TO BE PUBLISHED January 2025
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This conference will discuss priorities for the development of FinTech in the UK.
Stakeholders and policymakers will examine practical steps moving forward to support continued growth and global leadership. It comes with financial services identified as a key sector in the Government’s Industrial Strategy and FinTech as a priority growth subsector in the Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy, with the final report due to be published next spring.
Sessions will consider the direction of government policy within the evolving regulatory landscape, examining recommendations from the Unicorn Council for UK FinTech and the Mansion House announcements. Delegates will discuss proposals for creating a more efficient regulatory environment, including suggestions to increase business asset disposal relief, abolish stamp duty, reform enterprise management incentives, and implement a VAT rebate scheme for early stage FinTech firms.
Further sessions focus on priorities for technological innovation and the use of AI in financial services, drawing on the Bank of England’s work and looking ahead to DSIT’s forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Opportunities Action Plan. Attendees will discuss the recent multi-year R&D Missions Programme intended to tackle barriers to investment for the private and third sector, as well as approaches to regulating emerging technologies and AI to address potential harms, such as cyber-attacks or data breaches. The potential impact and implementation of measures outlined in the Data (Use and Access) Bill, including extensions to smart data schemes and digital verification, will also be examined.
Delegates will consider strategies for protecting consumers and businesses from FinTech-enabled fraud, reflecting on the CFIT’s convening of an industry coalition to explore digital verification options for combating financial crime, the FCA’s updated position on cryptoasset firm registration, and implications arising from UK fintech business failures. With the CMA’s Open Banking Roadmap now complete and HM Treasury’s National Payments Vision published, participants will assess priorities for open finance, the development of new products and services, frameworks for collaboration, and their potential effect on market competition.
In addition, the conference will bring out the latest thinking on financial innovation in light of proposed Digital Securities Sandbox models and the potential for distributed ledger technology. Areas for discussion include how the FinTech sector might position itself to benefit from future initiatives, such as a National Wealth Fund, and examining how to build a diverse, skilled workforce with strong financial and digital literacy. Efforts to ensure a wider range of perspectives, particularly at board level, and to close talent pipeline gaps will also be discussed, supporting longer-term growth and resilience in the sector.
We are pleased to be able to include keynote sessions with: Patrick Keenan, Head, FinTech Policy, HM Treasury; Jane Moore, Head, Payments and Digital Assets, FCA; Janine Hirt, Co-Chair, Unicorn Council for UK FinTech; Anna Lane, CEO, The Wisdom Council; Tim Levene, CEO, Augmentum Fintech; and Prof Markos Zachariadis, Greensill Chair, Financial Technology and Information Systems, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.
All delegates will be able to contribute to the output of the conference, which will be shared with parliamentary, ministerial, departmental and regulatory offices, and more widely. This includes the full proceedings and additional articles submitted by delegates. As well as key stakeholders, those due to attend include officials from Dstl; HM Treasury; HMRC; DfT; Home Office; and The Scottish Government.
