Scotland hosted its first Building Security & Trust Hackathon, bringing together more than seventy participants from financial services, regulation, academia, and the FinTech sector. The day built on eighteen months of FinTech-Tables’ leadership forums, where recurring challenges around readiness, resilience, and partnership had surfaced.
Rather than another round of discussion, the hackathon provided structured working sessions across three themes: cybersecurity and operational resilience, supplier readiness, and partnership design. Each group examined the practical barriers slowing adoption, from overlapping standards to long onboarding cycles and the cultural gaps that weaken collaboration.
A morning panel featuring leaders from the FCA, academia, global risk, and major institutions framed the day with a focus on behaviour, governance, and what a FinTech 3.0 era will require. The sessions that followed moved quickly into design work, surfacing approaches such as shared baselines, readiness frameworks, proportional risk models, and clearer procurement pathways.
The event marked a significant step for Scotland’s ecosystem. It created space for honest exchange, tested new ways of working, and produced a set of ideas ready to be taken forward through working groups and future international hackathons. The full report, photos, and session outputs are available to download.
How can regulated firms and suppliers evidence cybersecurity readiness and achieve regulatory compliance. This session will include and enhanced focus on digital estates, DORA, UK CS&R, and NIS2.
How do suppliers ensure confidence and trust by design when building solutions for financial institutions, in relation to due diligence for product, security, and regulatory compliance
How can leaders in financial institutions create more viable systems that manage risk and enable trust-based collaboration across FinTech partnerships
Barclays Campus Windmillcroft Building 52 Clyde Place Kinning Park, Glasgow G5 8AQ
Jasmin De FreitasRegTech and SupTech Manager, Innovation, Financial Conduct Authority
Ian DaveyFounder, FinTech-Tables
Joanne SeagraveDirector Regulatory Relations, Barclays
James KinghornExternal Cyber Assurance Consultant, Barclays
Nicola CooperHead of Security Policy & Assurance
Scott MoncurHead of Financial Services, Vialex
Sarah SinclairCEO & Co-Founder, Co-Labs Global
Gordon MoonSenior Security Manager, Virgin Money
Shannon McKechnieManaging Director, MBN Solutions
Craig AndersonCEO, Frontier
Shelley DentonDirector, Forrit
Vinay VyasPartner, Argus Pro
Karen ElliottChair and Professor of Practice in Finance and FinTech, University of Birmingham
Kent MacKenzieGroup Chief Operating Officer, Corlytics
Gail GlenChief Risk Officer, Co-Labs Global
David Goodacre OBEDirector, AmEliz Consulting
Karen MassieRegulatory Reporting Co-Lab Lead, Co-Labs Global
Ian GourlayCo-Founder, SolasOS
Ian Davey, FinTech-Tables
Laura Walker, FinTech-TablesSarah Sinclair, Co-Labs GlobalScott Moncur, Vialex
Nathalie Cutting, Barclays
