions for early stage, high growth businesses.
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Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Lending
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Glow Financial Services
Glow helps operator/carrier clients offer new loan and lease finance products leveraging securitization technology
Founder(s):
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, FinTech
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Sainsbury’s Bank
The Bank’s strategy is centred on providing the core Sainsbury’s shopper with a compelling reason to buy financial service products from us.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Halifax Bank of Scotland
Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Insurance, Wealth Management
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Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Credit, Financial Services
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Castlight Financial
Castlight provides real-time, affordability & financial capability analysis the Affordability Passport & Categorisation as a Service.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, FinTech
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Maven Income and Growth VCT 2 PLC
Maven Income and Growth VCT 2 PLC is an independent alternative asset manager provide flexible equity and loan finance packages.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services
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Mosaic Software
Mosaic Software is a leading provider of software solutions and web based services.
Founder(s):
Location: East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Software
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Adam & Co Company
Adam & Company is a financial services company located in Edinburgh.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Address: 40 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2BY
Email: [email protected]
Landline: +44 131 380 9500
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance
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CoView Capital
CoView Capital is an investment banking and advisory firm.
Founder(s):
Location: Newyork, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services
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Virgin Money UK
Virgin Money UK is a banking company.
Founder(s):
Location: Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Lending
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RM Funds
RM Funds is a specialist asset manager with a focus on alternative investments which deliver income returns.
Founder(s): Pietro Nicholls
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Credit, Real Estate Investment
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Thistle Credit Union
Thistle Credit Union is a financial institution that offers digital banking, loans, insurance, funeral plans, and financial services.
Founder(s):
Location: Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance
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Adam & Co – Investment management business
Adam & Co – Investment management business offers discretionary investment management to individuals and their families, and to charities.
Founder(s):
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services
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John Murphy & Company
John Murphy & Company is an accounting and business support services firm.
Founder(s):
Location: Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Accounting, Banking, Financial Services, Service Industry
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Simple Commercial Finance
Simple Commercial Finance provides commercial mortgages, banking solutions, investment property, development, and bridging finance services.
Founder(s):
Location: Dundee, Dundee City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Lending
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Tri-County Trust Company
Tri-County Trust Company offers personal banking, wealth management, loans, savings accounts, leasing and retirement plans.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services
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CeeJay
A New Type of Bank
Founder(s): Shawntel White
Location: Larbert, Falkirk, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Information Technology, Mobile, Predictive Analytics
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Barclays Stockbrokers
security broking
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Information Technology, Security
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NHS Credit Union
NHS Credit Union offer all types of loans, saving account, and other financial products along with internet banking services.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Lending, Non Profit
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Thomson Mccallum Financial Consultancy
Thomson Mccallum offers services like business and family protection, mortgages, investments, general insurance, and retirement planning.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Professional Services
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Pollok Credit Union
Pollok Credit Union provides financial services.
Founder(s):
Location: Pollok, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Insurance
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Lifetime Finance Group
Lifetime Finance Group is a life insurance company located in Glasgow.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Insurance
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Glasgow Credit Union
Glasgow Credit Union offers an array of personal and business banking products with online banking and other financial services.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Credit, Financial Services, Non Profit
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BuildLoan
BuildLoan is a home-building financial solution.
Founder(s):
Location: Livingston, West Lothian, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Lending
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Murrow Wealth Management
Murrow Wealth Management specializes in wealth management consulting and assisting clients in achieving their financial objectives.
Founder(s):
Location: Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance, Wealth Management
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Right Way Credit Union
Right Way Credit Union provides a wide range of saving accounts, affordable loans, money management, and deposit services.
Founder(s):
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Credit, Finance, Financial Services, Non Profit
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Whyte Sharp
Whyte Sharp is provides financial advisory services to individual clients and businesses.
Founder(s):
Location: Saint Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Consulting, Financial Services, Professional Services
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Carduus
It is a Scottish company with the specific objective of becoming the leading provider of finance to Housing Associations in the country.
Founder(s):
Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Finance
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McHardy Financial
McHardy Financial offers cash flow modeling and independent financial planning and advice to individuals and companies.
Founder(s):
Location: Galashiels, Scottish Borders, The, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Consulting, Financial Services
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Medway Mortgage
Medway Mortgage offers a full raft of professional insurance and assurance services.
Founder(s):
Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance
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Service Design Consultants
Service Design Consultants is focused on greenfield technologies, migrations and organisational design.
Founder(s): Karl A L Smith
Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
Industries: Banking, Consulting, Government, Information Technology, Military, National Security
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