FinTech Intelligent Lending has moved to a new office space in the heart of Salford鈥檚 MediaCity.
Orange Tower will become the new headquarters for the firm鈥檚 250 staff, who are based across Europe, with offices in London, Cyprus and Italy.
The new 6,773 sq ft space sits within one of the largest fully fitted Grade A offices outside of London, following a recent refurbishment.
With 10m customers, the company brings together three leading FinTech companies in Ocean Finance, CredAbility and TotallyMoney, which it acquired in January.聽
Its mission is to help the UK鈥檚 23m under-served adults take control of their financial wellbeing through technology and data.聽聽
Intelligent Lending鈥檚 is planning on expanding internationally later this year.聽
Orange Tower is already home to major names like ITV, Kellogg鈥檚 and The University of Salford.
It sits in the UK鈥檚 leading creative, digital and tech hub, home to 250 SMEs and more than 200,000 residents.聽
鈥淕reater Manchester is fast becoming one of Europe鈥檚 leading fintech hubs, and it鈥檚 an exciting place to be,鈥� said Simon Kay, chair of Intelligent Lending.
鈥淎nd with its continued regeneration and government backing – which is expected to attract 拢10bn of investment over the next ten years – we鈥檙e extremely pleased to call Salford our new home.聽
鈥淥range Tower puts us right in the middle of the action, where we’ll join more than 250 media and tech businesses, and the likes of the BBC, ITV, and dock10 studios, while the local amenities will help to enhance employee satisfaction and culture.聽
鈥淎long with close links to the centre of Manchester and the international airport, Media City was the natural choice to make our headquarters, as we embark on the group鈥檚 next chapter of growth and innovation.鈥澛�
Chris Reay, director at Landsec, added: 鈥淎s a global hub for media and tech innovation we鈥檙e delighted to welcome Intelligent Lending to MediaCity
鈥淎s part of its unique ecosystem, they will be able to access emerging technologies and a talent pipeline to support its burgeoning businesses at the cutting edge of FinTech.鈥澛�
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