Innovate Finance

📣 UK fintech 🇬🇧 update! UK fintech is one of the most innovative & successful sectors of our economy, attracting $3.6bn of investment last year, cementing our position as Europe’s #1 fintech hub & supporting tens of thousands of skilled jobs across the country. 🧵

Regulators from UK, Jersey & Canada discussed the best approach to regulating stablecoins at #IFGS2026 Strong emphasis on making stablecoins accessible and understandable, and recognition of the benefits of sharing learnings internationally @TheFCA @JerseyFSC @ASCUpdates

🎙️ #IFGS2026 | UK pension funds: 63% of the stock market in the 1990s, under 5% today. £50bn in tax relief with no requirement to invest in UK growth. Meanwhile the strongest IPO pipeline since 2005 is building. The capital exists. The will is forming. Now we need to act.

Exploring the potential for UK-US collaboration in digital assets and tokenised assets to power growth and trade via the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future #IFGS2026 @circle @coinbase @krakenfx_UK @cityoflondon @hmtreasury

As digital assets reshape global finance, this #IFGS2026 panel examined how a competitive stablecoin regime can position the UK as a global hub for stablecoin, supporting business productivity and growth @XDCFoundation @coinbase @Ripple @FireblocksHQ @AgantFinance @SkaddenArps

Re-engineering payments infrastructure for the age of AI: this expert panel debate at #IFGS2026 explored how agentic commerce will push payments beyond traditional models @awscloud @HyperlayerTech @stripe @blocks @YapilyLtd @CapgeminiUK

🎙️ #IFGS2026 | @StarlingBank's Declan Ferguson: the UK has built FinTech juggernauts. Now it's time to export them. 6.7m SMEs in the US. Starling wants to serve them the same way it serves 5.6m here. Clean data + strong engineering = the next decade belongs to the challengers.

in ensuring the UK becomes the global destination for digital assets. We thank all attendees for an energetic discussion.

💹💻 We held a roundtable with Ripple, focusing on how the UK can accelerate the digitisation of its capital markets. Our discussion looked at the role of crypto-native firms and financial institutions 1/2 #DigitalMarkets #FinTech #VoiceOfFinTech #DigitalAssets #IFGS26

📣 Digital Inclusion for Financial Empowerment on the West Crypt Stage👏 🗣️Featuring: @Bank_Ability @LizLum @bcs @crownagentsbank #TheCommunicationProject #IFGS2026

🚀 Joining us on the Livery Hall Stage at 5 PM, for the premiere of "Value Generation: FinTech's Next Frontier," our third BBC StoryWorks film. Discover how storytelling reveals the real-world impact of #FinTech. @BBCStoryWorks @Zopa #Markaaz @RN_London #IFGS2026

📣 On The Old Library Stage — Building A "Multi-Moneyverse", Are We There Yet? 🤔 🎤 Featuring: @bankofengland @LINK_ATM_Scheme @EuroclearGroup @ModulrFinance @quantnetwork @BCG #IFGS2026

📣 Please take your seats for this panel in the West Crypt: Malta’s VFA Pioneer Legacy: Architecting #MiCA’s Success 💪 This session explores how Malta’s early experience prepared it for the EU’s MiCA regulation 🗣️🎤 @KPMG_Malta #AxisGroup @ganadoadvocates @blockchain #IFGS2026

📣 Don't miss out on this panel session on the Livery Hall Stage – Building FinTech Powerhouses 💪 @TechLondonAdv #IFGS2026

🎙️ #IFGS2026 | At 100 people you can't run a FinTech from the kitchen table. Structure, process, and resilience have to replace individual heroics. FNZ manages $2.4 trillion. Tide is 1% of UK SME banking. The UK gave FinTech a head start. Now it's time to execute, not just intend

📣 Panel session on the Livery Hall Stage – Transatlantic Growth Accelerator: UK-US Collaboration In Digital Assets And Tokenised Markets To Power Growth And Trade Featuring: @circle @aave @hmtreasury @cityoflondon @Coinbase #IFGS2026

🎙️ #IFGS2026 | FinTech isn't "funky and fun" anymore. It's critical infrastructure. Fraud is 40% of all UK crime. Bot attacks up 59% YoY. AI is industrialising the threat. FinTech is also the most powerful tool in the response. Global public-private collaboration is the answer.

@blocks The roundtable looked at how open ecosystems can accelerate innovation while ensuring safety, resilience, and fair competition in regulated environments. 2/2

⚡️We just concluded a roundtable, sponsored by @Blocks. The roundtable focused on how Open Source is powering the next generation of financial innovation. 1/2 #OpenSource #FinTech #VoiceOfFinTech #OpenSourceinFinTech #IFGS26

🌿 Nature As Infrastructure: Unlocking Green Investment 🔓 Discover how UK tech is leading the charge in critical infrastructure growth. @weefin_ #GreenHearth @smartpensionuk #OctopusEnergyGeneration #CtrlAlt @InnFin