An 
Forum
The Power of FinTech: Creating a More Sustainable and Inclusive World for All
Thursday 5th October 2023
East Wintergarden 43 Bank St, London E14 5NX
Innovate Finance member companies will be allocated two complimentary places to the event. Please contact your account manager to receive a code to activate your free tickets.
An Introduction
Financial services form an integral part of our lives, yet there are still barriers and challenges for many when it comes to accessing simple financial products and services.
The cost of living crisis has drawn into focus the need for our financial systems to better equip the increasing numbers of the vulnerable. With more households running deficit budgets, and a huge increase in late payments, mounting arrears and bad debts are drastically changing the personal finances of millions, now and for years to come. How the financial services ecosystem responds to this is key to how our society moves into the future.
Challenges
FinTech entrepreneurs, founders, innovators, and change-makers have proven that by harnessing the powers of technology; innovation in financial services can act as a crucible to drive change and help solve the challenges facing society.
These challenges have drawn into focus the need to build a responsible business, with purpose and structures in place to do ‘the right thing’, beyond just fulfilling regulatory requirements. Not only has the FinTech sector been a key driver in enacting change, but it also understands the power that the industry has when it comes to the wider ESG agenda.
But creating positive, sustainable change isn’t enough.
While the overall impact of financial services on the environment can be both wide-reaching and hard to accurately measure, the FinTech and financial services sector has the opportunity to take a position of global leadership, and to create plans, processes, and policies that will shape the future to come. If we don’t take action now, the cost of inaction will be far greater.
We are embarking on the third edition of ‘FinTech as a Force For Good: an Innovate Finance Forum’ this year, showcasing the power the sector has in creating real change, right now.
Key Themes
- The State of ESG: A Global Outlook
- The emissions reduction scope and the role of FinTech
- How Spatial Data and Finance are combining to help manage nature-related financial risks and opportunities
- Financial Inclusion and Wellbeing: A Financial Services System That Caters to All
- Cost of living crisis – what does it mean for FinTechs
- What does good governance look like for FinTechs?
- Back to Basics: Creating the right culture to build a responsible businesses
Teaser Morning Agenda
Registration
Opening by Host
Opening Remarks
From Yesterday to Tomorrow: FinTech Driving Positive Change for All
Panel Discussion
The Impact of FinTech
Has FinTech and innovation truly changed financial services for the better? Are consumers better off now than they were a decade ago? What must we do now to ensure a fairer and more democratic FS system in the future?
Panel Discussion
The Cost of Living Crisis: Innovating to Support Those in Need
How is the FinTech ecosystem positively supporting the broader society to navigate the cost of living crisis and the economic difficulties many consumers and businesses are facing? What else needs to be done to ensure essential consumer finance solutions come to market?
Fireside Chat
Empowering the Future: Driving Greater Financial Resilience and Wellness for a new generation of consumers
What does the consumer of tomorrow look like? How do their needs differ? What role does education play in driving new business opportunities?
Morning Break
Partnering to Put the Consumer First
Panel Discussion
Innovating with Heart: The FinTech Pledge 2025
Panel Discussion
Working Together Towards a Brighter Future: The Power of Industry Partnerships
How does working together bring benefits at scale and provide access to financial services to more people?
Fireside Chat
Open Banking: The Next Chapter Is Now
What’s next for Open Banking in the UK? How can we drive forward adoption to benefit the end consumer?
Lunch
Teaser Afternoon Agenda
Harnessing New Technology for Good
Panel Discussion
How Can we Capitalise AI to Benefit the Consumer?
How can responsible AI open new opportunities for consumers and improve access to financial services?
Fireside Chat
The Future of Digital Money
Responsible Scaling
Panel Discussion
The Future of Work, Company Culture, Diversity and Talent: Shaping the Next Generation of FS
How do you drive a positive and inclusive company culture in this era of hybrid working? What do employees expect from their employers today, and how can employers recruit and retain the best talent?
Fireside Chat
Staying True to Your Roots: Scaling with Purpose
How can FinTechs continue to grow and expand keeping consumer needs at their core? Is it possible to democratise the access to financial services and be profitable?
Afternoon Break
The Path To Net Zero
Fireside Chat
Investing for Impact: Funding Positive Growth
Panel Discussion
Greening the Capital Markets
Fireside Chat
Project Perseus & Bankers for Net Zero
What commitments are financial services companies making to help reach the climate goals? How do these measures contribute to making a better world for all? How are FinTechs reshaping climate goals measurements and what is their contribution to the wider society?
Going Global: The UK Driving the Charge for Change
Fireside Chat
What are the Learnings From Other Regions? How Can the UK Utilise its Position as the International FinTech and Green Finance Centre and Lead Globally on the ESG Agenda?
Panel Discussion
International Cooperation for a Better World
How can we cooperate to create more opportunities for more people all over the world? What role do FinTechs have in reshaping paradigms and the ESG agenda?
Join us at FinTech as a Force for Good
Join us as we welcome FinTech founders, financial services institutions, policy-makers and regulators, NPOs and NGOs, professional services firms, investors, and international hubs for a one-day impact summit.
Senior leaders from across the industry will discuss and debate key problem areas facing society and together develop an action plan with tangible outputs that showcase how the sector can help create and support a fairer, greener, and more sustainable world for all.
Speakers
Alastair Douglas
CEO, Totally Money
Amy French
Director, Level39
Andrew Manning
Partner, Risk Advisory, Everlyn Partners
Angelica Malin
Global Event Host
Anna Skarborg
Head of Sustainability, Northzone
Ben Knight
Head of Environmental Sustainability, GoCardless
Chris Pond
Chair, Financial Inclusion Commision
Christophe Christiaen
Deputy Head - Spatial Finance Initiative, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme – University of Oxford
Dame Julia Hoggett DBE
CEO, London Stock Exchange plc
Devin Kohli
Co-Head, Outward VC
Doogie Black
European Lead, XDI
Faith Reynolds
Director, Devon Fields Consulting
Iana Vidal
Head of Public Policy, Block
James Black
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Janine Hirt
CEO, Innovate Finance
Jason Wilby
Co-CEO, Open Insurance
Joel Blake OBE
Founder & CEO of GFA Exchange
Jonathan Hughes
Executive Chairman, OneBanx
Kate Cunningham
Director, Financial Services, MHP
Lisa Jacobs
CEO, Funding Circle
Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE
House of Lords
Louise Hill
CEO & Co-Founder, GoHenry
Margaret Doyle
Margaret Doyle, Head of Clients & Markets, Financial Services and Real Estate, Deloitte
Mat Megens
Founder and Chief Executive, Hyperjar
Matt Bullivant
Director of ESG Strategy, OakNorth
Michelle You
CEO & Co-founder, Supercritical
Neil Allen
Head of Strategy, Credit Risk UK&I, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Pinar Ozcan
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Univeristy of Oxford Saïd Business School
Rod Lockhart
CEO, Lendinvest
Shân M. Millie
Accidental Teccie & Founder, Bright Blue Hare
Shanika Amarasekara MBE
Chief Impact Officer, British Business Bank
Stephen Dury
Vice President (Innovation, FinTech, Strategy & Sustainability) at Capgemini
Tracy Brady
Tracey Brady, Partner, KPMG
Tulip Siddiq MP
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Lead Media Partner
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Buy a networking ticket and connect with FinTech founders, policy-makers and regulators, NPOs, NGOs, professional services, investors and international hubs and more! The platform will enable you to connect with both virtual and in-person delegates.
Our dedicated matchmaking AI will ask you to indicate your preferences and find out a bit more about you. The AI will then get to work and find other attendees who want to meet people just like you; you can then say hello and even schedule a virtual meeting there and then. The audience on the app is carefully curated by us to have the best of the best from the FinTech ecosystem.
The platform opens on the 28th September, and Innovate Finance member firms will receive a code to join ahead of the launch.
