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Videos and Slides
NYU Stern FinTech Conference 2018
Welcome and Opening Keynote
Kathleen DeRose, Clinical Associate Professor of Finance, NYU Stern and Matthew Harris, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
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Welcome
Kathleen DeRose
Clinical Associate Professor, Finance
Director, Fintech, Fubon Center for Business, Innovation and Technology
Clinical Associate Professor, Finance
Director, Fintech, Fubon Center for Business, Innovation and Technology
Research Session 1
Financial Innovation via Machine Learning and Blockchains
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The Roles of Alternative Data and AI/ML in Fintech Lending
Julapa Jagtiani, Senior Special Advisor, SRC, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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Blockchain Disruption and Smart Contracts
Lin William Cong, Assistant Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago
Research Session 2
ICOs and Crypto-assets
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Initial Coin Offerings: Financing Growth with Cryptocurrency Token Sales
David Yermack, Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business
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Tokenize or Subsidize? How To Grow A Platform
Yannis Bakos, Associate Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, NYU Stern School of Business
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Market Design with Blockchain Technology
Katya Malinova, Associate Professor, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Demo Sessions
Entrepreneurship in FinTech
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Thinknum: Superhuman Investing in Pre-AI World
Katya Chupryna, Chief Strategy Officer, Thinknum
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BOND.AI
Uday Akkarajui, CEO, BOND.AI
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Stratyfy
Laura Kornhauser, President and COO, Stratyfy
Panel 1
Rise of Data Aggregation and Alternative Data in Fintech
Panel 2
Using Alternative Data for Credit Assessment and Payment
Closing Keynote
Adrienne Harris, Chief Business Development Offer and General Counsel, States Title, Inc. and former Special Assistant for Economic Policy to President Obama at the White House National Economic Council