Banking for Interactive Entertainment

Banking for Interactive Entertainment
For over 330 years, Coutts has provided banking services to dynamic businesses in high-growth sectors. Today we continue this innovative legacy, working with individuals and their businesses in the Interactive Entertainment sector to help them realise the full potential of their creative missions. We know this is crucial now for game development, esports, streaming and influencers, as well as for gaming itself and user generated content. These services now make up a market set to surpass a value of $300 billion by 2026 (Mordor Intelligence 2022).
Our partnership with the London Games Festival is part of our commitment to support gaming businesses as they scale and grow. Our heritage in multimedia banking means we understand the fast-developing nature of technology and markets in this space, offering flexible banking and financing solutions to help companies and individuals take full advantage of every opportunity.
An economy experiences ‘stagflation’ when growth is stagnant and inflation is high. It’s an unwanted situation because money is losing value while investments into assets such as shares in companies aren’t making returns because there is such low, or even negative, economic growth.
Stagflation became financially synonymous with the difficulties the UK and other economies faced in the 1970s. The oil producing organisation OPEC embargoed oil exports to many western nations, pushing up oil and energy prices dramatically. The rise in the cost of living, fuelled in part by wage price spirals, coincided with stagnant economic growth, and unemployment was high while things got more expensive. This resulted in stagflation.
Although we currently have an energy shock, especially in Europe, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the main driver of today’s inflation pressures was the pandemic. It led to a large demand for goods when strained and locked-down supply chains couldn’t cope.
How we cOULD help you

banking

financing
We could provide bespoke loans and financing solutions which could help your business scale, potentially supporting development and product launches and mapping out your future growth trajectory.

the coutts network
As the chosen partner to over 3,000 business and more than 30,000 clients, we’re able to bring together a unique and exclusive networking offering for our clients. Where appropriate we connect entrepreneurs and businesses to realise timely synergies.

iNDIVIDUAL PRIVATE BANKING
Our history of working with entrepreneurs means we’re able to support your individual goals. We help founders and C-suite leaders with their personal banking needs, managing their assets in line with their commercial growth.
How we cOULD help you
Interactive Entertainment Lead - PAUL FRANKS

Paul has been with Coutts for over 20 years and is an experienced commercial banker looking after our Interactive Entertainment clients. He understands the needs of the modern entrepreneur and what they expect. He’s a keen networker with an enviable address book of contacts and thrives on opportunities to introduce clients to one another where relevant, finding ways to add value and support their aspirations. Paul’s experience means he understands the amplification lending can provide through new and innovative ways to assist clients. This has been particularly valuable in the technology and computer games spaces where he has built his expertise in funding against certain available tax incentives.
Paul holds the Diploma in Banking supported by the Chartered Banker Institute.
For further information about the Coutts Interactive Entertainment Accelerator, contact Paul Franks.
Telephone: +44 207 770 1824 | +44 7919 058596
Email: paul.franks@coutts.com
An economy experiences ‘stagflation’ when growth is stagnant and inflation is high. It’s an unwanted situation because money is losing value while investments into assets such as shares in companies aren’t making returns because there is such low, or even negative, economic growth.
Stagflation became financially synonymous with the difficulties the UK and other economies faced in the 1970s. The oil producing organisation OPEC embargoed oil exports to many western nations, pushing up oil and energy prices dramatically. The rise in the cost of living, fuelled in part by wage price spirals, coincided with stagnant economic growth, and unemployment was high while things got more expensive. This resulted in stagflation.
Although we currently have an energy shock, especially in Europe, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the main driver of today’s inflation pressures was the pandemic. It led to a large demand for goods when strained and locked-down supply chains couldn’t cope.
Security may be required. Product fees may apply. Finance is only available for business purposes.
Over 18s Only. All credit is subject to approval and affordability checks. Terms and conditions apply. Security may be required. Product fees may apply.
Any property used as security, which may include your home, may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on a mortgage or other debt secured on it.
An economy experiences ‘stagflation’ when growth is stagnant and inflation is high. It’s an unwanted situation because money is losing value while investments into assets such as shares in companies aren’t making returns because there is such low, or even negative, economic growth.
Stagflation became financially synonymous with the difficulties the UK and other economies faced in the 1970s. The oil producing organisation OPEC embargoed oil exports to many western nations, pushing up oil and energy prices dramatically. The rise in the cost of living, fuelled in part by wage price spirals, coincided with stagnant economic growth, and unemployment was high while things got more expensive. This resulted in stagflation.
Although we currently have an energy shock, especially in Europe, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the main driver of today’s inflation pressures was the pandemic. It led to a large demand for goods when strained and locked-down supply chains couldn’t cope.