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date	27/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the benefits of FinTech to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	110112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Fintech offers a significant growth opportunity for the UK economy, providing new jobs, and delivering benefits to consumers through increased competition and innovation in financial services.</p><p> </p><p>The Fintech sector contributes £6.6bn annually to the economy, employing 60,000 people across 1,600 companies.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s ambition is for the UK to consolidate its world-leading position in FinTech and to become the leading global hub for financial innovation. In recent months I have held a roundtable with FinTech firms to discuss how to maximise opportunities for the sector and recently met the regional FinTech envoy to Scotland to discuss the benefits FinTech can offer across the UK.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/11/2017 11:54:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

778762

registered interest
date	27/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which countries he has made representations in respect of building FinTech bridges.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	110116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>FinTech, including opportunities for collaboration in this area, forms a key part of the UK’s bilateral financial services discussions. The UK currently has four FinTech Bridges – with Singapore, the Republic of Korea, China, and Hong Kong.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 03/11/2017 12:48:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans