The Cambridge SupTech Lab accelerates the digital transformation of financial supervision to foster resilient, transparent, accountable, sustainable, and inclusive financial sectors.
The Lab catalyses the integration of innovative technologies and data science into supervisory processes to meet both enduring and emerging challenges in the rapidly changing financial landscape. Through the Lab, financial authorities have championed the adoption of advanced suptech solutions to address pressing issues such as financial crime, fraud, exclusion, climate change enablers, consumer protection, and artificial intelligence biases.
Our global, multidisciplinary team has partnered with financial authorities’ executives, supervisors, and data scientists to craft solutions throughout the entire innovation lifecycle, from data governance to AI-powered strategies, from the drawing board to full-scale deployment and expansion of cutting-edge suptech applications.
The Lab is an initiative of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
What We Do
Research &
Intelligence
Insights to help financial authorities stay on top of digital transformation and suptech trends and developments.
Capacity
Building &
Education
Online training programmes and educational resources to develop the skills required to support and lead a digital transformation and suptech adoption.
Application
Incubation
De-risked suptech prototype development and deployment with established vendors.
Technical
assistance
Technical support and expert advice in digital transformations and suptech adoption.
Ecosystem
accelerator
Connecting and growing the community of financial supervision creating synergies across the suptech ecosystem.
Digital Tools
SupTech Vendor Database
The SupTech Vendor Database is a dynamic, web-based tool to explore off-the-shelf suptech applications and connect with vendors.
SupTech Solutions Tracker
The SupTech Solutions Tracker has been designed to allow users to navigate our global catalogue of financial authorities’ suptech solutions by use case, status and geography.
Digital SupTech Diagnostic
The Digital SupTech Diagnostic is an application that provides financial authorities with a snapshot of their capabilities by assessing their digital infrastructure, data architecture, tech stack, processes and key roles across a comprehensive set of supervisory use cases.
Blog
SupTech at scale: The tipping point | Keynote at RegTech Convention 2024
* Keynote presentation during the RegTech Convention 2024, Frankfurt, 18th November 2024. It is my honor and privilege to be with you today while we stand at a pivotal moment in financial supervision—a moment when technology is reshaping not just the...
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Suptech vs financial crime: Unlocking the full potential of data and digital tools in the fight against illicit financial flows | Keynote, 3rd IFFSD Global Forum
* Keynote presentation during the 3rd Symposium of the Global Forum on Illicit Financial Flows and Sustainable Development, June 4-5, 2024 In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, data is the cornerstone of effective anti-money laundering and countering the...
Suptech and greenwashing: A desirable paradigm shift
By Maryeliza Barasa and Samir Kiuhan-Vasquez Retail and institutional investors increasingly choose to invest in assets that align with biodiversity, climate, and other sustainability goals. This trend has led to a surge in the number of financial products claiming to...
Women in banking: Interview with Sonja Kelly, Women World Banking
For the month of March, in honor of International Women's Day, the Cambridge SupTech Lab will be featuring inspiring leaders of women in finance and financial supervision. We asked them questions about women in banking as well as about career advice and mentorship....
News
In the SupTech Loop #29
Hi SupTech Community, Welcome to the 29th issue of the Cambridge SupTech Lab bi-weekly LinkedIn newsletter, a source for updates on recent innovations, breakthroughs, opportunities, upcoming events in the suptech field, and news from the Cambridge SupTech Lab team. ...
SupTech Week 2024 Gathers Leading Experts in Financial Supervision to Advance Digital Transformation
Cambridge, UK – 25 November 2024 – The Cambridge SupTech Lab, part of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (content partner), will be hosting the largest gathering of leading...
In the SupTech Loop #28
Hi SupTech Community, Welcome to the 28th issue of the Cambridge SupTech Lab bi-weekly LinkedIn newsletter, a source for updates on recent innovations, breakthroughs, opportunities, upcoming events in the suptech field, and news from the Cambridge SupTech Lab team. ...
Cambridge SupTech Lab announces winning vendors to develop financial consumer protection working prototypes for three Financial Authorities
29 October 2024 -- Cambridge SupTech Lab, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School has selected three vendors to develop financial consumer protection working prototypes as part of its Application Incubation programme. Application...
Events
New York City Technology Forum 2024
Simone di Castri spoke at the the New York City Technology Forum 2024 in a panel on "Exploring Emerging Technologies", alongside Jordan Schneidman (Deloitte), Darrick Mowrey (Google), and Rowan Miranda (Workday). Sean McSpaden (Center for Digital Government) moderated...
RegTech Convention 2024
Our founder and co-head Simone di Castri spoke at the RegTech Convention 2024 in Frankfurt, delivering the keynote address, “Suptech at scale: The tipping point". Held under the motto “TechReg – The power to transform”, the Convention questioned how the rapidly...
Suptech Week 2024 – Insights and innovations for digital financial supervision
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for SupTech Week 2024, taking place from December 9 to 13. SupTech Week is the largest annual gathering of global suptech experts and innovators and offers a unique platform for sharing ideas, research,...
AIR Conference – Digital Payment Fraud in West Africa
Juliet Ongwae will be speaking during the AIR-Alliance for Innovative Regulation conference that will run in parallel with the Combating Digital Payment Fraud in West Africa TechSprint. Join the event by registering here ▶ https://lnkd.in/e9DyZpnE We will...