Glasgow-based fintech company, Castlight Financial, is targeting
international expansion after triumphing at Deloitte's
inaugural Disrupt the Enterprise event in Scotland. The business
was selected as the winner, after competing with four other
finalists: Saccade Diagnostics, Ahoi, Pixey, and Wallet Services.
Saccade Diagnostics was voted "most disruptive" by the
more-than 80 attendees at the event held in Deloitte's
Edinburgh Greenhouse.
As the victor, Castlight Financial, which is a strategic partner
of consumer credit agency Equifax, will receive a secondment from
Deloitte's consulting practice and ongoing mentoring from the
firm's wider team.
Castlight was formed three years ago by Phil Grady and Pearse
Flynn to give lenders a more accurate understanding of
consumers' purchasing power – aggregating data from
multiple agencies to analyse disposable income and credit
worthiness in real time. The company is engaged with 10 high street
banks and four of the
