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FinTech: community reference meeting - 5 Oct 2021

In this meeting, WASP-HS brings together academics and practitioners to discuss these issues and build the foundation for further analysis for the emerging field of FinTech from the perspective of the social sciences and humanities.

Developments in intelligent technologies are transforming financial products and services. Automated decision making plays an increasingly important role in the provision of financial services, fraud detection and credit audits. At the same time, consumer finance providers are relying on conversational AI agents that can engage directly with customers, and algorithmic trading, including high-frequency algorithmic trading, is shaping markets and driving policy.

These changes affect access and the cost of capital for individuals and companies. Consequently, in the long run, they may determine the development paths of countries and regions. Alongside new opportunities created by the advances in financial technology, numerous challenges are emerging that require a broad and multidisciplinary approach.


Keynote Speakers:
Virginia Dignum, WASP-HS program director
Nicolas Moch, Chief Information Officer, SEB

Roundtable Discussions:
Accountability in (and of) FinTech
Chair: Magnus Strand, Senior lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University
Co-chair: Mattias Levin, Deputy Head of the Digital Finance unit at the European Commission’s Directorate-General of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA)

The good and the bad of FinTech: when and for whom is it helpful and when and for whom is it detrimental?
Chair: Kinga Barrafrem, Postdoc, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University
Co-chair: Gustav Tinghög, Associate Professor, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University

Does AI bring radical change to the FinTech sector?
Chair: Magnus Mähring, Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, Stockholm School of Economics
Co-chair: Sebastian Krakowski, Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, Stockholm School of Economics


Meeting organized by WASP-HS.

More information on this LINK.