On October 19, 2018, the U.K. FCA launched the Green FinTech Challenge for firms developing innovative products and services to assist in the U.K.'s transition to a low-carbon economy. The Challenge is part of the FCA's Innovate project. Successful applicants to the challenge will benefit from authorization support, live testing in the regulatory sandbox and FCA guidance. Applications for inclusion in the challenge should be submitted by January 11, 2019 and successful applicants will be notified by the end of Q1 2019. This is the first FinTech challenge run by the FCA and is separate from the FCA's other Innovate services, which should continue to be accessed by firms developing propositions that fall outside the scope of the challenge. Once the challenge is complete, it will consider whether to launch more challenges.
The FCA's Green FinTech Challenge webpage is available at: https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/fca-innovate/fintech-challenge .
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