Financial services

Leading US insurance company Aflac established a Global IT and Cyber Security Innovation Centre in Northern Ireland in 2019 to support customers and market growth in the US and Japan. Teams in Belfast are providing technical expertise and operational support to Aflac’s US cyber security and IT operations.

America’s largest publicly held personal lines, property and casualty insurer established its first NI centre in 1998 and today is Northern Ireland’s largest IT Company with 2,400+ employees across two sites in Belfast and L’derry.  Allstate NI covers the full life cycle of software design, development, maintenance and support. Specialist teams also work in telematics and analytics for fraud prevention and customer retention.

Leading global bank, Citi established a technology centre in Belfast in 2005 and has grown to over 2,900 employees providing professional services to 96 countries across the globe in 21 distinct functions including markets, legal, risk, HR, operations and technology.  Citi have a range of opportunities available for graduates, apprenticeships, school leavers and people returning to work.

Chicago based CME Group is the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace. CME Group established its Technology and Support Centre in Belfast in 2012 and today it employs over 280 staff, undertaking software development, clearing operations, finance and digital marketing for the Group’s operations in London, Singapore, New York, & Chicago.

Danske Bank currently employs over 1,400 people in Northern Ireland across a diverse range of teams, from digital and robotics, to finance, legal and customer experience.  Danske Bank alongside Catalyst Inc established the first dedicated Fintech hub in Northern Ireland in 2018 and the bank also offers higher level apprenticeships in association with Ulster University.

Founded in 2013, FinTrU is a multi-award winning Regulatory Technology company working on the global stage with the largest Tier 1 Global Investment Banks.  Employing over 800 people across offices in Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, London and New York, FinTrU works with its clients’ Legal, Risk, Compliance, KYC, and Operations departments to help them meet their regulatory needs and provides efficient and optimised solutions which are enabled by technology and its TrUDelivery methodology.

FD Technologies is a group of data-driven businesses that unlock the value of insight, hindsight and foresight to drive organisations forward. The Group comprises KX, the leading technology for realtime continuous intelligence; First Derivative, a provider of technology-led services in capital markets; and MRP, the only enterprise-class, predictive Accounts Based Marketing solution. FD Technologies operates from 15 offices across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, and employs more than 2,500 people worldwide.

Lloyds Banking Group (previously Halifax) established a contact centre in Belfast nearly 25 years ago to meet increasing demand for telephone and internet based customer service.  The centre has gone from strength to strength and now employs over 1600 people specialising in customer service excellence across a number of banking products and services.

In 2011, Ocorian, a global leader in corporate and fiduciary services, fund administration and capital markets, established a funds service operation in Belfast to service UK based funds, particularly in private equity, and renewable energy infrastructure.  As part of a global network of offices, Ocorian Belfast fulfils a number of functions including Accountancy, Company Secretarial and Depositary.

Headquartered in Georgia, USA, TSYS (a Global Payments Company) is a leading global provider of seamless, secure and innovative solutions to payment card issuers, in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Its solutions range from simple and reliable payment processing, to fully integrated, multichannel customer engagement platforms which facilitate payment security, acceptance, consumer programs, and analytics. TSYS’s established an engineering division in Belfast in 2013.