International Fintech Research Conference - FINTECH2026
UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA | JANUARY 29-30, 2026

Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia – Italy

The Conference seeks to foster discussion and encourage collaboration among researchers across all areas of Fintech, offering a multidisciplinary platform for exchange. Submissions are invited on a wide range of Fintech topics, including but not limited to: theoretical foundations of Fintech (finance and economic analysis), machine learning applications in finance, cryptocurrencies and digital currencies, cybersecurity, neural network  approaches in Fintech, smart contracts, peer-to-peer finance, big data analytics, nowcasting, financial text analysis, blockchain technologies, network analysis in finance, and behavioral finance.

An award will be given for the best paper presented at the Conference by young researchers.

This Conference marks the fourth edition of an annual initiative organized by the Fintech Research Network, led by a team of researchers active across all areas of Fintech. The Network is committed to advancing research in the field through a range of initiatives, including conferences, summer schools, workshops, seminars, and collaborative research projects within the broadly defined Fintech domain.

Organization

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Matteo Barigozzi, Francesco Bartolucci, Emilio Barucci, Giacomo Bormetti, Andrea Consiglio, Stefania Corsaro, Luca Di Persio, Massimiliano Ferrara, Gianna Figà-Talamanca, Paolo Giudici, Fabrizio Lillo, Daniele Marazzina, Silvia Muzzioli, Claudio Tebaldi

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Riccardo Brignone, Giacomo Bormetti, Paolo Giudici, Emanuela Raffinetti, Alessandro Spelta, Lorenzo Trapani

Best Paper Award

The Organizing Committee establishes a prize for the best paper presented at the fourth International Fintech Research Conference by young researchers.

Submission

The abstract/paper submission must be done through Microsoft CMT. The link will be available soon. Notice that you will be asked to create an account on Microsoft CMT.

Abstracts/Papers can be submitted by November 30, 2025. Notification of acceptance will be given by December 14, 2025. Conference registration for presenters: December 31, 2025.

Registration Fee

100 Euro, including Social Dinner

Registration and fee payment instructions

To register, please follow the instructions below:
Forthcoming

Program

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Agostino Capponi, Columbia University
• Frédéric Vrins, Université Catholique de Louvain

Detailed program: Forthcoming

Acknowledgements

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

7 February 2025

CAMRisk and RCEA Europe jointly organize this workshop that gathers a number of invited speakers to discuss their latest research.  The workshop is open to the participation of interested researchers and PhD students.

Location: Room Scarpa, S.da Nuova, 126b, 27100 Pavia PV 

Zoom broadcast link: https://unipv-it.zoom.us/j/92356701195?pwd=bxpAe9PQAA3KENnNdQ3Y8hY2aJvSuV.1

ID meeting: 923 5670 1195
Access code: 746402

9.15 - 9.30 Workshop opening - E. Rossi (Pavia), C. Morana (RCEA, Milano Bicocca)

Chair: P. Benigno (BERN, RCEA)

9.30 F. Bilbiie (Cambridge) "HANKSSON",
Discussant M. D'amico (Uppsala)

10.20 J. Galì (Pompeu Fabra) "Heterogeneity and Aggregate Fluctuations: Insights from TANK Models"
Discussant E. Santoro (UCSC Milano)

11.10 -11.40 Coffee break

Chair: P.Tirelli (Pavia)

11.40  J. Hazell (LSE) "Do Deficits Cause Inflation? A High Frequency Narrative Approach"
Discussant I. Petrella (Collegio C. Alberto Torino)

12.30 A. Burya   (Bern) "Monetary Policy under Labor Market Power"
Discussant D. SIena (Polimi)

13.20 - 14.20 Lunch

Chair: G. Ascari (Pavia)

14.20 M. Del Negro (FRSB New York) “Is the Green Transition Inflationary?”
Discussant B. Grassi (Bocconi)

15.10 A. G. Karantounias (Surrey) "Optimal Climate Policy in a Global Economy"
Discussant  E. Campiglio (Bologna)

16.00 A. Ferrero (Oxford) "Optimal Stabilization Policies In the Wake of Large Shocks"
Discussant L. Iovino (Bocconi)

16.50 End of workshop

Organizing committee
Pierpaolo Benigno (Bern and RCEA)
Claudio Morana (Milano-Bicocca, CefES and RCEA)
Patrizio Tirelli (Pavia, CefES and RCEA)

1st CAM-Risk conference - 18-20 December 2024

New risks and policy challenges.

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC), marked the end of the Great Moderation, a relatively prosperous period associated with stable macroeconomic regime conditions. Since then, the global economy has apparently entered a new phase characterized by a sequence of adverse financial, epidemic, geopolitical risks, let alone the dramatic issue of climate change. The widespread increase in inequality and political polarization favor the emergence of policies that might damage international trade. Technological developments  (AI) might potentially reverse the slowdown in productivity growth that plagued developed economies since the end of the ‘90s, but they pose risks too, and require regulatory intervention. A similar concern arises for financial digitization. 

Europe is at a crossroads between fragmentation and decline and decisive progress towards deeper political integration needed to strengthen its common external security, its social cohesion and the competitiveness of its firms.

Against these scenarios, the conference calls for contributions that analyze the nature of these risks and their policy implications. Topics of interest, without being exhaustive, concern

1. Growth and business cycle analysis
2. Quantitative Finance and Econometrics
3. New risks and financial stability
4. Migration, trade  and the labor market
5. Climate change and energy policies
6. European issues
7. The economic, social and political impact of COVID-19 and the risks of future epidemics

Conference programme

Keynote speakers

• Thorsten Beck (European University Institute) "Emerging risks and regulatory and supervisory responses"
• Domenico Giannone (University of Washington) "Debt at Risk"
• Peter Tankov (ENSAE ParisTech) "Energy transition under scenario uncertainty"

Keynote panelists

• Lucia Alessi (European Commission –  Joint Research Centre)
• Pasquale Della Corte (Imperial College, London)
• Luisa Lambertini (USI)

Click here to see the conference programme

Event Information

Conference Venue: The University of Pavia (Corso Strada Nuova, 65 - 27100 Pavia) 

⇒ Submit a paper!

The registration deadline is the 5th of November.

Deadlines and submission

Paper submission deadline: September 30, 2024

Notification: October 15, 2024

Registration: November 5, 2024

Late Registration: November 10-20, 2024

Registration fee

Standard fee: €250 (Senior researchers); €150 (PhD students)

Late fee: €500 (Senior researchers); €260 (PhD students)