- Competition and Fintech Regulation in Ethiopia
Engagement · 31 January 2021
Policy memo on the implications of the new fintech regulation in Ethiopia with regards to competition and innovation.
- FCA wholesale sector competition review – call for inputs
News · 9 July 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today launched a review of competition in the wholesale sector Wholesale financial markets play a crucial role in the economy and it is important that they…
- Previous DRR Phases
Event · 20 July 2018
Find out more about previous Digital Regulatory Reporting (DRR) pilots. November 2017: FCA and Bank of England joint TechSprint In November 2017, the FCA and the Bank of England held a 2-week…
- The FCA's regional FinTech engagement
Speech · 26 April 2017
Christopher Woolard, Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the FCA, has reaffirmed the Financial Conduct Authority’s commitment to supporting fintech innovation across the UK…
- Stepping Up Venture Capital to Finance Innovation in Europe
Report · 12 July 2024
An IMF Working Paper examining the EU's underdeveloped venture capital (VC) ecosystem and its impact on productivity, innovation, and growth. Argues that national fragmentation, bank-dominated…
- FinTech lending and equity and debt platforms around the world and in Italy (Le piattaforme fintech di prestito e di raccolta di finanziamenti nel mondo e in Italia)
18 September 2025
Italian Abstract: Il lavoro analizza le piattaforme Fintech di prestito e di raccolta di finanziamenti (capitale e obbligazioni) nel mondo e in Italia. Le piattaforme operano come facilitatori che…
- Is SaaS the Appropriate Technology for Microfinance?
12 May 2010
Microfinance, the provision of financial services to poor people, suffers from high interest rates owing to high transaction costs. Within these transaction costs, technologies such as MIS may be a…
- Managing Licensing in a Market for Technology
7 July 2012
Over the last decade, companies have paid greater attention to the management of their intellectual assets. We build a model that helps understand how licensing activity should be organized within…
- Public Policy Measures to Support New Technology-Based Firms in the European Union
17 November 2009
Reviews empirical data related to public policy actions undertaken by European governments to provide support to new technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the 1980s and early 1990s. Five specific policy…
- A Holistic Approach to the Institutional Architecture of Financial Supervision and Regulation in the EU
10 October 2019
growing consensus has emerged in the post-crisis financial regulatory agenda that the European architecture of financial supervision and regulation is far from ideal. Rather than moving to a…
- Brexit and the Equivalence of Regulation and Supervision
17 November 2017
fter Brexit, the UK will become a third country. In the absence of a transitional agreement, its access to the EU markets will be conditioned on meeting the condition of “equivalence of regulation…
- Helping Buyers Beware: The Need for Supervision of Big Retail
13 May 2015
Since the financial crisis, consumer regulators have closely supervised sellers of credit cards and home mortgages to stamp out anticompetitive practices. Supervision programs give financial…
- Questions for technology CEOs testifying before Congress
Report · 13 July 2020
On July 29, America will be treated to unprecedented congressional testimony from four of the most powerful technology leaders in the world: Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Sundar Pichai of…
- Democratizing and technocratizing the notice-and-comment processass
Report · 11 October 2021
In 2017, the notice-and-comment rulemaking process entered the popular consciousness in a way it never previously had. The reason: The Federal Communications Commission decided to rescind a rule…
- Gone digital: Technology diffusion in the digital era
Report, Blog · 20 January 2022
Productivity growth allows economies to increase output without increasing inputs and is a key driver of economic growth and of income per capita. However, productivity growth has been slowing in…
- Digital technologies open vast business opportunities in Africa
Blog · 20 November 2022
This article explores the transformative impact of digital platforms on economic activity across Africa, emphasizing how technology has enabled financial inclusion and improved market efficiency. It…
- FCA launches call for input on the use of technology to achieve smarter regulatory reporting
News · 20 February 2018
In early 2018, the FCA launched a call for input to explore how technology could revolutionize regulatory reporting, aiming to reduce the administrative burden on firms while improving data quality.…
- Financial regulators of Japan and UK announce Exchange of Letters on Co-operation Framework to support innovative FinTech companies
News · 9 March 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) have formalised a Co-operation Framework through an Exchange of Letters to foster FinTech innovation. This…
- FCA launches call for input on the use of technology to achieve smarter regulatory reporting
News · 20 February 2018
In February 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) launched a call for input to explore how technology could modernize regulatory reporting. This initiative followed a successful "TechSprint"…