Launch: Financial Technology Association to Advocate for Consumer-Centric Fintech Development – Business Wire

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Financial Technology Association (FTA), a new trade group formed by leaders of the technology-centered financial services industry, today announced the launch of its organization and the publication of its introductory paper, Shaping the Future of Finance. FTA will educate stakeholders and support the modernization of financial regulation to drive greater financial inclusion, equity and opportunity. Founding FTA members include Afterpay, Betterment, Brex, Carta, Figure, Marqeta, Quadpay, Plaid, Ribbit Capital, Wise and Zest AI.

FTA looks forward to engaging with the new Administration and Congress in order to help solve outstanding financial services challenges faced by many Americans, including a lack of access to fair and accessible products and financial opportunities, said Milan Dalal, FTA Senior Government Relations Advisor. The fintech industry has an important story to tell and looks forward to working with policymakers to protect consumers and advance responsible innovation.

FTA believes the successful integration of financial technology (fintech) solutions in the American financial system starts with the adoption of national policies that recognize the importance of responsible innovation and encompass a coherent vision on key priorities, which include:

Technology-driven innovation is transforming the way we offer, access, and benefit from financial services and markets in the United States, said Daniel Gorfine, FTA Senior Policy Advisor. This organization will focus on proactively shaping regulations, policy frameworks, and public understanding in order to safeguard consumers and advance the development of trusted, digital financial markets and services.

FTAs introductory paper demonstrates that fintech companies are improving efficiency and transparency, broadening equity, access and inclusion, reducing costs, and increasing choice for consumers and businesses by using internet and mobile platforms, machine learning, automation, and other modern technologies to deliver financial products and services.

These advances are coming at a critical time for the American economy, said Gorfine. Millions remain underbanked or underserved, income and wealth inequality continues to grow, and small businesses seek to rebuild from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its introductory paper, FTA outlined its key policy tracks for the US financial system, which are unified by a north star concept: the idea that safeguarding, empowering, and advancing consumer and end-user interests should drive policy formulation. Good policy should provide consumer protections, while fostering business model innovation that can deliver access to safe, inclusive, low-cost, and equitable products and services.

These policy tracks are as follows:

More information on the associations priorities, as well as the introductory paper, can be found on the FTA website: https://www.ftassociation.org/

About the Financial Technology Association

The Financial Technology Association (FTA) is the leading trade body for the technology-centered financial services industry. FTAs mission is to educate stakeholders on the value of fintech and advocate for the modernization of financial regulation to support inclusion and innovation. The organization is focused on proactively shaping regulations, policy frameworks, and public understanding in order to safeguard consumers and advance the development of trusted, digital financial markets and services.

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