Fintech & Insurtech Observatory Research

Started in 2015 the Fintech & Insurtech Observatory is the baseline for digital innovation within the Italian and European finance and insurance ecosystem. The Fintech & Insurtech Observatory’s goal is to create and spread knowledge, also through specific projects, to optimally govern, at system and individual company level, the changes taking place in the sector.

Fintech & Insurtech Observatory Research

In the edition the Fintech & Insurtech Observatory Research will focus on the following topics:

Open Finance & Insurance Journey;
use of digital technologies in Italian banks and insurance companies;
use and evolution of Consumer and Business bank and insurance channels;
Banking-as-a-service, Insurance-as-a-service, composable banking: trends and development;
Fintech & Insurtech startup business models;
Challenger banks definition and business models;
extended collaboration offered by BigTech organizations and companies in other sectors entering the financial and insurance market;
Green & Social Fintech;
strategic approaches on the use of Blockchain technology in Finance & Insurance;
strategic Role of Data and implications of using Artificial Intelligence solutions in Finance & Insurance, including Generative AI;
needs and knowledge of Italian Fintech and Insurtech consumers, focused on the Generation Z, kids, and teens;
knowledge and Fintech and Insurtech related needs of Italian SMEs and micro companies;
Innovative Digital Finance and Insurance solution offering for European SMEs;
RegTech and Financial Identity;
Digital Wealth Management and Robo Advisor;
Digital Lending;
Decentralized Finance (DeFi);
Platforms.

Fintech & Insurtech Observatory activities

The Fintech & Insurtech Observatory’s planned activities for the edition are as follows:

field research involving the main players in the market: banks, insurances, startups Fintech & Insurtech, consulting companies, financial brokers, service providers, PS, research centers, investors, retailers, non-finance sector companies, etc.;
opportunities to meet and discuss with like-minded people:

one research orientation workshop;
three invitation-only sharing workshops to discuss the most important topics;
one Experience sharing Workshop called Fintech & Insurtech Day focused on startups, exclusively for Observatory Supporters;
one co-design and co-creation Workshop for the finance and insurance system to work together on strategic solutions;

a visit and debate with an international Fintech & Insurtech community;
a public conference to present research results, with round table discussions and contributions from major figures in the business world;
a printed report of the main results of the Research, handed out at the conference;
several in-depth online reports on topics addressed in the Research;
a bimonthly selection of messages from news and research for Partners and Sponsors representing the most relevant events of the Italian and international markets;
meetings with students interested in Fintech & Insurtech.

Become a supporter of the Fintech & Insurtech Observatory

The Fintech & Insurtech Observatory is supported by several sector partner and sponsor companies. Take part in the Research, access Observatory exclusive data before anyone else, network with companies and qualified experts and gain visibility in our events.

For more information please contact Laura Grassi (laura.grassi@polimi.it) or Alessandro Faes (alessandro.faes@polimi.it).

Marco Giorgino

Scientific Officer

Andrea Rangone

Scientific Officer

Laura Grassi

Research Director

Filippo Maria Renga

Research Director

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19 Jun 2024

Reports

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