Fintech Research
Pushing New Frontiers in Fintech Knowledge and Innovation
FinTech Research Highlights
Professor Thomas Philippon explores the fintech opportunity
Fintech can bring deep changes but is likely to create significant regulatory challenges.
Professor David Yermack & Research Fellow Max Raskin discuss preparing for a world without cash
The Federal Reserve has done almost nothing to study how a digital currency might work.
Professor David Yermack explores if blockchains are coming soon to your market
These innovations have the potential to change corporate governance as much as any event since the 1933 and 1934 securities acts in the United States.
Professor David Yermack provides insight on blockchain and corporate governance
The lower cost, greater liquidity, more accurate record-keeping, and transparency of ownership offered by blockchains may significantly upend the balance of power
Professors Vasant Dhar & Scott Galloway ask "should you trust your money to a robot?"
As these “robots” become a bigger part of our lives, we don’t have any framework for evaluating which decisions we should be comfortable delegating to algorithms and which ones humans should retain. That’s surprising, given the high stakes involved.
Professor Arun Sundararajan investigates self-regulation and innovation in the peer-to-peer sharing economy
Self-regulation is key to resolve the challenges facing the sharing economy