FinTech promises greater control for users, but how much can this technology really level the playing field during turbulent financial times?

This webinar will explore what support FinTech can offer individuals and businesses in the current cost-of-living crisis, the challenges and opportunities of using this tech in a volatile economy, and how financial technology could revolutionise how you access your money. Our all-alumni panel includes host and Honorary Research Fellow from the WBS Gillmore Centre Matt Hanmer, CEO of Sprive Jinesh Vohra, Head of Sales for YouLend Emmeline Cockshutt, and Co-Founder of Fingo James Da Costa.

A Q&A will be part of the webinar, so please submit your questions to our expert panellists. A recording of the event will be made available shortly afterwards, and all those who register will receive a link to the recording by email.

To drive stakeholder communication and enhance understanding of different stakeholder perspectives, the Gillmore Centre holds both in-person events and online symposiums, attracting an audience from academia, practice and regulators working in Fintech LINK,

The DeFi & Digital Currencies Conference in September 2022 assembled leading global Finance & Economics academics to present papers & discuss critical issues in this emerging Fintech development area LINK.

The DeFi & Digital Currencies Policy Forum will supplement the Conference by focussing on the perspective of Policymakers in identifying the key challenges and opportunities in regulating & developing DeFi & Digital Currencies. In line with the Gillmore Centre's mission, the Policy Forum's key objective is to guide, inform and shape future academic research amongst the Gillmore Centre researcher network through better alignment and calibration with Policymakers’ sphere of interest.

The conference brought together an international group of leading scholars conducting innovative theoretical and empirical research on DeFi and digital currencies. Topics include fragility in decentralised exchanges and DeFi lending; blockchain DLT consensus; competition among cryptos, fiat and CBDC; and valuing cryptos and utility tokens. The conference will continue to build on the growing Gillmore Centre research community and stimulate debate and future research on emerging financial technologies, practices, and regulation.