The 2016 IFSA annual conference will bring experts to UD to discuss the latest disruptive innovations in financial services.
March 3: IFSA annual conference
IFSA annual conference to focus on disruptive innovations in financial services
8:28 a.m., Feb. 8, 2016--Disruptive innovations in financial services will be the subject of the 2016 annual conference of the Institute for Financial Services Analytics (IFSA) at the University of Delaware.
On Thursday, March 3, prestigious experts will visit UD to discuss many facets of this hot topic, with presentations on subjects like investing in global innovation, online lending in China and the impact of new innovations like Bitcoin and Blockchain.
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Conference speakers will include:
- Yihan Fang, CEO of Yirendai;
- Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Business Administration, professor of finance and director of the Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University;
- George Samuel Samman, former CMO of Fuzo, committee chair of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA); and
- Brian Smyth, CTO, Emerging Payments, Chase Consumer Bank, JPMorgan Chase.
The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to noon in the Gore Recital Hall of UD’s Roselle Center for the Arts, 110 Orchard Road.
Register online. The registration fee of $20 includes conference admission, continental breakfast and lunch.