Announcement 📣 Innovate Finance, the industry body for and voice of #UK #FinTech, and the Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) have agreed to join forces, recognising the increasing impact of public debates on new forms of digital money. By bringing the DPF within the Innovate Finance community, the two organisations will advance a shared vision for developing the UK as the leading global centre for #digitalassets and #digitalmoney. DPF will become an initiative within Innovate Finance with a dedicated work stream, the Digital Pound Foundation Programme, focused on digital money in both public and private forms. Innovate Finance will also establish a DPF Member Advisory Group to shape the programme with dedicated resources, supported by the wider Innovate Finance team and activities. Janine Hirt, CEO of Innovate Finance, said: "We are absolutely delighted to welcome the Digital Pound Foundation within the Innovate Finance community.  This supports our strategic focus on deepening expertise and engagement in FinTech verticals including payments and digital assets. Over the last three years the DPF has moved from strength to strength, and has made remarkable progress in raising awareness about the benefits and opportunities that adoption of a well-designed digital pound and new forms of digital money will offer. We are looking forward to combining forces and supporting the continued forward momentum of this agenda." Claire Conby, Executive Director and Operations and Innovation Lead of the Digital Pound Foundation commented: “Thanks to our strong partnership with Innovate Finance, we are now able to advance even faster and further on the digital money agenda by working together. It is a testament to the body of work developed by the DPF and its community over the past three years that we can further increase our impact on the mainstream of UK public debate by joining the Innovate Finance family. With the ongoing support of our members, we are extremely excited about this next stage of the DPF’s evolution”. We would like to extend our thanks to everyone for their unwavering support and dedication over the past three years: @Accenture, @AgantFinance, @AvaLabs, @BlockchainforEU, @BillonGroup, @AllianceMBS, @OfficialUoM, @CGI_Global, Chavanette Advisors, Claire Conby, @clear_bank, @Clifford_Chance, @CMS_law, @CryptoUKAssoc, David Rennie, @Digital_Dollar_, @DigiEuro, @Electroneum, Enryo, @FireblocksHQ, @GBBCouncil, @GlobalDigitalFi, @Global_Counsel, @GreengageCo, Helen Disney, @HSFlegal, Jannah Patchay, Jeremy Wilson, Jim Ford, Jonathan Marriott, @kodelabio, Lee Schneider, LINK, Mel Budden, Michelle Brook, @MillicentLabs, @ModulrFinance, Nick Davies, Nilixa Devlukia, @WeArePayUK, Phil Kenworthy, @PositiveMoneyUK, @quantnetwork, @Ripple, @setl_io, @StablecoinStnd, @ThePAssoc, Thomas Hawkins, @traverssmith, @TRGLondon, @UDPN_Official, @UKCBT_org, @UKFtweets, Victoria Thompson, William Lorenz. ... #InnovateFinance #DigitalPound #DigitalCurrency #CBDC #Stablecoin #DigitalCurrencies #DigitalPayments #Blockchain #Tokenization #SmartContracts #Programmability #Privacy #DigitalIdentity #SustainableFinance #Finance #Tradfi #Banking #Fintech

Now in its fourth year of operation, the Digital Pound Foundation is excited to be entering 2025 with renewed energy becoming part of the Innovate Finance family, enabling the Foundation to advance even faster and further than before. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the continued support of our founding members - @Ripple, Quant, @Electroneum, @Clifford_Chance, @avax, @AccentureUK - and the members who have joined us in recent years - @traverssmith, @setl_io, NOBO, @kodelabio, @GreengageCo, @FireblocksHQ, Enryo, @CMS_law, @clear_bank, Chavanette Advisors, Agant. Heading into 2025, we have an exciting line-up of new members joining the Digital Pound Foundation from across the blockchain, digital asset, and traditional finance space, so please do keep your eyes peeled over the coming weeks for those announcements! If your organisation is interested in exploring membership with the Digital Pound Foundation and Innovate Finance, please get in touch with our membership and community lead, Michelle Brook, via our website 👉 buff.ly/4bYU6IS If you would like to learn more about the Digital Pound Foundation joining forces with @InnFin, please head over to our website where you can find the press release 👉 buff.ly/3P4QquI

#Google Pay, #PhonePe, and #Amazon Pay are among five prominent payment firms seeking to participate in #India's #digitalcurrency pilot, offering transactions via a #digitalRupee #CBDC 👉 buff.ly/4dB33Il