This track aims to explore the growing intersection between digital technologies and financial innovation, with a focus on how decentralized architectures are reconfiguring the foundations of financial services. In recent years, Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) such as blockchain have emerged as catalysts of transformation in areas including payments, lending, asset tokenization, regulatory compliance, and identity verification. At the same time, many platforms have enabled new forms of banking which draw on the principles of decentralization, such as peer-to-peer lending, peer-to-peer borrowing, smart derivates, to name a few. These developments have allowed the fintech sector to expand its reach, integrating emerging technologies to deliver more accessible, inclusive, and efficient financial solutions.

Track Co-Chairs:
Leonardo Maria De Rossi, SDA Bocconi School of Management
Rob Gleasure, Copenhagen Business School
Liudmila Zavolokina, University of Lausanne

Schedule
2026
Sunday, June 14th
12:00 AM

Alliances And Valuation In The Era Of Decentralized Finance: A Social-Capital View On Fintechs

Andreas Jede, Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences
Frank Teuteberg, Osnabrück University

12:00 AM

Crypto Acquisition And Custody: A Systematic Literature Review And Research Agenda

Lazar Milosevic, Cologne Institute for Information Systems
Tim Alvaro Ockenga, Cologne Institute for Information Systems
Tom Celig, Cologne Institute for Information Systems
Detlef Schoder, Cologne Institute for Information Systems

12:00 AM

Ensuring The Right Match: Blockchain In Crowdwork Selection

Anna Lena Hupe, University of Kassel

12:00 AM

Examining Privacy Tensions In Retail Central Bank Digital Currencies

Martin Brennecke, University of Luxembourg
Nadia Pocher, University of Luxembourg
Muriel-Larissa Frank, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)

12:00 AM

False-News Triggers As New Manipulation Risk – Evidence From The Bitcoin Etf Approval

Adrian Pucher, Technical University of Darmstadt
Dirk Schiereck, Technical University Darmstadt
Maarten Bormann, Technical University Darmstadt

12:00 AM

From Shadows To Trust: Designing A Framework For Integrity Assessment In Digital Asset Markets

Jenny Jakobs, University of Augsburg
Benjamin Clapham, Goethe University Frankfurt
Julian Schmidt, Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter Gomber, Goethe University Frankfurt
Jan Muntermann, University of Augsburg

12:00 AM

Hybridization Of Technological And Institutional Layers In Blockchain Adoption In Finance

Paulo Mattos, Higher Colleges of Technolgy
Winnie Picoto, ISEG (Lisbon School of Economics and Management) Universidade de Lisboa
Cristiane Pedron, Nove de Julho University

12:00 AM

Negotiating Decentralised Governance In Inter-Organisational Collaborations

Nicole Mäkineste, Durham University
Spyros Angelopoulos, Durham University

12:00 AM

Open Banking Ecosystem Under Regulatory Intervention: Diffusion Of Power And Complementor Empowerment

Osama Mansour, Lund University
Emma Forsgren, Leeds University
Leona Chandra Kruse, University of Agde

12:00 AM