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SUMMARY:Fintech: Innovation, Inclusion, and Risks Conference 2022
UID:https://bankinglibrary.com/fintech-innovation-inclusion-and-risks-conference-2022-2/
LOCATION:San Francisco, California, U. S. and online
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DESCRIPTION:CfP Deadline Date:
November 15, 2021
Conference Event:
March 4-5, 2022
Event Location:
San Francisco, California, U. S. and online
Keynote speaker(s):
 	Christine Parlour – UC Berkeley
 	Ana De Sousa – Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (TBC)
 	Carlos Lopez-Moctezuma Jassan – BanCoppel CEO (TBC)
Organizer(s):
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (FRBSF), Lam Larsen FinTech
Initiative at San Francisco State University (SFSU), The Center for
Analytical Finance (CAFIN) at the University of California, Santa Cruz
(UCSC)
The speed at which the global financial landscape is changing is
accelerating. Computing power and communication technologies have already
reshaped the financial system and are now facilitating game-changing
technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies. However, while these
technologies and approaches can enhance financial access globally and limit
systemic risk, they also bring potential costs. This new financial
environment is evolving in a faster and more decentralized manner than any
prior financial architecture, constantly challenging our understanding of
its potential benefits, risks, and costs. Building communication and debate
channels among regulators, industry, and academia is critical to developing
a safe, fair, efficient, and transparent digital financial system.
To contribute to this conversation, this conference brings together top
experts and leaders from all three market participant groups: policymakers
and regulators, industry, and academia. The goal is to provide a venue for
a productive dialogue among all parties, where market participants,
academics, and regulators can discuss each other’s concerns and
experiences from equal ground and share knowledge on the current state and
potential of Fintech. We seek to foster collaboration and debate on key
Fintech topics including efficient and fair regulation, financial
inclusion, open banking and data privacy, market design for
blockchains-based markets and crypto ETFs, central banking with digital
currencies, climate impact considerations, among others.
We welcome presentations or papers describing or analyzing Fintech, broadly
defined as novel financial services development or delivery leveraging
digital technology. Specific topics include, but are not limited to:
 	Fintech and access and inclusion to financial services
 	Challenges and opportunities of open banking (including topics on data
privacy)
 	International experience in Fintech regulation (including regulatory
arbitrage)
 	Decentralized finance (DeFi) and its impact on systemic risks
 	Access to payment systems, competition, and Bank/Retail co-branding
 	The current state of and trends in Fintech (developments; challenges;
avenues for growth; market failures, etc.)
 	Experimental approaches to market design in Fintech and related topics.
Further Information:
Submit a Presentation or Paper
Given the multisector and multidisciplinary nature of the conference, we
plan to have an event where different sessions can have different formats.
Some sessions will be led by academics presenting cutting-edge research.
Other industry- or government-led sessions will have a discussion format,
where an expert presents on a challenge or trend in Fintech and other
experts and the public engage in a structured conversation. The target
audience for this conference is industry professionals, regulators, and
academics.
We will accept:
 	Proposals for expert presentations on current challenges or important
trends in Fintech
 	Academic papers or extended abstracts on any of the topics listed below
or related topics, or
 	Proposals for discussion sessions on any of the topics listed below or
related topics.
All submissions should have a description or abstract of at least 200
words. Proposals for discussion sessions or presentations that are not
accompanied by an academic paper should clearly outline a topic for
discussion, the main issue, concern, product or innovation that gives rise
to the discussion, and the proposer’s perspective on the topic. We accept
submissions in Word, PDF, and PowerPoint format. For discussion proposals,
we will also accept submissions written in an email’s body. The deadline
for submissions is November 15, 2021 at midnight Pacific Time. Submit your
presentation description, paper or abstract using the following email:
fintechconference-group@ucsc.edu. For comments and inquiries, please do not
hesitate to contact us at the same email address.
In line with the conference’s goal to build a dialogue among all relevant
actors, we encourage submissions from individuals and organizations from
underrepresented voices and from a diverse range of countries and
backgrounds.
Link CfP and Conference: Fintech: Innovation, Inclusion, and Risks
Conference 2022
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