Fintech and Financial Institutions Research Conference

Conference dates

10 Apr 2025 - 11 Apr 2025

Location

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 10 N Independence Mall W, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Description

Fintech and Financial Institutions Research Conference
Co-Sponsored by the University of Delaware and The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Dates: April 10 and 11, 2025,
with an evening poster session and reception on April 9
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
10 N Independence Mall W, Philadelphia, PA 19106

The Fintech and Financial Institutions Conference is a forum for presenting and discussing current research on the interlinkages of the fintech sector and the broader financial system. The Conference will focus on understanding economic consequences and impacts in both directions, as well as regulatory implications of the fintech sector. The Conference will also focus on technology and engineering developments that are key to the way fintech works within the financial system. The Conference aims to include high-quality academic papers from multiple fields, including finance, economics, computer engineering, management information systems, and others. The Conference aims to foster the dialogue between the Fin and Tech sides of fintech.

On the Fin Track, the conference sessions will focus on finance and economics issues that relate the technological advances of Fintech to its economic, financial, societal, and regulatory environment. These sessions will follow the standard finance conference format, will include discussants and will not be included in any published proceedings.

We aim for a conference that unites the research conversation across the Fin and Tech Tracks, with authors, discussants, and session chairs contributing to an interdisciplinary conversation. In particular, the event will intermingle sessions for two “tracks” of the conference, with approximately equal agenda time for each. We plan to host two keynote speakers, to give full emphasis to the intersecting issues relevant to both tracks.

We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for the Conference. Stefan Nagel, the Fama Family Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, will be a keynote speaker for the Conference. Ramayya Krishnan, Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and William W. and Ruth F. Cooper Professor of Management Science and Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University will also be a keynote speaker for the Conference. In consideration of the addition of these speakers to our agenda, we are extending the paper submission deadline to January 14.

Call For Papers for the Fin Track (Finance Track)
Submission deadline: January 14, 2025 (11:59 PM EST)
Submission website: https://fintech25.org

Submissions of high-quality theoretical and empirical research papers exploring aspects related to fintech trends are invited.

Appropriate topics include:
1. Competition and collaboration dynamics between traditional financial institutions and new market entrants
2. Financial stability consequences of the interplay between fintech and traditional lenders
3. Impact on credit supply and pricing for large firms, small businesses, and households
4. Real economy effects of fintech and the financial system's response
5. Societal impact (e.g., inequality issues) relating to fintech and its interactions with the financial system
6. Influence of monetary and fiscal policies on fintech firms and financial institutions
7. Governance strategies and structures within fintech, crypto-exchanges, and blockchain organizations
8. The application of AI and ML by traditional and fintech lenders
9. Stablecoins and the real impact of cryptocurrencies
10. Regulatory considerations surrounding fintech and its interactions with the broader financial system
11. Alternative credit assessment systems and their impact, including fairness
12. Impact of regulations on FinTech innovation

(The full Call For Papers including information for both tracks is available here: https://www.udel.edu/research-innovation/star/fintech/#conference)

There is partial funding available for travel honoraria to support speakers. Priority will be given to support the goals of the conference and based on need. Authors should request consideration if needed.

High quality papers as judged by the program committee, but which are not appropriate for the joint sessions considering the interdisciplinary audience, may be invited to the poster session (such papers from the Tech Track will still be included in the proceedings volume).

Organizing Committee
Conference chair:
Paul Laux, University of Delaware

Fin Track chairs:
Michael Gelman, University of Delaware
Vitaly Meursault, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Tech Track chairs:
Nektarios Tsoutsos, University of Delaware
Gang Wang, University of Delaware

Program Committee: Fin Track
Joseph Abadi, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Jack Bao, University of Delaware
Tetyana Balyuk, Emory University
Sebastian Doerr, BIS
Xiao Fang, University of Delaware
Laura Field, University of Delaware
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale University
Deeksha Gupta, Johns Hopkins University
Wenli Li, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Marina Niessner, Indiana University
Raluca Roman, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Alberto Rossi, Georgetown University
Philip Strahan, Boston College
James Vickery, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia VM
Gloria Yang Yu, Singapore Management University
David Yermack, New York University
Yao Zeng, University of Pennsylvania

Call For Posters
We invite PhD students to submit posters for the conference poster session in the evening on April 9. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your research, gain feedback from leading experts, and engage with peers in your field. Posters should cover the same areas of interest as outlined in the call for papers, including both economics/finance and engineering/technical aspects. We expect to be able to provide partial travel honoraria for students upon request; priority is given to students on a need-basis.

Format: Posters should be in size 32in x 24in.
Submission: Submit a PDF of your poster to https://fintech25.org by February 15, 2025.