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The Cambridge SupTech Lab accelerates the digital transformation of financial supervision, with a focus on building resilient, inclusive, and accountable financial sectors

 

The Cambridge SupTech Lab operated from December 2021 through 2025 to accelerate the digital transformation of financial supervision, with a focus on building resilient, inclusive, and accountable financial sectors — particularly in emerging and developing economies.

The Lab supported supervisory authorities through applied research, capacity building, technical assistance, and innovation incubation.

The following are several markers of the scale of the Lab’s engagement with financial authorities:

  • 220 financial authorities surveyed from 120+ countries
  • 3 Global State of SupTech Reports (>5,000 downloads)
  • 17 case studies published
  • The consumer and investor protection suptech report and manual
  • 1,600+ financial supervisors trained from 48 countries
  • 200+ suptech application capstones developed alongside financial authorities
  • GovSpace, an immersive platform for suptech and govtech transformation, prototyped.

Over this period, suptech has evolved into a global phenomenon, with growing demand for scalability and agility that meet the complex needs of financial supervision. With a strong track record and lasting contributions to the field, the Cambridge Suptech Lab draws to its natural conclusion.

The Lab was an initiative implemented by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) in collaboration with Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS), supported by Financial Innovations for Impact (Fii), built on the foundation laid by the RegTech for Regulators Accelerator (R2A). The CCAF, DTS, and Fii continue to explore opportunities to advance the supervisory innovation ecosystem co-operatively.

Thank you for joining us on this journey.

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A global convening of financial supervisors, innovators, and ecosystem partners, organised by the Cambridge SupTech Lab in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.

Fourth annual global survey and analysis of suptech adoption, trends, and needs — offering data-driven insights to guide strategy, AI-readiness, and change management across the supervisory ecosystem.

Architectural pathway from reactive oversight to outcome-driven institutional intelligence. Read the Report.

GovSpace is our collaborative platform for data-driven diagnostics, co-design, and digital solution deployment. Built to power digital transformation and innovation across the SupTech ecosystem.

A community of communities that connects local priorities and innovation leaders to peers and global partners.

A deeptech environment for secure, high-trust public sector digital transformation through intelligent tooling.

GovSpace will soon unify digital tools, knowledge assets, and collaboration environments developed by the Cambridge SupTech Lab into one secure and immersive AI-powered space.

As we transition, you may notice tools and services gradually moving under the GovSpace banner.

Offerings

Research & Intelligence

Insights to help financial authorities stay on top of digital transformation and suptech trends and developments.

Capacity Building & Education

Online training programmes and educational resources to develop the skills required to support and lead a digital transformation and suptech adoption.

Application Incubation

De-risked suptech prototype development and deployment with established vendors.

Technical Assistance

Technical support and expert advice in digital transformations and suptech adoption.

Ecosystem Accelerator

Connecting and growing the community of financial supervision creating synergies across the suptech ecosystem.

Digital Tools

Empowering financial authorities with tooling for the design, development, and procurement of suptech applications, as well as the formulation of strategies and roadmaps.

Testimonials

Suneil Dham
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Canada
“If you’re serious about innovating with suptech in your organisation, take the programme — there’s so much to learn from the content, assignments, and speakers.”
Suneil Dham
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Canada
“If you’re serious about innovating with suptech in your organisation, take the programme — there’s so much to learn from the content, assignments, and speakers.”

Blogs

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Simone di Castri
Keynote presentation during the 3rd Symposium of the Global Forum on Illicit Financial Flows and Sustainable Development, June 4-5, 2024.

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, data is the cornerstone of effective anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism and proliferation (AML/CFT/CPF) strategies. We have access to an unprecedented volume of information, and our analytical capabilities have never been more powerful. However, the true potential of these capabilities can be realised through cooperation.

Latest Posts

From SupTech to GovTech: Sunsetting the SupTech Lab at Cambridge and Scaling Public-Sector Transformation
Simone presents at IDB conference AI for Better Regulation 

News

Events

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Simone di Castri spoke at the the New York City Technology Forum 2024 in a
Our founder and co-head Simone di Castri spoke at the RegTech Convention 2024 in Frankfurt,
We are excited to announce that registration is now open for SupTech Week 2024, taking

Highlights

Research

State of SupTech 2024 is here – the global benchmark on supervisory technology, with insights from 136 authorities and 23 providers.
Explore the trends, challenges, and what’s next.

Ecosystem

Join us for SupTech Week 2025 – a global gathering of financial supervisors, technologists, and innovators advancing the digital transformation of financial oversight. December 8–12
New York & Online