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Calls for papers by the European Central Bank

The European Central Bank has published the following two calls for papers:

P2P Financial Systems 2019 - Joint workshop of the European Central Bank and the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

This workshop seeks to focus the strategic debate on the opportunities provided by decentralised finance (DeFi), and on its impact on the financial ecosystem in the context of the broader transformation that is under way.

Call for papers on topics related to:

• Regulation and governance in decentralised (eco)systems
• An economic perspective on decentralisation in the financial environment
• New opportunities and challenges from decentralised systems

Submission deadline: 31 May 2019.

More information is available on the Call webpage.

Crossing the chasm to the retail payments of tomorrow - Joint conference of the European Central Bank and the National Bank of Belgium

This conference aims at focusing the strategic debate on the possible disruptions facing the retail payments space, and their potential impact, in the context of the more incremental ongoing transformation.

Call for papers on topics related to:

• Transformative trends in retail payments (instant payments, mobile payments and other emerging services, such as payment initiation services and account information services, as well as the possible evolution towards “open banking”)
• Winds of disruption in retail payments (decentralisation vs. centralisation, new entrants/fintech, and new vs. traditional means of payment, including the impact of crypto assets, stable coins, big data and artificial intelligence)
• The role for central banks and regulators (the role that public institutions could play in the retail payments landscape to help manage and harness change)

Submission deadline: 15 June 2019.

More information is available on the Call webpage.