15 Aug Eight booming financial services in Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Financial Awards is back for its second year, as the region’s financial services flourish and establish Yorkshire the financial capital of the North.

A range of financial services are on the up and up in Yorkshire, and they are all represented in categories at the Yorkshire Financial Awards. If you’re meeting the needs of customers in one of these areas in the ways described, we’d love to hear from you:

Banking

• Business investment and expansion, resulting in new jobs and increased revenues
• Consistent, thoughtful support for customers facing the loss of local branches and the increasing digitalisation of banking services

Corporate finance

• Active role in aiding the growth of corporates, fuelling job and revenue growth in the region
• Growing reputation for technical ability and relationship management, able to deliver deals where others have failed

FinTech

• Designing and deploying a technology with a significant use case, such as automation, greater efficiency, harvesting big data or taking a service mobile

Insurance

• Innovative personal and commercial line policies that are priced fairly and transparently, as well as a responsive and supportive claims service
• Advocate for the customer, securing competitive policies and providing honest education about needs and requirements

Investment

• Putting capital to work in safe and emerging asset classes, maximising returns and ensuring the financial wellbeing of clients

Lending

• Business or consumer financial support, helping clients to overcome crises and weather storms, but also improve financial health and expand and grow

Mortgages

• Designing and selling mortgages for consumers and businesses that fuel wealth generation and commercial expansion, in a competitive and sustainable way

Wealth management

• Maximising returns for clients while carefully planning and executing an efficient and sustainable strategy