The West Midlands’ “London problem” has shifted from talent leaving the region to value being captured elsewhere. Hybrid working now allows regional professionals to stay local while working for London firms, weakening local networks and economic impact. It also warns that rapid AI adoption is creating new data dependency on US-owned platforms, raising questions for professional and financial services firms around sovereignty, competitiveness and regional growth.

SuperTech WM has launched the Open Innovation Lab: Fighting Fraud, bringing together financial services, legal sector organisations, regulators, academics and technology innovators to tackle fraud. The programme focuses on AI-enabled fraud detection, digital identity, customer protection and fraud resilience, helping fintech, lawtech and regtech firms develop solutions to real industry challenges

Five signals from the FCA: how financial innovation is being reshaped in real time.

A closed-door session this week between FinTechs, Financial Services Innovation leads and Colin Payne Head of Innovation at the Financial Conduct Authority offered a clear signal: regulation is no longer catching up with innovation, it’s being built alongside it.

Fighting fraud has become one of the defining challenges facing financial and professional services. Across financial, insurance legal, accountancy and property sectors, organisations handling sensitive data and client money face increasingly sophisticated threats.
At SuperTech, working across these sectors reveals some consistent themes and this article summarises views from our ecosystem members.  

The University of Warwick and SuperTech WM have announced a strategic partnership to help shape the future of innovation and regional growth across the financial, property, and professional services sectors.

West Midlands based, Fastcheck, the automotive finance technology platform, has gone live with major UK banks and motor finance lenders, to be announced shortly, as it begins a wider rollout to motor retailers across the UK.