Fintech Amplifier | Travers Smith

At Travers Smith, we don’t just advise innovators in fintech, market infrastructure and payments – we partner with them to help them achieve their ambitions.

That is why we have our own dedicated incubator programme, Fintech Amplifier – a platform created to empower early and growth-stage companies pioneering the next wave of payments, crypto, and financial services. Our 2026 cohort features five outstanding companies in this space: BEYLA, Level, Moxim, NOBO and Shoal. Over the coming year, our team will work closely with these companies, delivering top-tier access to legal expertise, industry insight, and valuable networking opportunities.

Learn more about the programme and our 2026 cohort in our press release: Travers Smith launches a fintech incubator, Fintech Amplifier | Travers Smith.

        
            What will our cohort receive?
        
A set amount of free legal advice to be used as you choose (with guidance from senior Travers Smith lawyers on the best way to spend this money to help your business) from 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2026.
Access to further legal advice at a heavy discount.
Alumni of Travers Smith's Fintech Amplifier will also be offered competitive alternative fee arrangements.
Access to Travers Smith's extensive network of fintech peers, investors, and other influential contacts through roundtable sessions organised by Travers Smith.
Exclusive access to an online portal hosting precedent materials.
Structured training sessions on the key legal topics any fintech founder needs to hear about.
A truly personal service. With a designated senior counsel acting as your client relationship contact, you are assured a smooth journey working with us whilst in the incubator and beyond.

What does Travers Smith bring to Fintech Amplifier?

Expertise.

We have decades of experience supporting start-ups and early-stage fintechs – spanning start-up FMIs, payments firms, digital assets businesses and other technology companies looking to innovate and transform financial services. At the same time, we are forward-looking, creative, and uniquely placed to design from first principles.

Network.

Travers Smith's Fintech, Market Infrastructure & Payments Group has close relationships with key personnel at the regulators and supervisors. Our corporate and asset management teams have connections at some of the largest investment banks and global asset managers, and Travers Smith has links with numerous other intermediaries, overseas lawyers, and other advisers. We can help connect you to these industry leaders and jumpstart your fundraising ambitions.

Impact.

We don’t just apply the law, we help to shape it. We are valued members of all the key trade bodies and industry groups including: The Payments Association, UK Finance, the Digital Pound Foundation (Innovate Finance), Tech UK and Financial Markets Law Committee, to name a few, and we have connections in Parliament and beyond.

The team is well versed in the specific areas of concern to us - namely, emerging technologies and innovations that require a quick learning curve at times, and a fast turnaround on answers whilst not sacrificing quality in their responses. We have found the team very well-attuned to and competent in both the technicalities and the fast pace of our areas of interest