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Chancellor announces review into the future of financial technologies

Chancellor George Osborne has asked the Government Office for Science to examine how FinTech will evolve in the future.

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Government Office for Science and The Rt Hon George Osborne
Published
14 August 2014
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Financial information on a digital tablet (credit: getty/Nikada)

Speaking at the launch of the new industry body 鈥業nnovate Finance鈥� on Wednesday 6 August, the Chancellor said:

I am today asking one of our best scientists, the Government鈥檚 Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir Mark Walport, to lead a review into the future of FinTech.

The review will look at the technologies, enablers and barriers that will shape the future of the FinTech sector up to 2025, and the policy implications for the government.

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Published 14 August 2014

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