Finclusion 2021 is a series of connected happenings designed to stimulate, inspire, showcase and scale fintech’s contribution to financial inclusion – from potential game-changing products and collaborations, to the here-and-now actions being driven by the UK’s leading firms reshaping financial services.
Throughout November, Finclusion 2021 presents a month-long campaign including virtual and in-person workshops, show-and-tell events, and sprint challenges; with thought leadership and discussion across social and traditional media.
Our Finclusion Advisory Committee brings fintechs, insurtechs, and financial services institutions together with civic society organisations and lived experience experts to feed directly into the design and details of this significant industry campaign.
Our kick off event on 3 November launched this year’s campaign and identified the untapped potential of UK fintech to tackle financial exclusion.
Missed the event? Catch up here…
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17 Nov | In-person
Join Fintrail as they present and discuss a new “inclusivity checklist”, that help firms consider where anti-crime and anti-fraud checks might lead to financial exclusion and improvements that can be implemented to mitigate against this.
See FinCrime Principles of Inclusion HERE
19 Nov | 10-11.15am | Virtual
How we use technologies like AI, and the impacts on financial resilience, access and exclusion will be key to building a progressive and inclusive future financial system. This interactive workshop with Dr Karen Elliot from Newcastle University discusses models and tools to help firms put CDR into practice.
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22 Nov | 14:00 – 15:30 | Virtual
Hear from Atom bank and Newcastle University on their work to explore how vulnerable customers can self-identify as vulnerable to make sure they aren’t financially excluded, and how we can verify that identification.
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22 Nov | 12-1pm | Virtual
Join Fair4All Finance CEO Sacha Romanovitch OBE and panel for a discussion on how fintech can help reach the 14.2 million people in vulnerable circumstances. What problems should fintech be trying to solve? And what’s the business case for doing so?
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23 Nov | 09:30 – 12:30 | Virtual
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25 Nov | 5.30pm | Virtual & in person
Join us to discuss Claro’s mission to make financial guidance more inclusive, engaging & accessible to the modern-day masses with guest speakers Sonya Barlow, CEO Like-Minded Females and Niaz Azad, Co-Founder Millenial Money.
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30 Nov | Virtual
Monzo is exploring the challenges facing gambling blocks in the UK and how the financial services sector can help tackle gambling harm, in a roundtable convened by the Gambling Related Harms APPG involving experts, harm reduction charities and industry leaders.
This is a closed roundtable event.
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More coming soon…
Finclusion 2021 aims to:
Raise awareness of financial exclusion challenges, spotlight fintech solutions, and inspire and scale new innovation
Deliver results with real action to directly solve financial inclusion challenges to the benefit of end consumers
Promote collaboration across the UK fintech ecosystem with a call to action for the common good
Throughout the Kalifa review of UK Fintech, it became evident that low cost, and far reaching fintech solutions have the potential to reach the 1 million people in the UK who find themselves financially excluded. Finclusion 2021 is an important next step on the journey. It will encourage and inspire entrepreneurs and financial institutions to better understand the challenges driving financial exclusion, and develop innovative tech-enabled solutions in response.
Ron Kalifa
From hackathons and innovation challenges to roundtables on a critical financial inclusion issue, we’d love you to be involved. Get in touch with the Tech Nation Finclusion team or download the participation form today.
Join the conversation online and share existing fintech solutions throughout November using #FinclusionUK2021
The Finclusion 2021 programme has a whole host of fascinating events for you to be part of. Register using the links above.
Chair Financial Inclusion Commission
Founder, Bright Blue Hare
COO, Monzo
The Fintech Delivery Panel and Insurtech Board convenes stakeholders from across the fintech ecosystem to strengthen the UK’s position as a leader in the future of financial services. While the economic and social disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic has increased fintech adoption and customer use of digital propositions, it has also magnified the challenges of financial exclusion and vulnerability across society.
As we look to help individuals throughout the recovery, there is an opportunity for fintech to play a significant part, be it helping those that may have been adversely impacted by recent events, or who have traditionally been underserved by the existing financial system.
