{"id":1176,"date":"2017-11-03T09:42:56","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T08:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amblondra.esteri.it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2017\/11\/fintech-italy-2\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T08:42:56","slug":"fintech-italy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amblondra.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2017\/11\/fintech-italy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FINTECH ITALY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">London, 3 November 2017. <strong>Fintech is the last frontier of innovation in digital services<\/strong> and offers an opportunity to merge cutting-edge technologies with traditional financial services. London is one of the most important fintech hubs in the world, with a compelling combination of plentiful, high-level talent, a thriving financial industry and robust regulatory capability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This model serves as an inspiration to <strong>Italy \u2013 particularly Milan<\/strong> \u2013 in its ambitions for its own financial industry, especially in light of the many <strong>high-profile Italian fintech founders<\/strong> currently operating in London.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was the subject of a workshop entitled <em><strong>Fintech Italy<\/strong><\/em>, which took place on the morning of 2 November at the Embassy of Italy in the UK, organised in partnership with <em><strong>Grimaldi Studio Legale<\/strong><\/em>, an international law firm, and <strong><em>EnVent Capital Markets<\/em><\/strong>, a financial consultancy firm, with the collaboration of Tancredi Group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event was opened by the <strong>ambassador, Pasquale Terracciano<\/strong>, who explained that the aim of the morning\u2019s discussions was to understand the potential of an <strong>industry that is both evolutionary and revolutionary<\/strong> and its implications in digital, technological and banking culture and in access to credit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An animated discussion on the subject was held by a diverse gathering of experts and other figures from the worlds of finance, venture capital, the digital sector, and specialist and generalist media. Introductions to the subject were given by <strong>Abdul Basit of Innovate Finance<\/strong> and <strong>Davide D\u2019Angelo of Grimaldi<\/strong>, whose speeches were followed by <strong>two panels<\/strong> moderated by <strong>Marcus Exall, the CEO of Monese<\/strong>, and <strong>Francesco Guerrera, the head of EMEA for the Dow Jones Media Group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The discussions focused particularly on the <strong>state of the art of the Italian market and its future prospects<\/strong>, with contributions by founders, investors and innovation experts, including Claudio Bedino (Oval Money), Roberto Bonanzinga (InReach Ventures), Alessandro Commito (HIT &#8211; Hub Innovazione Trentino), Savino Damico (Intesa Sanpaolo), Davide Fioranelli (Freetrade), Carlo Gualandri (Soldo), Chris Hulm (CBI), Edoardo Narduzzi (SelfieWealth), Alessandro Onano (MoneyFarm), Edoardo Narduzzi (SelfieWealth) and Matt Smith (SteelEye).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A variegated picture emerged, of <strong>both opportunities and challenges<\/strong>: the ample availability of talent but also a context with room for improved business stimulus; a banking system eager to develop fintech but inhibited by a regulatory framework that is still a work in progress, both nationally and at European level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The discussions also covered <strong>Brexit<\/strong> and its potential impact on the industry as numerous companies develop relocation plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London, 3 November 2017. 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