EPFR Joins FinTech Sandbox as Data Partner to Promote Innovation in Financial Technology and Services

FinTech Sandbox, is a nonprofit that drives global FinTech innovation and collaboration, announces today’s partnership with EPFR, a subsidiary of Informa plc and worldwide industry leader providing fund flows and allocation data to financial institutions. EPFR will make the data available to FinTech Sandbox to help fuel the future of financial innovation.

Informa Financial Intelligence serves the world’s largest investment managers, investment banks and consumer retail banks by providing competitive benchmarking, market sentiment and specialty data that powers better investment decisions and product development. Datasets made available to FinTech Sandbox residents will include institutional fund flows for equity and fixed income funds on a daily, weekly and monthly frequency, along with monthly fund allocations at a country, sector, industry and stock level. FinTech Sandbox facilitates innovation in the financial sector by making data and infrastructure available to well-qualified FinTech startups points access is most impactful. These startups, in return, are expected to collaborate with each other, by sharing learning’s and advancements that benefit the FinTech ecosystem. Participating startups pay no fees, and no equity is taken.

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