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Pictured from left: Björn Ottersten of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg, Nasir Zubairi of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology, and Dirk Andreas Zetzsche of the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance. They are seen during a meeting where their organisations signed fintech cooperation agreements, 18 June 2018. Photo credit: LHoFT Foundation 

The three organisations were the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (Lhoft) and two units of the University of Luxembourg: the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF).

Lhoft said in a press release on 18 June that under the accords:

“researchers from both SnT and FDEF will be granted access to the LHoFT facility at the recently inaugurated House of Startups (HoST). They will interact and work with the LHoFT team as well as the growing number of fintech firms in residence at the facility and the broader ecosystem, including financial institutions that are regularly making use of the Hot Desks at Luxembourg’s dedicated Fintech innovation hub.”

Lhoft is a government-backed body that promotes Luxembourg’s fintech industry. The SnT conducts research into blockchain, artificial intelligence and natural language processing technologies that can be used by fintech firms. The FDEF is currently studying the legal and regulatory impact of fintech applications.