FinTech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
The FinTech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation work explores market innovation and developments, analyzes alternative regulatory approaches, and offers policy recommendations to facilitate FinTech’s responsible development and to 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 US financial 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 Agentic Commerce
- Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
- Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
- Future of Work
- Innovative Finance and Access to Capital
- Neo-Banking
- Small Business Data and Ecosystems
- Stablecoin and Tokenization
- 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.
FinTech, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Most Recent Content
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Milken Institute Statement on Passage of Digital Asset Legislation
The Milken Institute applauds the House’s historic, bipartisan passage of the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act. This final passage of the Senate’s GENIUS Act will provide long-sought regulatory clarity for stablecoins as they continue to...Read Article -
Milken Institute EVP of Finance Michael Piwowar Testifies on Digital Asset Market Structure Legislation
Washington, DC (June 4)—Today, Michael Piwowar, Executive Vice President of Finance at the Milken Institute, provided testimony before the US House Committee on Agriculture hearing on American Innovation and the Future of Digital Assets...Read Article -
Milken Institute and Motsepe Foundation Announce Winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech and Launch New Prize
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation are proud to announce the winner of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech, a $2 million innovation award designed to reward companies working to expand access to capital and financial services...Read Article -
Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech Announces 10 Semifinalists
October 16, 2024 (Washington, DC) — The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation announced the 10 teams advancing to the Semifinalist Round of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in FinTech, with each team receiving $100,000 in funding. Responding...Read Article
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