FinTech North and Attenda renew partnership for 2026 to continue to drive mobility payments innovation
We’re delighted to announce the renewal of our partnership with Attenda, mobility payments experts and innovators based in the North West!
Headquartered in Preston, Attenda has decades of experience delivering resilient, secure and scalable mobility payment solutions. The business specialises in simplifying complex payment environments across fuel and forecourt, unattended retail, franchise networks and EV charging, supporting organisations with everything from onboarding and consolidated billing to real-time monitoring and compliance.
Through its Attenda Platform as a Service and insight-led approach, Attenda helps operators reduce downtime, streamline operations and unlock new revenue opportunities.
Attenda have also demonstrated their thought leadership in this rapidly evolving space through the publication of their recent report, Mind the Mobility Payments Gap: through the Consumer Lens, which explores consumer behaviour, trust and reliability across the UK’s growing mobility payments ecosystem.
As a North West-based organisation, Attenda is helping to drive forward one of the region’s most significant fintech subsectors. Payments is widely known as one of FinTech’s key subsectors, and the Manchester city region has firmly established itself as a leading hub for payments expertise and innovation. We’re proud to work alongside organisations like Attenda that are contributing to this regional strength and championing innovation from the North West onto the national and international stage.
Our collaboration with Attenda has gone from strength to strength in recent years. In 2024, they joined us as a speaker at our Manchester conference, sharing valuable insights with our community on the future of payments. In 2025, they deepened their involvement by sponsoring, exhibiting, and speaking at the conference, further strengthening their engagement with the regional ecosystem.
This year, we will continue to champion Attenda’s payments innovation and showcase their expertise across our network. This includes joint activity at our annual Manchester flagship conference, taking place on the 26th of November at the iconic Whitworth Hall at the University of Manchester. We will also share news stories and thought leadership on their behalf, highlighting the impact of their work within the mobility payments space.
We look forward to building on the success of our partnership and continuing to work together to strengthen the North West’s position as a powerhouse for payments innovation.
Joe Roche, General Manager, FinTech North:
‘It’s been brilliant collaborating with Attenda over the past couple of years – they combine deep payments expertise with strong North West roots, and it’s great to see the impact they’re having in the mobility payments space. We’re really pleased to continue building on our partnership and sharing their knowledge with our network.’
Steve Hoban, CEO, Attenda:
“We’re delighted to renew our partnership with FinTech North and continue supporting the region’s thriving fintech ecosystem. As a Northwest-based business in the fast-evolving mobility payments space, collaboration and knowledge sharing are vital to driving innovation, and we look forward to building on our partnership in the year ahead.”
For more information and for opportunities for collaboration, please reach out to us at info@fintechnorth.uk.
