20 – 26 October 2023 • Fondazione Marco Biagi
Cycle of seminars organised as part of the PhD Course in Labour, Development and Innovation, Unimore – Marco Biagi Foundation
Visiting professor: Prof. Timothy King
Full Professor
School of Accounting and Finance, Finance Group
University of Vaasa
Finland
SEMINAR 1 – Disruptive Technology in Banking: the role of FinTech (I part)
October 20, 2023 (Friday) 9.30-12:30 – Room 32, Marco Biagi Foundation
This seminar will provide an overview of major trends in FinTech that impact the international banking and financial sector.
SEMINAR 2
Disruptive Technology in Banking: the role of FinTech (II part)
October 23, 2023 (Monday) 9.30-12:30
Room 32, Marco Biagi Foundation
This seminar will go on completing the overview of major trends in FinTech and how the Fintech industry has been changing.
Bank-FinTech relationship: which effects on performance and visibility of FinTechs
This seminar will provide an overview of strategic alliances among banks and other financial Institutions and Fin Tech focusing on the main effects on performance and visibility of the latters.
SEMINAR 3 – Corporate governance in the financial sector
October 25, 2023 (Wednesday) 9.30-12:30
Room 32, Marco Biagi Foundation
Using the framework of theory, these seminars will focus on corporate governance mechanisms in the financial sector worldwide. Examining how they work and why corporate governance has becoming increasingly important
SEMINAR 4 – Regulating the banking and financial sector
October 26, 2023 (Thursday) 9.30-12:30
Room 32, Marco Biagi Foundation
This seminar will focus on regulation and supervision in the sector, and will draw on key regulatory changes, drivers and initiatives. They will cover both the past, including how regulation has shaped the banking sector, as well as looking towards the future including regulation of FinTech areas such as cryptocurrencies.
The cycle of seminars will be taught in English
Coordinator of the cycle of seminars
Stefano Cosma
Full Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries
“Marco Biagi” Department of Economics, UNIMORE