UKFin+ Network

We're excited to kick off the week with some more fantastic news: we've funded another Pilot Project through the UKFin+ Network 🙌 We are delighted to share our latest successfully funded project "DEFEND: Designing Age-Friendly Digital Banking Technologies" 🎉 Congratulations to Dr Nicholas Micallef, Lecturer in Computer Science , Swansea University, for his successful Pilot funding application. For a summary of the project please visit: https://lnkd.in/dmJRBYkx We look forward to sharing the results of this exciting project addressing the digital divide among older adults in the UK, focusing on their struggles with digital banking platforms. The network has nearly 1M of funding to distribute over its duration 💰 enabling collaborations between researchers and practitioners to tackle wicked challenges facing the UK financial services sector. To learn more about our funding opportunities and how to get involved with our network, please visit: https://ukfin.network/ #funding #fundingopportunity #EPSRC #ukfin #networkplus #UKRI

Ensuring that financial services are equally accessible for all individuals and businesses, regardless of background or income, remains a challenge that requires innovative solutions. Join us for the next online edition of our Birmingham Business Club, where we will explore #FinancialInclusion in the West Midlands - the challenges, the role of new technologies and how bridging the gap between research and industry through programmes like UKFin+ can make a real difference. Speakers include: ➡ Rachael Magowan, Chief Technology Officer, Moneyline  ➡ Professor Karen Elliott, Chair and Professor of Practice in Finance and Fintech, University of Birmingham ➡ Professor Aad van Moorsel, Principal Investigator of UKFin, University of Birmingham ➡ Hilary Smyth-Allen, Executive Lead, SuperTech WM 🗓 Date and time: Wednesday 18 September, 09:00 – 10:00 💻 Venue: Online – Zoom link to be circulated ahead of the event Register to attend at https://lnkd.in/e63DPuQM  

Happy Monday, everyone! We're excited to kick off the week with some fantastic news: we've funded another Pilot Project through the UKFin+ Network 🙌 We are delighted to share our latest successfully funded project "Inclusive FinTech: Co-Creating Inclusive Future Financial Technologies with Disabled Communities" 🎉 Congratulations to Dr Arthur Theil, Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction , Birmingham City University, for his successful Pilot funding application. For a summary of the project please visit: https://lnkd.in/dmJRBYkx We look forward to sharing the results of this exciting project on the challenges faced by disabled individuals when accessing financial technologies! The network has nearly 1M of funding to distribute over its duration 💰 enabling collaborations between researchers and practitioners to tackle wicked challenges facing the UK financial services sector. To learn more about our funding opportunities and how to get involved with our network, please visit: https://ukfin.network/ #funding #fundingopportunity #EPSRC #ukfin #networkplus #UKRI

Happy Friday Everyone! 📹 We have a new video on our YouTube channel on "How to Apply for Funding" with our project manager Sheena Robertson. The video gives you a brief overview of how the funding works and covers some of the common mistakes we see in applications. Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/eK3aTMNF #funding #fintech #financialservices #UKRI #EPSRC

Exciting News! We have funded another Pilot Project through the UKFin+ Network 🙌 We are delighted to share our latest successfully funded project "The Impact of FinTech Apps on Consumer Wellbeing" 🎉 Congratulations to Dr Reinhard Weisser, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of England, for his successful Pilot funding application. For a summary of the project please visit: https://lnkd.in/dmJRBYkx We look forward to sharing the results of this exciting project on FinTech apps’ effectiveness and societal impact! The network has nearly 1M of funding to distribute over its duration 💰 enabling collaborations between researchers and practitioners to tackle wicked challenges facing the UK financial services sector. To learn more about our funding opportunities and how to get involved with our network, please visit: https://ukfin.network/ #funding #fundingopportunity #agile #EPSRC

Marble 2024 (https://lnkd.in/eSQwdKgD) has proceeded to the second day, with more great talks on Blockchain economy, Defin, TradeFin, Stablecoins, fraud and many more hot topics. I am delighted to be part of it, in particular, chairing the FCA talk and the Technical session on "DeFi and Cryptocurrencies". There are many highlights from the fantastic talk given by Pavle Avramović (FCA). But what encourages and excites me is to see the regulatory body like FCA to adopt an innovative mindset and forward-looking view to engage with the market and academics. Different from the usual impression that the regulations tend to fall behind the market, they seem to be riding the wave with the market in the blockchain economy space and are open-minded to be test beds through initiatives such as tech sprints etc. It was also great fun to seamlessly work with Pavle Avramović and William Knottenbelt to promote UKFin+ Network. The forthcoming spotlight that UKFin+ Network will nurture appear to get the techies at the conference talking and things like "disruptive technology", "technology disruption", "market disruption", "disruptive market patterns" etc. repeatedly come up in the conversations. I look forward to seeing deeper conversations, projects and applications landing at my desk. William Knottenbelt UKFin+ Network Pavle Avramović Tara Annison Garrick Hileman Elise Alfieri Sheena Robertson Aad van Moorsel Karen Elliott John Vines Helen Orpin Cardiff University School of Mathematics Anqi Liu Daniel Broby, PhD AI For Collective Intelligence (AI4CI) Lauren Clarke John Cartlidge

Thank you to everyone who attended our first “wicked lunch” on one of the wicked problems facing Financial Services: Stablecoins. We had a brilliant discussion chaired by Professor Daniel Broby, PhD, a member of the UKFin+ advisory board and Professor of Financial Technology at Ulster University. Thank you to our fantastic panel of industry and academic experts: Lory Kehoe CEO of MSX, Martin Dowdall Senior Managing Associate at Sidley Austin LLP, Guneet Kaur University of Stirling PhD student focusing on digital money and privacy concerns surrounding CBDCs. Each panellist started with a short presentation on their area of expertise and then discussed 3 key areas for the wicked problem of stablecoins: 🌟 Market Adoption and Industry Impact – industry adoption, challenges, and outlook. 🌟 Legal and Regulatory Landscape – regulatory hurdles and compliance. 🌟 Academic and Research Insights – recent research and future directions It was a fascinating and vibrant panel discussion and we hope this will be the first of many online bite-sized debates! To watch the full recording of the event please follow this link to our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/eAbv9NFB #fintech #finance #stablecoins #wickedproblem

Exciting News! We have funded another Agile Project through the UKFin+ Network 🙌 We are delighted to share our latest successfully funded project "Enhancing Consumer Knowledge of Crypto Assets" 🎉 Congratulations to Dr Dimitrios Kafteranis, Assistant Professor in Law at the Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry University, for his successful Agile funding application. For a summary of the project please visit: https://lnkd.in/dmJRBYkx We look forward to sharing the results of this exciting project on crypto assets. The network has nearly 1M of funding to distribute over its duration 💰 enabling collaborations between researchers and practitioners to tackle wicked challenges facing the UK financial services sector. To learn more about our funding opportunities and how to get involved with our network, please visit: https://ukfin.network/ #funding #fundingopportunity #agile #EPSRC

How can we make community finance more accessible? Back in March, the TPA brought together experts from across the payments industry to discuss how to make community finance solutions more accessible. Karen Elliott, Chair in Finance and Fintech, Business School, University of Birmingham stated “We need a body to draw this together to lobby as one voice for people who need access to community finance”. In response, we’ve released our whitepaper “Redefining community finance: unlocking pathways to financial inclusion” where we aimed to highlight policies to help tackle today’s financial exclusion challenges. Download our whitepaper today to become part of the journey to unlocking access to financial services for underserved individuals: https://lnkd.in/e3qH85yq #CommunityFinance #Payments #FinTech

Hello, my fellow colleagues, industry friends and talented people in the community, my team and I are looking to recruit a PhD student to tackle one of the most impactful challenges that Fintech, and AI in Finance disciplines hope to have insights for. For an individual, business, regulator, or other role (you name it), we all need to care issues occurred in payment and lending, especially in light of financial inclusion and literacy. Please recommend this exciting opportunity to suitable candidates; and if you are one, please apply!!!!! AI For Collective Intelligence (AI4CI) UKFin+ Network Daniel Broby, PhD Cardiff University School of Mathematics Karen Elliott William Knottenbelt John Vines Aad van Moorsel Sheena Robertson Helen Orpin Anqi Liu Steve Yang Kirsty Crosby (Assoc CIPD) Faith Reynolds Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT)