New Lord Mayor heads to San Francisco to promote FinTech

The new Lord Mayor of London, William Russell, will lead a FinTech delegation to San Francisco.

In Brief:

• Russell succeeded Peter Estlin in October.

• Earlystage FinTech and venture capital companies will embark on a three-day trup.

• The agenda includes meetings with Silicon Valley investors.

What does this mean?

The UK government is making huge efforts to showcase UK technology startups around the world and FinTech is an area primed for foreign investment.

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