Innovate Finance

News/ai

NextGen: AI – Meet the speakers

Join Finextra at our inaugural London event next month to redefine the role of AI in financial services.

25 October 2024

News/devops

UK fintechs have an overall positive impact on the country - Innovate Finance

The FinTech Impact Report 2024 reports that the UK fintech sector has improved financial inclusion and sustainable initiatives across the country.

11 October 2024

News/startups

UK fintech investment down 37% in H1 2024

The ongoing deline in fintech investment continues in the first half of 2024 but shows signs of bottoming out, acccording to new figures from Innovate Finance.

10 July 2024

Finextra TV/inclusion

Project Nemo: Pioneering Disability Inclusion in Fintech

Live at IFGS 2024, Joanne Dewar, Project Lead at Project Nemo, discusses Project Nemo’s innovative initiative driving disability inclusion in fintech. With one in five individuals having disabilities, this project connects fintech firms with specialized service providers to promote awareness and change. We discuss upcoming workshops and events aimed at providing practical resources for inclusion efforts, aiming to set a new standard for inclusivity across industries.

19 April 2024

Finextra TV/inclusion

Everybody in the room: Moving fintech forward

Lou Smith, Chair of Innovate Finance, discusses fintech's evolution in the past decade and its impact on consumer behaviour and industry collaboration. From challenger banks to widespread fintech app usage, we examine transformative trends like Open Finance, and amidst the challenges 2024 brings both nationally and internationally, we highlight opportunities for sustainable growth, charting a course towards fintech's fruitful future.

17 April 2024

News/startups

Report calls for more support for female founded fintechs

UK startups outside of London should have more than one founder, ensure gender diversity and join an accelerator, according to the findings of a recently published report.

16 April 2024

Finextra TV/markets

Fintech & Beyond: The wider industry impact

Kicking off UK Fintech week at the 10th year of IFGS, Janine Hirt, CEO of Innovate Finance, speaks to FinextraTV about the impact of Fintech across non-financial industries and the importance of collaboration between Fintechs, government, industry and regulators in shaping the economy, addressing inequality, and strengthening social justice and peace. We hear about how the consumer will benefit from Embedded Finance and Open Data and the role AI, regulation and push payment fraud will play in helping drive sustainable finance over the next 10 years.

16 April 2024

News/retail

Innovate Finance sets out Open Finance roadmap

Building on open banking to enable wider data sharing across financial services products including savings, mortgages and insurance, could unlock an extra £30.5 billion GDP a year for the UK, says a paper from Innovate Finance and KPMG.

15 April 2024

ResearchFuture of Report

The Future of UK Fintech - 2015-2035

15 April 2024 680 downloads

Finextra TV/payments

Preparing for IFGS 2024: The next generation of UK fintech shaping the decade ahead

In the lead up to UK Fintech Week and the flagship event IFGS 2024, Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance, & Louise Smith, Chair, Innovate Finance, introduce the theme ‘Fintech’s Next Generation: Shaping the Decade to Come’, whilst reflecting on the success and challenges across the investment landscape in 2023. We hear about Innovate Finance's recently launched Unicorn Council for UK FinTech and what this means for the industry, the ambitions outlined in their FinTech manifesto and how the importance of skills, talent, culture & governance will be honoured in the IFGS agenda.

28 March 2024

News/startups

Top fintech chiefs join Innovate Finance 'Unicorn Council'

Innovate Finance has convened the CEOs and founders of the UK's largest fintech businesses to create a 'Unicorn Council' to lobby gobernment on behalf of the industtry.

04 March 2024