The Westminster Business Forum took place at the Royal Society London on Wednesday 13th of January past. The topic of the forum was the future of FinTech in the UK - competition, regulation and opportunities for growth, with a focus on the future of the FinTech sector in the UK, and the opportunities it presents for the future development and delivery of financial services.
This conference brought together policymakers and regulators with a wide range of stakeholders - including banks, business lenders, payment service providers, technology providers, economic and other experts, business groups and consumer bodies.
On the agenda was assessing the next steps arising from the Government Office for Science’s recently published review into the future of FinTech, and an opportunity to consider the Financial Conduct Authority’s recently launched Project Innovate.
There was an impressive line-up of keynote speakers including Katharine Braddick, Director of Financial Services (International and EU), HM Treasury and Bob Ferguson, Head of Department, Project Innovate, Financial Conduct Authority. Giles Andrews, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Zopa.
Eileen Burbidge, Partner, Passion Capital and UK Government’s Special Envoy for FinTech; Richard Carter, Chief Executive, Nostrum Group; Tony Craddock, Director General, Emerging Payments Association; Imran Gulamhuseinwala, Partner, FinTech-Strategy, Ernst & Young; Angus McLean, Partner and Head of International FinTech Team, Simmons & Simmons; Jeff Salway, Member, Financial Services Consumer Panel; Eddy Travia, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Coinsilium; Professor Patrick Wolfe, Deputy Director of the Alan Turing Institute and many more.
I was fortunate enough to catch up with Richard Carter Chief Executive of the Nostrum Group which is a provider of automated loan management software and processing to the lending industry after he spoke at the forum for an interview.
http://cointelegraph.uk/news/116064/the-future-of-fintech-in-the-uk-interview-with-richard-carter-of-nostrum-group
