LONDON — New figures highlight the fintech industry’s gender diversity problem, with women representing just 29% of staff in the sector.
A “fintech census” carried out by EY and industry body Innovate Finance and published on Thursday highlights the male dominance of the much-feted sector.
Seven out of 10 staff were male at the 245 fintech businesses surveyed, despite 47% of the UK workforce being female.
“I’ve been startled how few women I see at fintech events – often only five or 10 women out of a room of several hundred people,” Fiona Mackenzie, the founder of financial advice startup Marble, told Business Insider. “Under-representation of women is definitely an issue in the sector.”
