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UKFin+ RegTech Resilience and Compliance Roundtable

UKFin+ Director Professor Karen Elliott

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

UKFin+ Spotlight on RegTech, Resilience & Compliance

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

Workshop: Game-Changing Technology in FinTech

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

UKFin+ Wicked Lunch: Blockchain

Thank you to all our panellists for sharing their knowledge and insights during our wicked lunch on Blockchain in financial services! The discussion was chaired by UKFin+ Director William Knottenbelt, Director of the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering. Thank you to our fantastic panel of experts for sharing their knowledge with us: … Read more

UKFin+ Wicked Lunch: Quantum Computing

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

UKFin+ Wicked Lunch: Stablecoins

Pciture of the watch on youtube image for the wicked lunch

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+ Research Agenda Launch 2024

left to right, Aad, John, Karen, Helen and Will holding the research agenda at the research showcase

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

UKFin+ Research Showcase 2024

November 20th was the very first UKFin+ Research Showcase, it was a real treat to hear from so many of our funded projects as well as two inspiring keynote speakers. We hope our participants enjoyed the event as much as we did! Here’s a recap of the day’s events: Morning Highlights: Technology-Enabled Inclusion The day … Read more

UKFin+ Financial Inclusion and Digital Technologies Collaboration Workshop

Last week UKFin+ hosted a Financial Inclusion and Digital Technologies collaboration workshop at The Studio based in Birmingham. The workshop was part of the UKFin+ spotlight on financial inclusion, running between April and November 2024, where we are promoting the development of collaborative research projects between academics and industry. In partnership with industry, policymakers, charities … Read more

Announcement: UKFin+ Financial Inclusion Spotlight

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 financial services, … Read more