‘FinTech’ partnerships after academic-business engagement workshop

06 Dec 2017

The Faculty of Humanities Business Engagement Support Team hosted its first ever Financial Technology event last week

FinTech( Financial Technology) is a fast-developing new sector combining innovative technology start-up companies and traditional financial services companies, with whom the business engagement team have been increasing engagement in recent months.

The event, which was led by the Faculty Business Engagement team, brought together academics from four Humanities Schools with participants from the financial industry to address Fintech – the application of new technologies to financial services and transactions. One of the projects will address the financial ‘wellness’ of people in different age groups, helping financial companies to develop products and services that will be of most use to people in the future. Another project is looking to enhance PIN security.

The event was hailed as a great success by business and academic participants alike. Mark Davies, from Barclays, commented: “It was really good to see how The University of Manchester is actively embracing FinTech and collaborating with North West enterprises.”

Associate Dean for Business Engagement and University academic lead for FinTech, Dr Andrew James, said: “This event helped to establish key partnerships with industry partners that will ensure that our academic activity in this area maximises impacts on business and society. We’re now planning a major conference for Spring 2018 involving major financial services institutions including the Financial Conduct Authority and HM Treasury as well as banks and FinTech specialists”.