Against the backdrop of London Tech Week 2026 — one of the world’s most high-profile annual gatherings of technology innovators, investment leaders, and government policymakers — a trailblazing Caribbean fintech firm has stepped onto the global stage, carrying the flag of its twin-island home across key diplomatic and industry events in the British capital.
Brandon Derrick, founder and CEO of ClicCash, Antigua and Barbuda’s first ever registered Payment Service Provider (PSP-0001), took part in a packed three-day schedule of engagements hosted by top diplomatic missions, trade bodies, and global startup networks, as part of a delegation from the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. The Montreal-based business incubator has supported ClicCash’s rapid growth since its launch earlier this year, opening doors for the Antiguan startup to access networks across North America and Europe.
The first major engagement came on Thursday, when Derrick was invited to deliver a presentation at Quebec House, the official London base of the Government of Québec’s UK delegation. He introduced ClicCash to an audience of European entrepreneurs, trade officials, and potential investors, framing the firm as a fully regulated, Caribbean-built digital payments platform designed specifically to meet the needs of regional consumers and businesses. Brent Scotland, Second Secretary at the Antigua and Barbuda High Commission to the UK, joined Derrick for the event to film a special feature highlighting ClicCash’s work. While High Commissioner Her Excellency Karen-Mae Hill, OBE, was in Antigua for official engagements at the time, she extended formal endorsement and support for the startup’s global outreach.
The following day, ClicCash claimed a spot at an invite-only fintech roundtable held at Canada House, home of the Canadian High Commission to the United Kingdom. The discussion, hosted by Sanjay Purohit, Canada’s Trade Commissioner for Information, Communications and Technology, brought together leading emerging startups and senior entrepreneurship leaders from McGill University. ClicCash stood out as the only Caribbean-founded company in the room, a fitting milestone for a firm that maintains operations in both Antigua and Barbuda and Canada, with a core mission to build a financial connectivity bridge between the Caribbean region and North America.
Speaking after the roundtable, Derrick emphasized the significance of the moment for his home country. “To stand in these rooms representing Antigua and Barbuda, as a homegrown, fully regulated payments company, is a proud moment, and it belongs to our whole country,” he said. “We built ClicCash in Antigua, for the Caribbean, and we are now building a real bridge between our region and Canada. The interest we are seeing abroad confirms what we have believed from day one: world-class financial technology exists in Antigua and Barbuda.”
Scotland echoed that pride in the startup’s achievement, noting that the firm had already exceeded early expectations just months after its public launch. “As an Antiguan and Barbudan, I am very proud. ClicCash represented us really well, and I was struck by how well thought out the presentation was. It is wonderful to see the success they are already having so soon after launching. They are doing great work, and we are very proud of them,” he said.
To cap off the week’s engagements, Derrick attended the Wings for Charity gala on Friday evening, hosted in support of the Halo Foundation — the leading Antiguan charitable initiative led by His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams, GCMG, Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. Held at The Chancery Rosewood, the luxury new hotel located in the former United States Embassy building on London’s Grosvenor Square, the gala was convened ahead of upcoming high-level Commonwealth meetings, drawing ministers, senior diplomats, and High Commissioners from across the Commonwealth to raise funds for the foundation’s community work. As a guest of the Antigua and Barbuda High Commission, Derrick had the opportunity to meet personally with Governor-General Sir Rodney Williams and High Commissioner Hill during the event.
Founded and registered with Antigua and Barbuda’s Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP), ClicCash officially launched in the twin-island nation in February 2026. In just six months, the platform has scaled to serve dozens of local businesses and nearly 1,000 individual user wallets, simplifying digital transactions for Caribbean consumers. Unlike traditional digital payment methods, ClicCash requires no physical bank card or PIN; users can send and receive payments using just a smartphone and a scannable QR code, making digital transactions accessible to users across the region’s varied economic landscape. Often described as the Caribbean’s homegrown answer to the successful mobile money revolutions that transformed emerging markets in Kenya and Bangladesh, ClicCash’s core mission is to accelerate the Caribbean’s transition from cash-based to cashless economies through accessible, regulatory-compliant, and inclusive financial technology.