Morrison Foerster, MCS Group and Rise, created by Barclays Partner with Fintech Sandbox to Support Innovation and Collaboration in Financial Services

Today, Fintech Sandbox, a nonprofit that provides early-stage fintech startups around the world with free access to critical datasets and infrastructure through its Data Access Residency, announced the addition of Morrison Foerster, MCS Group and Rise, created by Barclays as sponsors to the organization. These prestigious institutions play a crucial role in offering vital support to global early-stage founders who strive to usher in a new era of innovation, redefine innovation itself, and build a more resilient financial future.

“We are thrilled that Morrison Foerster, MCS Group and Rise, created by Barclays have committed to supporting Fintech Sandbox and our efforts to empower entrepreneurs and startups, furthering innovation in fintech and financial services,” said Sarah Biller, co-founder of Fintech Sandbox. “We immensely value their dedication to supporting our mission of providing data access and impactful programming to spur progress, power sustainable and inclusive finance and help us confront the challenges that the fintech community faces in a challenging economic environment.”

Morrison Foerster is a leading global law firm that transforms complexity into advantage for its clients. At the forefront of the fintech industry, Morrison Foerster’s fintech team combines premier transactional capabilities with in-depth regulatory insights, and enforcement capabilities to help clients across the global fintech market.

MCS Group is a relationship-focused consulting firm based in Boston. MCS specializes in working with fintech companies to create bespoke talent/hiring solutions for their IT teams, assisting companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500.

Rise, created by Barclays is a global community of the world’s top innovators and entrepreneurs working together to create the future of financial services. By connecting technology, talent and trends, the mission of Rise is to accelerate innovation and growth in the financial services industry.

“At MCS Group, we believe that innovation, opportunity, and talent are powerful tools to solve complex challenges. The data and infrastructure provided by Fintech Sandbox help startups find solutions to these challenges,” said Ryan Quinn, VP at MCS Group. “As an organization dedicated to working with fintechs to solve complicated hiring challenges, supporting Fintech Sandbox is a natural fit for us. We are excited to make an impact this year and beyond through our partnership with them.”

“At Rise, created by Barclays, our mission has been to help build and bolster collaboration within the greater fintech ecosystem, and supporting Fintech Sandbox directly aligns with our goals,” said Carina Oriel, Head of Rise New York. “We are honored to help the organization support rising entrepreneurs and early-stage startups succeed, helping them to navigate the current climate and provide new innovative solutions to their customers and clients.”

By aligning with Fintech Sandbox, sponsors unlock unique opportunities that bolster their business development initiatives, elevate brand visibility and enhance talent management – all while gaining a front-row seat to the latest fintech trends and insights. The reciprocal learning process between the startups and sponsors enables all involved to grow and shape their understanding of innovation and accelerated growth, and allows the startups to flourish in the organization’s Data Access Residency.

Fintech Sandbox promotes innovation in the financial sector by making data and infrastructure available to early-stage fintech startups at the point when access to this typically expensive data is most impactful. Fintech Sandbox startups, in return, collaborate with current and past residents, sharing learnings and advancements that benefit the larger fintech ecosystem.

Morrison Foerster, MCS Group and Rise, created by Barclays join Fintech Sandbox’s current annual sponsors, which include Commonwealth, EY, F-Prime Capital, Fidelity Labs, Goodwin, MassMutual and Slalom. For more details about our sponsors, please visit https://fintechsandbox.org/sponsors.

For more information on joining as a corporate sponsor, startup, or data/infrastructure partner, please contact info@fintechsandbox.org, or visit https://fintechsandbox.org.