New conference to showcase Britain's world leading FinTech sector confirmed
London will host an international FinTech conference on 12 April 2017 to attract more investment into Britain's world leading FinTech sector.
The International FinTech Conference aims to bring together domestic and international investors and UK FinTech firms. Register your interest for the conference on Wednesday 12 April in central London.
The conference will feature speeches by senior government ministers and leading figures from FinTech, Venture Capital and Financial Services organisations. The conference will include fireside chats, panels and workshops for investors hosted by government, the Financial Conduct Authority and the British Business Bank. UK FinTech firms will have an opportunity to showcase themselves in an exhibition space and during a pitch session.
Firms and potential investors, including Sovereign Wealth funds, family offices and high net-worth individuals should register their interest in attending the conference.
First announced in October 2016, the conference will kick off a renewed push to boost investment in Britain’s world leading FinTech sector.
The annual conference will offer another strong opportunity to consolidate London’s position as the world’s leading FinTech capital and will showcase the UK’s FinTech sector to international investors.
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Kirby, said:
Backing Britain’s world leading financial services industry is a key part of our plan to ensure the UK remains a great place to do business.
The government is determined that London stays at the cutting edge of financial innovation and that’s why we will host a new, annual FinTech conference to boost capital investment in one of our fastest growing sectors.
This will bring together hundreds of British FinTech firms and investors from around the world and cement our position as the global FinTech capital.
The decision to launch an annual conference follows an EY report, published in March 2016, which confirmed London is at the cutting edge of FinTech.
The report recognised the UK as ahead of every other FinTech centre, thanks to its high ranking across all key ecosystem attributes: talent, capital, demand and, in particular, its policy and regulatory environment.
This supportive environment means that Britain’s FinTech sector has boomed in recent years. It now employs over 61,000 people and in 2015 it generated £6.6 billion revenue.
EY also identified areas where the UK FinTech sector could improve to ensure it continues to be one of the UK’s great success stories. At the moment, the UK FinTech sector is falling behind other countries’ sectors in capital investment. In 2015 the UK attracted £524 million of investment in FinTech in 2015, compared to £3.6 billion by California and £1.4 billion by New York.
The conference will look to fill this gap by creating the opportunity for international investors to benefit from the wealth of FinTech firms seeking to scale-up.
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Published 25 October 2016Last updated 17 January 2017 + show all updates
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Updated with conference date and further details.
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First published.