Check out Barrin92's answer (above/below my original comment) for some examples. I'm no expert on how you'd measure tech innovation. Perhaps patents - but US p

Check out Barrin92's answer (above/below my original comment) for some examples. I'm no expert on how you'd measure tech innovation. Perhaps patents - but US patents are much easier to get and much more easily awarded than in the EU, so probably not a great indicator of innovation (especially considering that more patent applications were filed in China in 2016 than the rest of the world combined). Elite research universities might be a good indicator. I haven't got the rankings to hand, but am willing to stand corrected that the EU is at least on a par with the US in that regard. Consumer banking is probably one area where 'tech innovation' has been much more widely embraced in Europe than in the US. Is that the kind of thing you meant? If not, perhaps you could give me some examples of technical innovation which is common in the US and rare/lacking in Europe?