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As competition for fintech talent intensifies, understanding salary benchmarks has become critical for both employers and professionals. This report provides a clear snapshot of salary trends for commercial and compliance roles across Europe’s key fintech hubs: London, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Building on PCN’s hiring and market insights, the analysis compares base salary ranges across roles […]…
Europe’s fintech sector continues to grow, but hiring patterns in Q2 2025 show a clear shift in priorities. This report breaks down the latest hiring trends across payments, open banking, BNPL, and Banking-as-a-Service, using real job data from leading fintech companies combined with PCN’s on-the-ground recruitment insights. Covering key markets such as Berlin, Amsterdam, London, […]…
Klarna’s aggressive adoption of AI has made headlines, from AI-powered chatbots to major workforce reductions. This report looks beyond the headlines to understand what Klarna’s AI-first strategy really means for fintech talent, organizational design, and the future of work in financial services. Tracing Klarna’s AI evolution from early automation in risk and fraud to the […]…
The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market is often discussed in terms of consumer growth and regulation, but far less attention is paid to how BNPL companies actually organize themselves to scale. This report looks inside leading European BNPL players to understand how team structure, licensing models, and strategic focus shape their operating models. Using […]…
Open banking is no longer just a regulatory or technical shift; it’s rapidly reshaping how finance teams are built, where talent comes from, and which skills are in demand. This report examines how the global expansion of open banking and the transition toward open finance are changing career paths across the financial services ecosystem. Drawing […]…
In Europe’s fast-growing fintech ecosystem, reaching unicorn status is often framed as a story of technology, funding, and speed. This report challenges that narrative. By analyzing 21 leading European fintech unicorns, it looks beyond valuation headlines to understand how team structure, culture, and talent decisions shape the journey to a billion-dollar company. The report compares […]…
This report takes a deep dive into the people strategy behind one of Europe’s largest payment processors. While Worldline is often discussed in terms of scale, technology, and acquisitions, this analysis focuses on what usually gets less attention: how the company builds, reshapes, and manages its workforce. We trace Worldline’s workforce journey from 2019 to […]…
This report explores what Worldpay’s move into stablecoin payouts really signals, not just for payments, but for the future of hiring, payroll, and global work. Processing over $2.3 trillion annually, Worldpay’s partnership to enable stablecoin payouts in more than 180 countries marks a turning point in how companies pay contractors, creators, and global talent. We […]…
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