Fintel Plc

Detailed Description

Fintel Plc provides intermediary services and distribution channels to the retail financial services sector in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Intermediary Services, Distribution Channels, and Research & FinTech. The Intermediary Services segment offers compliance and regulation services to individual financial intermediary member firms, including directly authorized IFAs, directly authorized mortgage advisers, workplace consultants, and directly authorized wealth managers. The Distribution Channels segment provides marketing and promotion, product paneling, and co-manufacturing services to financial institutions, as well as offers survey paneling and surveying works for mortgage lenders. The Research & FinTech segment operates a FinTech platform for approximately 9,000 users, across 3,300 firms, and provides independent ratings of 21,000 financial products and funds, as well as licensed by 250 brands. It also provides market insights and analysis, product research and design, and managed distribution services to product providers; product database and comparison, financial planning and advice technology, and regulatory support services to intermediaries; and product education, comparison, and reviews, as well as expert ratings services to consumers. The company was formerly known as The SimplyBiz Group plc and changed its name to Fintel Plc on March 10, 2021. Fintel Plc was founded in 2002 and is based in Huddersfield, the United Kingdom.