Madrid Capital FinTech (MAD FinTech) has signed a collaboration agreement with the Madrid Association of Economists to promote collaboration and open innovation to develop training and information activities on FinTech disruption.
Partnership for growth
The agreement was signed by the president of the cluster, Salvador Molina, and the dean-president of the Madrid Association of Economists, Amelia Pérez Zabaleta. It will enable smooth collaboration between the two institutions to promote the development of the FinTech industry and the transformation of the economy through technology.
The signing of the agreement, which took place at the Club Financiero Génova, will allow MAD FinTech to collaborate closely with Madrid’s leading institution of Economists. For the Association of Economists, the alliance with MAD FinTech will enable it to offer training content on FinTech and new technologies applied to economics, finance, banking and insurance to its members.
From left to right, Esther García, general secretary of the Madrid Association of Economists; Salvador Molina, president of the Madrid Capital FinTech (MAD FinTech) cluster; Amelia Pérez Zabaleta, dean-president of the Madrid Association of Economists; and Rafael Laso, technical secretary of the Association.
Webinar on European funds
The training of members of both organisations will be enhanced and joint events will be organised as part of these initiatives. As an example of this collaboration, next week a first webinar will be held on the NextGenerationEU European funds, for which the MAD FinTech cluster has created a Project Board. The webinar will be accessible to members of the FinTech Commission of the Association, as well as to members of the Madrid Association of Economists.
About the Madrid College of Economists
The Madrid Association of Economists took its current name in 1977, although its origins date back to 1948, when the National Association of Economists of Spain was created. Since then, it has been working to represent the Economist profession, with the aim of organising the practice of the profession, the exclusive representation of the profession and the defence of the professional interests of its members.
About MAD FinTech
TheMAD FinTech clusterwas officially presented on 19 February 2020 at the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid. It is an association promoted by the Madrid City Council and Foro ECOFIN that seeks to bring together financial, FinTech and InsurTech companies, among others, to develop collaboration models based on Open Innovation to create new business models, transform existing ones and promote the development of a financial industry based on new technologies whose epicentre will be Madrid.
