Given Jersey’s position as a world-class finance centre and its adoption of digital innovations, it’s no surprise that the island is rapidly becoming a Fintech Sandbox.
Digital Jersey’s island wide Sandbox can help develop Fintech in a controlled environment. With access to a well-established finance industry and the support of an independent government and robust regulator, it’s an ideal testbed for Fintechs.
Jersey has world leading network infrastructure and a workforce of more than 13,000 people in financial services and 3,000 people in the digital sector. Digital Jersey is able to provide a wide range of support to Fintech businesses including assistance with business licensing, networking, co-working space etc. Connect with us to see if we can help grow your Fintech business.
Jersey’s regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC), encourages innovation in the financial services industry. As a part of Sandbox Jersey, the JFSC helps to establish the right environment for companies to bring Fintech products and services to the market.
Digital Jersey’s Fintech adviser, Dave Birch, highlights what makes Sandbox Jersey the ideal solution for those looking for a Fintech or Regtech testbed.
By testing your Fintech or Regtech product or service in Sandbox Jersey, you can access an impressive range of services, facilities and organisations.
The Island of Jersey is a wide scale, but compact, testbed for deploying Fintech and Regtech services. Here you have access to a progressive, representative community of 100,000 people enjoying an advanced, sophisticated level of public infrastructure and services:
Jersey’s financial services industry is built upon a number of strengths including political and economic stability, a mature and respected legal and regulatory system, tax neutrality and a flexible corporate law regime. The industry is made up of a number of key segments including funds management, private client services and corporate services.
Our Fintech Sandbox gives you access to Digital Jersey’s existing shared workspaces, the Digital Hub and the Digital Jersey Xchange (DJX), a dedicated IoT Lab and showcase space. We can also arrange or recommend access to other facilities as required.
Jersey’s unsurpassed fixed and wireless telecommunication networks permit high quality end-to-end testing, either passively or in active configuration through agreed interaction with a local carrier. Comprehensive 4G wireless coverage using multi-vendor network infrastructure, layered frequency networks, wireless and fixed backhaul technologies employed, global interconnection through wide-ranging roaming arrangements. World-leading FTTH and FTTP network deployment provides a gigabit connection to every home and business in the Island.
Through our extensive networks and strong working relationships we can call upon the guidance of individuals and organisations working in the field of Fintech and regulation, legal precedence, data protection and intellectual property amongst others, should you require it.
We can provide help you launch your start-up in Jersey, offering support to help you establish and operate from the island if required. We can also introduce providers of venture capital and facilitate discussions of joint-venture support should this be required.
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Edmund Hatton
FinTech Lead