Innovate UK is looking to fund digital ideas with commercial potential that address 5 challenges in the financial sector:
- personal financial management - partnering with Money Advice Service and Experian
- cyber security - partnering with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- consumer financial literacy - partnering with Lloyds Banking Group
- hyper-local transactions - partnering with American Express
- compliance and regulation - partnering with Accenture
Successful applicants will not only get funding but the chance to work with financial sector partners to trial their proposed solutions - and support and advice on how to get their innovations to market quicker.
Competition information
- the competition opens on Monday 2 March 2015
- the deadline for submissions is midday on 22 April 2015
- there will be briefing events for potential applicants in
- London on 4 March 2015
- Cardiff on 5 March 2015
- Edinburgh on 10 March 2015
- Belfast on 11 March 2015