All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Technology

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Technology (APPGFT) was formed to:

raise awareness in Parliament of the growing importance of Fin Tech (Financial Technology) to the UK economy, to policy-making and consumers; to promote a regulatory framework that encourages a growing, inclusive and competitive FinTech Industry; to investigate the potential applications of FinTech including peer-to-peer lending, crowdfunding, digital currencies, internet banking. [1]

The APPGFT is the first all-party parliamentary group of its kind, and was set up after the 2015 general election.

People

Officers Feb and March 2016

Secretariat

Innovate Finance acts as the group's secretariat, helping to organise meetings and events, and day- to-day administrative tasks.

Registered benefits

As of February 2016, Innovate Finance was registered to have paid (in bands of £1,500) £6,001-£7,500 in benefits to the APPGFT. [2]

Contact

The register of All-Party Parliamentary Groups names Dan Morgan as the public enquiry point for the group.

Address: Innovate Finance, Level 39, 1 Canada Square, London E14 5AB

Telephone: 07709 393 156

Email: daniel@innovatefinance.com

Website

The APPGFT does not currently have a website.

Notes

  1. Register of 29 September 2015,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 October 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Financial Technology APPG, parliament.uk, accessed 27 April 2016
  3. Financial Technology APPG, Feb16 Register, parliament.uk, accessed 28 April 2016