Joint organiser Professor Franco Fiordelisi from Essex Business School said: “The conference saw a set of high-quality papers presented and discussed by scholars from around the world, including representatives from central banks such as the Bank of England and the Bank of Spain, as well as top-ranked universities like Yale, Pennsylvania, Miami, Minnesota, Southern California, HEC, Texas A&M University, Oxford, and Imperial, among others.
“These papers addressed developments in cryptocurrencies, Big Tech, Big Data, and digital payments.”
Other key themes covered included corporate finance, banking, monetary policy, competition and financial innovation.
The conference was jointly organised by Professor Fiordelisi, Professor Anjan Thakor from WUSTL, and Professor Paolo Fulghieri from the University of North Carolina.