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Centre for Financial Technology (FinTech) Studies

A world-leading research centre for the study of financial technology, regulation, and digital innovation in financial services.

Established in autumn 2022, the Centre for Financial Technology (FinTech) Studies is a knowledge and research hub for digital advancements in finance, including cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence, and offers a broad range of specialist courses and research areas for students and academics, spanning topics such as green finance, non-fungible token (NFT) analysis, and open finance.

The Centre, while builds on extensive financial technology expertise across Alliance Manchester Business School, also acts as a knowledge-sharing platform, bringing together FinTech firms and financial services institutions from across Manchester and the UK via regular conferences and seminars. It also collaborates with industry partners to provide theoretical insights and practical solutions to help organisations.

The rate at which digital innovation is shaping the financial services sector has accelerated dramatically since the Covid-19 pandemic, and the new Centre leads on pioneering research which helps businesses to keep up with these ongoing developments and which makes a real-world impact. By bringing leading researchers closer together we also accelerate research into these new areas.

FinTech at The University of Manchester

The University has been growing its activity in FinTech and is looking to scale-up significantly. Since 2017, the University has:

Established a partnership with FinTech north
Created an internal multidisciplinary academic network
Hosted two “innovation lab” events to develop collaborative projects with industry partners
Attended various regional, national and international conferences to gain insight into developments in the sector and identify potential new partnerships for collaboration
Built relationships with the local business ‘eco-system’ and with international businesses with interests in the field to align interests and develop new opportunities for R&D collaborations
Hosted the Manchester event of the FinTech north conference series (the city’s only major FinTech conference).