Payment automation company AccessPay is predicting 400% growth for this year, its strongest year of growth since it was founded in 2012.

The Manchester based fintech firm says it plans to significantly increase its workforce this year.

Founder Ali Moiyed, said: "With a strong team in place and following the recent appointments of Anish Kapoor as CEO and John Wordley as Head of Sales, we’re confident about growth prospects for the remainder of the year, in both domestic and international markets.

AccessPay now has nearly 300 corporates and financial institutions as clients, such as Barclays, Regus and The Co-operative. It will also be one of the first vendors to provide aggregation services for the Faster Payments New Access Model.

While London remains the driving force behind the UK’s fintech industry, the growth of AccessPay is a significant boost to the tech landscape in Manchester.