Global Virtual Seminar Series on Fintech

To promote continuity in research, the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy @GUFinPolicy will be hosting a Global Virtual Seminar Series on Fintech via Zoom. Our plan is to involve researchers interested in Fintech in the US and around the world as both speakers and participants.

Register for the seminar mailing list: email cfmp@georgetown.edu

Please find additional details below:
Day: Fridays
Time: Noon to 1 p.m. EDT
Format: 30 minutes for presentation and 30 minutes for questions from the audience. Depending on the number of participants, the questions will be asked live or via Zoom Chat.
Audience: Researchers from all over the world.

Coming Up

The seminar series will resume in September.

Previous Seminars

Friday, March 27 at 12:00pm EST: Manju Puri– “On the Rise of FinTechs – Credit Scoring Using Digital Footprints”

Friday, April 3 at 12.00pm EST: Maureen O’Hara– “Stable Fees: A predictable market for cryptocurrencies”

Friday, April 17 at 12:00pm EST: Luigi Zingales– “Kill Zone”

Friday, April 24 at 12:00pm EST: Antoinette Schoar– “Do Credit Card Companies Screen for Behavioral Biases?”

Friday, May 1 at 12:00pm EST: David Yermack– “Cryptocurrency in the Coronavirus Crisis”

Friday, May 8 at 12:00pm EST: Amit Seru– “Beyond the Balance Sheet Model of Banking- Implications for Bank Regulation and Monetary Policy”

Friday, May 15 at 12:00pm EST: Kose John– “Bitcoin’s Fatal Flaw- The Limited Adoption Problem”

Friday, May 22 at 12:00pm EST: Adair Morse– “Algorithmic Accountability: A Legal and Economic Framework”

Friday, May 29 at 12:00pm EST: Uday Rajan– “When FinTech Competes for Payment Flows”

Friday, June 5 at 12:00pm EST: Tarun Ramadorai– “Predictably Unequal? The Effects of Machine Learning on Credit Markets”

Friday, June 12 at 12:00pm EST: Itay Goldstein– “Financial-Market Information and Corporate Finance: An Overview with New Perspectives for the FinTech Revolution”