Fintech promises to be a revolution ready to trigger technological innovation throughout the financial sector, including in Italy. For this reason, The European House – Ambrosetti and Banca IFIS, in collaboration with Banca Finint and Microsoft, have decided to launch the “FinTechnology Forum”, a path that aims to be a high-profile center of thought on the topic. A transformation of the entire financial sector on which the economic system, regulators and legislators, sector entrepreneurs and technologists are called to reflect.
The objectives pursued by the project on what has been defined as "the disruption of the banking and financial system thanks to the use of innovative technological tools" are manifold: from the in-depth analysis of the scenarios deriving from the union between finance and technologies to the exploration of what it can be "The Italian way to Fintech", up to the enhancement of best practice emerged nationally and internationally. All this with a keen eye on regulation and the Open Innovation ecosystem, which is based on open relationships with market players, academies, research and innovation centres, startups to develop the economy of tomorrow.
The process began with the first appointment in October 2017 on the theme of DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION; today, January 18, will be the moment of the 'Regulation in the Fintech world' (17:00, Microsoft House) while in February the third appointment entitled 'Open Innovation to build the future' will launch the actual Forum expected in April 2018.
“As the first private think tank in Italy, The European House – Ambrosetti aims to create a high-profile discussion table on Fintech and the digital revolution in the banking and financial sector. We believe it is necessary to enable a fruitful dialogue between policy makers, the banking world, technology providers and the sector's innovation ecosystem to ensure their future competitiveness in this scenario of constant change.”, says Valerio De Molli, Managing Partner and CEO of The European House – Ambrosetti.
"Innovating in the way we do banking is the real challenge that all system operators must know how to take up as soon as possible, a duty we have towards customers and the market" said Giovanni Bossi, Banca IFIS's Chief Executive Officer "This initiative it allows us to share with the country's players the opportunities and impacts on the market that the combination of Finance and Technology can produce, creating a system".
