Fintech and Financial Services collaboration in focus at Edinburgh Futures Institute

Sector expertise in Edinburgh’s newest innovation hub is supporting sustained and sustainable innovation through collaboration with Fintech and Financial Services organisations.

Supporting people and organisations to be adaptive, innovative and futures-focused is a key goal of the financial services and fintech team at Edinburgh Futures Institute, one of six innovation hubs in Scotland’s capital city.

Academics and sector experts are harnessing Data-driven innovation to tackle complex challenges – such as the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and its ethical use, poverty and the transition towards net zero – and create sustainable, ethical solutions for business and society.

Tobi Schneider, Sector Engagement Manager and Co-director for External Engagement and Partnerships at Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations, said:

“Scotland’s fintech and financial services sector may be small compared with global powerhouses such as London, New York or Singapore but its reach and impact are disproportionately large. The ability to attract global interest and investment, to drive innovation and to collaborate is a shining example of how smaller markets can punch significantly above their weight.”

This collaborative approach is designed to bring together academic and industry expertise to create better futures through world-leading research, innovation and knowledge creation.

The financial services and fintech sector is transforming rapidly but Edinburgh Futures Institute’s top researchers and partners have a wealth of expertise in critical and ever-evolving areas. EFI works across the sector supporting major corporates, SMEs, start-ups, regulators and policymakers – in Scotland and beyond.

The team collaborates with organisations including NatWest Group, Abrdn, FinTech Scotland and DirectID. You can learn more about these partnership and innovative work with NatWest Group in the interactive magazine, explaining how Edinburgh Futures Institute is supporting the financial services and fintech sector.

Read the magazine.