Transforming FinTech in Leeds: Lessons from US and Singaporean Models | Events | Insights and events

by · May 2, 2023

Join #TeamSPB speakers Paul Anderson and Sir Roger Marsh OBE DL and others for the Leeds Financial & FinTech Law Conference 2023 on 11 May 2023.

Hosted by the Center for Business Law and Practice (CBLP) in collaboration with the Singapore Management University Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG), and sponsored in part by the Michael Beverly Innovation Fellowship Programme, this ground-breaking international conference will identify the key elements of success for secondary finance- and fintech centers in the UK, US and Singapore to make legal regulatory and policy recommendations to UK regulators and policy makers. Secondary finance and fintech centers have not received much attention from a legal-regulatory perspective to date.

The conference will focus on the Leeds Financial and FinTech Centre. The main objective of the conference is to facilitate a regional network across academia, legal services, the financial and fintech industry, regulators and decision makers. Ultimately, the aim is to enable the UK to become the most innovative jurisdiction and economy in terms of financial regulation and fintech, while protecting the stability of the rapidly transforming financial sector.

About Leeds Financial and FinTech Centre

Over the last 15 years, based on a strong financial services presence, Leeds has become a finance and fintech center for companies across many areas of specialisation. The number of investment funds supporting fintech companies has also multiplied in recent years. Leeds-based fintech companies provide businesses with affordable ways to process card payments, crowdfunding platforms where people invest in property, regulatory platforms for fraud prevention, anti-money laundering and identity verification, among others. These services create value; they can save money and time for both customers and financial institutions. Therefore, they have a positive impact on the economy.

Program

Program
8.30 – 9.00 Coffee and welcome
9 – 9:30 Opening
  • Peter Whelan, Director, CBLP, Professor of Law, University of Leeds School of Law
  • Virág Blazsek, Lecturer in Commercial, Corporate and Bankruptcy Law, CBLP, University of Leeds School of Law
  • Julian Wells, Director, Whitecap Consulting Ltd, Leeds: “Leeds City Region FinTech Report 2023”
  • Richelle Schuster, Head of Innovation − Design and Impact, Leeds City Council, and Martyn Long, Head of Employment and Skills Development, Leeds City Council
9:30 – 10:00 Keynote speech Sir Roger Marsh OBE DL, Senior Business and Strategy Adviser, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Leeds; Chair, NP11 Group of Northern Local Enterprise Partnerships; chair, Piece Hall Trust; Commissioner, The Global Britain Commission
10-10:15 Coffee break
10:15 – Dinner Panel 1: Systematization and systemic aspects of the FinTech sector Panel debate and questions and answers led by Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima, lecturer in commercial law.

Speakers:

  • Virág Blazsek, Lecturer, Commercial, Corporate and Bankruptcy Law, University of Leeds School of Law: “Secondary Financial and FinTech Centres: A Comparative Focus on the Leeds Financial and FinTech Hub (US-UK-Singapore)”
  • Aurelio Gurrea Martinez, Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law: “Building a Fintech Hub: Lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong”
  • Richard Squire, Fordham University School of Law, New York; Liberty Fellow 2023, CBLP, University of Leeds School of Law: “New technology and old-fashioned banking”
  • Andrew Campbell, Emeritus Professor of International Banking and Finance Law, University of Leeds School of Law: “Non-crypto FinTech and Anti-money Laundering”
Dinner – 12:45 p.m Sandwich lunch
12:45 – 14:30 Panel 2: The perspective of the supervisory authorities and politicians Panel discussion and Q&A led by Steven Montagu-Cairns, Lecturer in Commercial, Corporate and Bankruptcy Law, University of Leeds School of Law.

Speakers:

  • Iain Clacher, Professor, Vice Dean – International, Leeds University Business School (TBC)
  • Paul Anderson, Partner, Financial Services, Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Leeds (TBC)
  • Christopher Sier, Chair of Fintech North, Professor of Financial Technology, University of Leeds (TBC)
  • Pedro Magalhães Batista, Lecturer in Commercial, Corporate and Bankruptcy Law, University of Leeds School of Law: “Supervisory Architecture for Digital Finance”
  • Alison Lui, Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, Liverpool John Moores University School of Law: “Enhancing Access to Digital Financial Payment Services for Women and Minority Groups in Urban-Rural Areas of Nigeria”: Learnings for the Leeds Financial and FinTech Center
14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break
15.00 – 16.45 Panel 3: The finance and fintech sector’s perspective Panel discussion and Q&A led by Alvaro Pereira, Lecturer in Commercial, Corporate and Bankruptcy Law, University of Leeds School of Law.

Speakers:

  • Nydia Remolina Leon, Assistant Professor of Law; head of industry relations and fintech track leader, Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG), Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law: “Open Finance: Lessons From Singapore”
  • Stephen Harris, Regional Director, Head of SME & Mid Corporate, North East & Yorkshire, Lloyds Banking Group (TBC)
  • Andrew Northage, Regulatory and Compliance Partner, Head of International Trade, Walker Morris LLP, Leeds: “Key Regulatory Issues Currently Facing UK FinTech Businesses”
  • Nabi Omidvar, Leeds University Business School: “AI and its regulatory implications and limitations”
16:45 – 16:50 Closing words, Virág Blazsek
16:50 Refreshments

*Please note that registration for this event is handled by the School of Law, University of Leeds via Eventbrite.

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