Corporate Announcements

By HMT — The government’s £500 million Future Fund opens for applications today (Wednesday 20 May) with innovative and high-growth British businesses able to secure investment to help them [...]

BBC StoryWorks and Innovate Finance partner for new film series ‘Innovation in Finance’ will explore the impact of FinTech on the finance industry Series highlights the sector’s role in [...]

Monday 29 April, 2019 – Innovate Finance, FinTech Scotland and FinTech North are delighted to announce the creation of a national network that will encourage innovators up and down the [...]

Innovate Finance Global Summit 2019 (IFGS) launches UK FinTech Week, with Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, delivering a keynote address. IFGS will host 2,000 attendees from 50 [...]

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, will deliver the keynote speech at the week’s flagship event, the Innovate Finance Global Summit. 29th April 2019, UK: UK FinTech Week (UKFW) will [...]

Innovate Finance Provides Comment on latest UK Parliament vote on the Withdrawal Agreement from the EU Tonight the House of Commons has once again voted against the Withdrawal Agreement from the [...]

Alison Rose, Deputy CEO, NatWest Holdings and CEO, Commercial & Private Banking, has today released the findings from her Review of Female Entrepreneurship, commissioned by Robert Jenrick MP, [...]

“UK FinTech must increase diversity” says Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell March 8th, 2019, London: Innovate Finance’s annual Venture Capital Investment Report revealed that only three [...]

Tuesday 5th March, 2019 – Innovate Finance, the independent industry body for UK FinTech, today launches its FinTech for Schools Initiative, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of [...]

  1,200 responses 150 women featured from around the world Standout 35 – outstanding women shaping the future of FinTech Full Powerlist available here   February 28, 2019, London, [...]

Investment in UK FinTech rose by 18% to $3.3 billion in 2018 Growth private equity investment rose 57% to $1.6 billion, while venture capital dipped slightly to $1.7 billion as the UK FinTech [...]

   Learn more… By Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance Having spent over a year at Innovate Finance, I have worked with so many of you to promote and support the FinTech sector [...]

“Today’s Immigration White Paper is another important milestone as we continue to push for clarity on post-Brexit arrangements. Access to a global talent pool is vital to keep pace [...]

Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance comments on ongoing uncertainty in the Brexit negotiations: “The turmoil in the Brexit process means confusion continues for companies across the [...]

The turmoil in the Brexit process means confusion continues for companies across the FinTech ecosystem.  Our own membership reflects this, with a split variety of views as to which would be the [...]

In light of ongoing political uncertainty the FinTech community, like all small businesses across the country, needs certainty and guidance on the commercial, economic and regulatory environment [...]

The 2018 Women in FinTech Powerlist is now open for submissions The new Powerlist will shine a spotlight on 150 women across 7 categories Introduction of an independent judging panel to choose [...]

Article featured in Business Reporter’s The Survival of the Fittest: Future of Banking and FinTech Oct. 2018 you can read the full report here. By Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate [...]

Ongoing uncertainty in the Brexit negotiations means frustration prevails for many companies across the FinTech ecosystem, particularly smaller companies, as they remain unsure of the future [...]

UK Chancellor Philip Hammond is due to promote the role that the UK plays in shaping global views on the FinTech sector, highlighting Britain’s ambitions to lead the design of a regulatory [...]

Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell’s Speech at Women in FinTech Reception with the City of London and the Department for International Trade Friday 5th October 2018 Thank you Lord [...]

October 5th, London UK: The City of London, in partnership with the Department for International Trade (DIT) and Innovate Finance, the independent membership body representing the UK’s global [...]

“We are encouraged to hear today from both the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary on the emerging UK migration system post-Brexit. Certainty on the migration system is key to the continued [...]

Innovate Finance welcomes the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s remarks today in support of innovation and SMEs. We are particularly encouraged by the government’s [...]

We welcome the newly launched partnership between the UK government and Bloomberg L.P. to improve reporting on gender equality in the workplace. As the UK membership body for FinTech, developing [...]

We are encouraged by the UK Prime Minister’s speech today at the Bloomberg Business Forum in New York. Particularly on the promise to deliver a new immigration system ensuring businesses can [...]

A generation is growing up without the tools or information to build their financial future New funding will enable Moneybox to expand the team and further develop the product Moneybox offers [...]

CEO of Innovate Finance, Charlotte Crosswell responds to the Home Secretary’s new startup visa scheme: “Innovate Finance is delighted with today’s announcement by the Home Secretary, Sajid [...]

● UK FinTech sector set to top 100,000 employees by the year 2030 with 30,000 new jobs created. ● UK FinTech sector highly dependent on global talent with 42% of employees from outside the UK, [...]

By Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance We are pleased to support and amplify the message regarding the HM Treasury (HMT) FinTech Sector Strategy, announced this morning by the Chancellor [...]

Monday 19th March 2018 Innovate Finance and City of London Corporation have today launched the FinTech Strategy Group (FSG) to help drive the success of the UK FinTech sector. The FSG will bring [...]

Last Friday, the Prime Minister Theresa May set out a vision for the UK’s future relationship with the EU, calling for an ambitious economic partnership, whilst at the same time seeking to [...]

-Associations to Cooperate on Supporting and Promoting UK and China FinTech- London and Beijing, February 6th 2018 —  Innovate Finance, the UK membership association that represents global [...]

By Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance A report produced by Innovate Finance reveals that venture capital (VC) investment into UK FinTech startups reached record highs, with $1.8 billion [...]

54% of investment into UK FinTech was from non-domiciled VCs VC investment into UK FinTech saw a 153% increase yoy, with $1.8 billion invested in over 224 deals The UK ranked second globally in [...]

Innovate Finance welcomes the Chancellor’s commitment to support the digital economy in today’s budget in addition to measures supporting the funding ecosystem. Innovate Finance responded to the [...]

September 27th 2017, London UK: Innovate Finance, the membership association for the global FinTech sector, today announced the appointment of Danny Lopez and Iain Anderson as non-executive [...]

CEO of Innovate Finance, Charlotte Crosswell responds to the Prime Minister’s Brexit speech in Florence: “Innovate Finance welcomes the core messages of today’s speech. A transition [...]

Summary   Publication Date: February 2017   China and the US dominate FinTech investment with a combined $13.9 billion of the total $17.4 billion, 80% of the global venture capital [...]