Thank you to everyone who joined our UKFin+ Network Collaborative Online Workshop on RegTech and Resilience this week. The session brought together academics and industry professionals for a lively and insightful discussion on some of the most pressing challenges in regulatory technology and financial resilience. The workshop explored emerging themes around AI governance, sustainability, and … Read more
Last week, we hosted a Wicked Lunch as part of our Spotlight on RegTech, Resilience and Compliance series. Building on the insights from our Glasgow roundtable, the session brought together voices from industry and academia to explore some of the toughest challenges facing financial services today. Hosted by UKFin+ Director William Knottenbelt Our panellists: Iago … Read more
The FinTech West Conference in Bristol brought together innovators, regulators, investors, and entrepreneurs to explore how financial technology continues to evolve across the UK’s regions. Throughout the day, the themes of trust, data, and responsible innovation resonated strongly, reflecting both the opportunities and challenges shaping the next chapter of fintech. The event opened with an … Read more
The FinTech North Summit in York brought together innovators, investors, regulators, and academics from across the UK to explore how financial technology continues to evolve and redefine the future of finance. Throughout the day, discussions moved seamlessly between topics of innovation, investment, and inclusion, showing how the northern fintech community continues to strengthen its position … Read more
As part of the Spotlight on RegTech Resilience and Compliance, UKFin+ hosted a roundtable event in Glasgow on 16 July 2025. This event brought together leading voices from industry, academia, and government to address some of the most persistent and complex challenges facing financial services. Setting the Scene: RegTech, Resilience and Compliance The day started … Read more
About UKFin+ UKFin+ is an EPSRC-funded network connecting academic research to technological innovation within the UK financial services industry. Our primary goals are to foster connections, fund collaborations, communicate our findings, and coordinate a national research agenda. Our vision is a financial services market that offers a wide range of competitive, trusted, and socially relevant … Read more
We’d like to extend our thanks to everyone who joined us for Game-Changing Technology in FinTech. It was a fantastic day filled with insightful discussions, innovative ideas, and great company. A special thank you to our speakers and panellists for sharing their expertise, as well as to all who contributed to the engaging conversations. Events like … Read more
Thank you to all our panellists for sharing their insightful opinions during our wicked lunch on Quantum Computing in financial services! The discussion was chaired by UKFin+ Director Jing Chen, a Professor of Financial Mathematics at Cardiff. Thank you to our fantastic panel of experts for sharing their knowledge with us: Ross Grassie (Quantum Software … Read more
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, 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 … Read more
UKFin+, a Network Plus grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), is proud to announce the launch of its research agenda designed to tackle complex and long-term challenges in the UK financial services sector. The agenda highlights six key areas of real-life financial services challenges as well as the underpinning enablers … Read more