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Innotribe and Innovate Finance launch Global FinTech Hubs Federation initiative

Innotribe and Innovate Finance launch Global FinTech Hubs Federation initiative

Innotribe,
25 August 2016 | 5 min read

FinTech associations and network providers from more than 20 countries join Innotribe and Innovate Finance to form the Global FinTech Hubs Federation

Brussels and London, 25 August 2016 – Innotribe, Swift’s innovation arm, and Innovate Finance, the independent membership organisation for global FinTech, today announced the launch of the Global FinTech Hubs Federation (GFHF) to help foster innovation across the world’s financial services industry. To date, more than 20 countries - including Canada, China, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, to name a few – are participating in the GFHF, with more countries expected to join in the coming months.

As an independent and inclusive global network of FinTech hubs, GFHF aims to fulfil the need within the international FinTech community to create a truly cross border and open platform that brings together established and emerging FinTech hubs.

The GFHF will provide a global voice and global stage for FinTech hubs, with participants gaining an influential point of engagement with international stakeholders and like-minded organisations from across the world. It will also facilitate access to key international events including Sibos and the Innovate Finance Global Summit, as well as accessing events hosted by GFHF participants.

The idea behind the initiative emerged from Sibos 2015, where Innotribe dedicated a session of its four day programme to the rise of FinTech hubs globally. With the increasing number of FinTech hubs over the last few years, every city wants to become the FinTech capital of the world. There is a strong battle for talent, startups and investment by economic financial centres. Based on original research commissioned by Innotribe, the session compared eight FinTech hubs: Brussels, London, Luxembourg, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Switzerland, and Sydney – giving them the platform to share their activities and ambitions.

"As the FinTech sector develops globally, it has never been as important to encourage discussion and collaboration within the financial industry,” said Fabian Vandenreydt, Global Head of Securities Markets, Innotribe and The Swift Institute at Swift. “Being one of the premier global innovation platforms, Swift Innotribe looks forward to foster a bigger and stronger FinTech ecosystem through this initiative, bringing its expertise and leveraging its network for the benefit of the banking and startup communities.”

The discussions continued during Innovate Finance’s Global Summit earlier this year, where Innotribe and Innovate Finance saw an opportunity for the financial industry to engage collaboratively to accelerate the pace of financial innovation through a brand new initiative: the GFHF.

Lawrence Wintermeyer, CEO of Innovate Finance said: “Coordination and cross border dialogue between emerging FinTech startups, established FinTech companies, financial institutions and policy makers remains key for long term success of our sector. The launch of the GFHF will provide a platform for global FinTech players and hubs to share knowledge and build an inclusive community network that will help accelerate the growth and influence of global FinTech and help shape a better financial services future.”

GFHF is open to participants that nurture the development of FinTech ecosystem in their region and abroad. The federation aims to democratically support global engagement, best practices and standardise knowledge across the sector, as well as build bridges and support member FinTech hubs.

Following the launch of the GFHF, different FinTech hubs will be invited to Sibos again this year, as a follow-up to Innotribe’s FinTech benchmark session in Singapore in 2015. The event will be organised in Geneva, from 26-29 September 2016. FinTech hubs are essential to create the right dynamic, approach and support to FinTech within the financial industry, and Sibos is the perfect occasion to deepen collaboration and debate.

The federation will also publish its inaugural report later this year. This report will establish the 2016 baseline for over 20 emerging and established FinTech hubs and will be developed in collaboration with Deloitte.

For more information about the federation, download the flyer or visit the new website: thegfhf.org.


About Innotribe
Launched in 2009, Innotribe was created to identify the emerging technologies and innovative trends surrounding the financial services industry and generate discussions on their potential impact moving forward. Benefitting from Swift’s central position, Innotribe provides a platform to the global financial community to understand the dynamics behind technology changes and to help focus on the opportunities for transformation rather than the threats to current market practices. For more information, please visit www.innotribe.com  or follow us on Twitter: @innotribe and Linkedin: Innotribe.

Innovate Finance is an independent membership association that represents the UK's global FinTech community. Founded in 2014 with the backing of the City of London and Canary Wharf Group, Innovate Finance is a not-for-profit that aims to accelerate the country's leading position in the global financial services sector by directly supporting the next era of technology-led financial services innovators, whether they be a young startup or an established industry player.

The goal is to create a single point of access across the sectors to help foster enabling policies, regulation, talent development, business growth opportunities and investment in the UK - and, most importantly, to create a global finance sector that offers services that are more sustainable, more inclusive and better for everyone. For more information, please visit www.innovatefinance.com or follow us on Twitter: @innfin and LinkedIn: Innovate Finance


Contacts:
Innotribe
Cognito

swift@cognitomedia.com
+44 (0) 20 7426 9400

Innovate Finance
Georgia Hanias, Global Head of Communications
press@innovatefinance.com
+44 (0) 7769706352

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