About the Future Finance Accelerator
It’s a pivotal time for the financial services industry in the UK. Vital to all other business sectors and individuals, it faces unprecedented change in many areas. The rise of AI, ongoing changes in financial regulation and the need to provide equitable access to financial services to all areas of society creates challenges and also opportunities.
This timely, fully funded accelerator-style programme will support your financial services business in adopting new technologies and innovation to unlock more effective product and service design, increase productivity and profitability, attract and retain new talent and clients, and become more sustainable and inclusive.
As the sector evolves, firms that successfully adopt and integrate new technologies will be better positioned to overcome operational challenges, improve client services, and maintain a competitive edge – so get involved.
More about the support
The support on offer can be accessed on an open-access or membership basis.
Open Access
If you’d like to benefit from elements of the support but don’t have the time to commit to membership fully, you can still take a self-serve approach and access certain elements of the training for free, including:
Innovation Potential Diagnostic – a 15-minute survey to help identify innovation barriers and actionable insights for your business.
Innovation Discovery Workshop – an interactive, half-day session to pinpoint innovation opportunities and map your workflows.
Unstructured training - including access to written resources, 2-hour webinars and half-day workshops to skill up on key areas such as:
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Horizon scanning
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Leadership
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Innovation adoption processes
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Technical capabilities
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Risk and growth appetite
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Effective innovation adoption and continued use
Networking events
Research insights
You can see what sessions we’re running and book these elements individually on the Events & Training page.
Membership
By becoming a member, which is free of charge, we can provide you with priority access to all open access resources, plus:
Intro call: discuss the findings from your Innovation Potential Diagnostic and Innovation Discovery Workshop and receive a tailored plan of action.
Advisers in residence: 1:1 advice clinics with industry experts, including financial regulation, IP, marketing and AI.
Online courses: Learn at your own pace on topics such as AI essentials, project planning and management, presentation skills and leadership.
FinTech Ledger: match with cutting-edge tech providers.
Webinar recordings: revisit live content at your convenience.
Who should apply?
We welcome applications from UK-based:
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Financial service SMEs and mid-tier businesses across all subsectors
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FinTechs and financial service software providers
Apply now
Use the form below to become a member of the Future Finance Accelerator.
It’s free, with access to a host of further support, and you can join here.
More broadly, we warmly invite stakeholders from across the financial services sector to participate in networking events and research activity and to engage with our insights and publications, including:
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Local, regional and national government and policy officials
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Community organisations that support individuals with access to finance and financial inclusion
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Academics with relevant expertise
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Network organisations in financial services and FinTech
Wider Programmes
We are part of a programme called Next Generation Professional and Financial Services, delivered by Innovate UK and ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).
This programme aims to help professional service sectors, including accounting and law, and the financial service sectors, including insurance, lending, advisory and payment services, develop and use digital technologies.
Understand the different steps and support journey
