UK FinTech Week: Diversity in FinTech

As part of UK Fintech Week, the Bank of England is hosting an event on Diversity in Fintech on Wednesday 6th April.

The Bank recently published an independent review of ethnic diversity and inclusion within the Bank and a discussion paper jointly with the FCA on diversity in financial services. In collaboration with FinTech North, Innovate Finance and TechNation, we want to use this opportunity to share views openly and discuss practical ways the Fintech sector can broaden representation.

The London panel will include Dr Dexter Penn, founder and CEO of Kalgera and Sujata Bhatia, COO of Monzo, and will be moderated by Victoria Cleland, Executive Director for Banking, Payments and Innovation at the Bank of England.

The Leeds panel will include Laura Pomfret, co-founder of Financielle, Jordan Dargue, Director at NorthInvest and founder of Fund Her North and Andrew Rabbit, CEO of Incuto.

Timings are as follows:

1pm Introductory remarks by Sir Dave Ramsden, Deputy Governor responsible for Fintech

1.15pm First panel session from London

2.15pm Break

2.30pm Second panel session from Leeds

3.30pm Close

Please kindly note that this is an on the record event and registration will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please register by clicking this link https://app.keysurvey.co.uk/f/41614829/3546/

The event will be hosted on MS Teams and joining links will be sent to registrants the day before on Tuesday, 5 April. Please check your network firewalls and ensure you are able to join MS Teams ahead of the event with a device that allows access.

Q&A

You are invited to submit questions live during the session on the MS Teams.

If you have any queries please contact Stakeholder Relations stakeholderrelations@bankofengland.co.uk. We look forward to hosting you virtually on 6th April!