Law firms cosy up to UK fintech community
Top law firm Slaughter and May is to give five fintech startups free legal services worth tens of thousands of pounds. Meanwhile, another law firm, Simmons & Simmons, is launching a fintech and regtech student support programme with London’s Queen Mary University. Simmons & Simmons and Slaughter and May are both keen to woo members of London’s vibrant fintech scene, building relationships that could one day yield valuable business. Late last year Slaughter and May opened the doors to its first Fintech Fast Forward programme, inviting applications from startups in areas such as insurtech, regtech, datatech and distributed ledger technology. Over 25 firms applied, seeking £30,000 of value add services […]
UK & US Fintech Working Group to explore regtech
Innovate Finance, the independent membership association that represents the UK’s global FinTech community, together with its strategic partner Hogan Lovells, is looking at the potentially transformative role that regulatory technology (RegTech) might play in tackling the fragmented US financial environment. The Transatlantic Policy Working Group (TPWG) – a group of FinTech, public policy, financial services and academic stakeholders – set up by Innovate Finance, and formed to help advance policies that foster responsible FinTech innovation, is seeking to publish research on the role of RegTech as a mechanism to address the increasingly complicated US financial regulatory environment. Tighter regulation can improve standards, enhance protection and engender trust and confidence amongst […]
