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UKFin+ Funded Projects

UKFin+ opened for funding applications September 2023, below is a list of projects which have since been funded by the network. After 6 funding deadlines and 35 successfully funded projects, it is now time to close the UKFin+ funding streams! Thank you to everyone who applied.

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Agile Projects

An Agile Proposal for a Feasibility Study on a Gifted Account Information Service Provider (AISP) for Research Data

Fintech entrepreneurship and innovation in online black markets.

Enhancing Consumer Knowledge of Crypto Assets

Contemporary Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Adoption by Fund Managers 

FinTech for Dementia: Co-Designing Inclusive Future Financial Technologies for Older Adults living with Dementia and Caregivers

Mitigating Stress and Confusion in Credit Contracts using Machine Learning and Simplification 

News sentiment analysis for sustainable investing

Investigating Multimodal Knowledge Graphs as Infrastructures for Digital Twins of Financial Operations Risks

Including the financially excluded via credit unions

Developing and Validating Personas for Understanding Young Adults’ Engagement with Credit Card Agreements in the UK

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Pilot Projects

UnFed: Selective Forgetting in Federated Financial Applications

The Impact of FinTech Apps on Consumer Wellbeing

Inclusive FinTech: Co-Creating Inclusive Future Financial Technologies with Disabled Communities 

DEFEND: Designing Age-Friendly Digital Banking Technologies

Establishing a Cryptocurrency Volatility Indicator with Sentiment (CVIS)

Testing The Intelligibility Of Credit Information Through The Amplifi AI Tool

Greenwashing Analysis: A Data Science Approach to Evaluating ESG Integrity

RadarSeq Pilot: A Predictive AI For Risk Intelligence And Customer Excellence

TRACE – Transparency and Risk Assessment for Cross-Chain Compliance Evaluation

Guiding Real-Time LLM Market Analytics for the UK Financial Industry

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Feasibility Projects

Designing out economic abuse in the UK banking industry 

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Enhance and Understand Regulatory Compliance in the Investment Management Industry

A Targeted Support System to Bridge the Advice Gap 

SAiFE: A Sandbox for AI-powered trading in decentralised Financial markets 

Responsible Deployment of Frontier AI in Financial Services: Policy Pathways and Risk Frameworks

AI-driven Privacy Risk Assessment in Cyber Insurance

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Impact Projects

Data-driven Materiality for Sustainability Reporting

Greenwashing Analysis in Practice: Trialling an Explainable ESG Disclosure Assessment Tool with a Financial Services Partner

DEFEND Impact: Deploying Contextualised Digital Banking Security Tools for Older Adults in Wales

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Education & Engagement Projects

Preparing Students for the Ethical and Effective Use of AI in Finance

FinTech & Blockchain Talent Accelerator – Blockchain applications solving wicked problems in Fintech

AI-Driven Financial Resilience Labs for ESG and Financial Services

FinTech Discovery Day

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Simulating the Path to Yes: Behavioural AI Agents for Fair Lending in Community Finance 

Saving Over Time: Hierarchical AI Modelling of Longitudinal Multi-Frequency Banking Transaction Behaviour to Understand Savings Behaviour for Financial Resilience