Article by Amy Roper.

On May 17, 2017, the European Parliament voted in plenary to adopt a resolution on FinTech and the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector. The provisional text (P8_TA-PROV(2017)0211) of the resolution has been published.

The Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) published a report on FinTech, which included the resolution, on May 3, 2017.

The Parliament has instructed its president to forward the resolution to the Council of the EU and the European Commission.

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