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FinTech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
The Milken Institute's FinTech program explores market innovation and developments, analyzes alternative regulatory approaches, and offers policy recommendations to facilitate FinTech’s responsible development and foster a more favorable economic environment for small businesses and entrepreneurs. We engage and educate policymakers and stakeholders to improve access to capital, financial inclusion, transparency, and compliance. Our guiding principle is to ensure that financial technology innovations and entrepreneurial opportunities are accessible to individuals and businesses while increasing the stability and efficiency of the U.S. banking system.
- Access to capital and financial inclusion
- Alternative regulatory approaches
- Market innovation and developments
- Policy to facilitate FinTech’s responsible development
- Policy to foster a more competitive and innovative environment
- Transparency and compliance
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
- Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
- Future of Work
- Innovative Finance and Access to Capital
- Neo-Banking
- Small Business Data and Ecosystems
- Supply Chain Resilience
Small Business Policy and Innovation Initiative
Community bank consolidation, technology, globalization, and policy changes have disproportionately impacted small businesses and start-ups by fundamentally changing the competitive landscape and entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Small Business Policy and Innovation initiative aims to address these challenges through policy recommendations and program solutions to foster a more robust entrepreneurial environment and inclusive prosperity across regions and demographics.
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Our Team
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Maxwell DeGregorio
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Kristen Fanarakis
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