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<\/i> Jemima Kelly, Financial Times | November 11, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

Fragmented US rules landscape has put off many early-stage companies.<\/p>\n

Arizona, often associated with golf-playing pensioners and selfie-taking Grand Canyon visitors, might not seem the most obvious place to look for cutting-edge financial technology.<\/p>\n

Yet in March this year, Arizona became the first US state to set up a so-called regulatory sandbox for fintech start-ups \u2014 essentially a test environment in which early-stage companies that are innovating in the financial sector are given limited access to the market under regulatory supervision, without having to be fully licensed.<\/p>\n

It is a step towards opening up the fintech industry in a country whose regulatory landscape has until now put off many start-ups with its perceived heavy-handedness, and could make it easier for companies from outside the US to test their products on the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jemima Kelly, Financial Times | November 11, 2018 Fragmented US rules landscape has put off many early-stage companies. 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