To be announced

Keynote Speaker: TBA

Call for Papers
In recent years, FinTech, or financial technology, has been rapidly developing and reshaping business practices and the financial services industry. This has generated significant interest in advancing academic research in this important area. Following the success of the inaugural conference in 2019, the Department of Finance, the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), and the Institute for Insight at Georgia State University, together with the Review of Financial Studies will jointly host a second annual conference on Current Research in FinTech. The conference will be held on February 28-29, 2020 at the Buckhead Center of Georgia State University in Atlanta.

We invite submission of theoretical and empirical papers on, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Big data and textual analytics in finance
• Machine learning in financial economics
• Alternative lending technologies/models in fintech
• Disruption by FinTech on traditional financial services and implications for the digital economy
• Blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital currencies
• Crowdfunding, ICOs, and other financing innovations
• Regulatory issues and challenges in FinTech

The submission deadline is November 1, 2020. Paper selection will be finalized by January 10, 2020. Co-sponsorship with the Review of Financial Studies offers authors a dual submission option. The authors may choose to submit to the conference program only, or choose to submit to both the conference and the Review of Financial Studies.

Review of Financial Studies Dual Submission Option

Submissions to the conference can also be submitted to the Review of Financial Studies under its dual review system, with the same submission deadline of November 1, 2019. Authors must indicate on the conference submission website whether they are interested to have their paper considered under this dual review option with the RFS that works as follows:

• There is no charge for submissions under this program.
• Dual submissions will be reviewed by the conference program committee and will be made available for consideration by the sponsoring RFS
• Papers submitted for dual consideration must not be under review at another journal or the RFS, including as a dual-submission at another journal, nor can they be considered for dual submission if previously rejected by the RFS.
• At the discretion of the conference’s sponsoring editor of the RFS, dual submissions will be sent out for a formal referee report. If such a report is sought, then the paper’s author(s) will receive a copy of the RFS reviewer’s report.
• If the sponsoring editors decide to select the paper, authors have time until after the conference to submit their paper to the RFS.
• Papers rejected at any stage of the dual review process are not considered to have been “rejected” at the RFS. This also applies to articles sent out for formal review. Thus authors are permitted to submit a future version of their paper (unchanged, if they wish) to the RFS without prejudice.
• A paper that is being considered under the dual submission option by the conference and the RFS may not be submitted to another journal (or the RFS) until the authors have been notified.

For more details about the dual submission policy of the RFS please see http://sfs.org/dualsubmissionpolicy/.

Address

Georgia State University Buckhead Center
Tower Place 200, 3348 Peachtree Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30326

GPS Users

The street address of 3348 Peachtree Road is not the best landmark to use for directions. If you are using Google maps or a GPS unit, input Tower Place Drive NE 30326 (or the intersection of Tower Place Drive and Lenox Road).

Gates on Tower Place Drive

Gates on Tower Place Drive block access to our building from Piedmont between 7:00 – 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. During these times, it is imperative that you enter from the Lenox Road intersection on Tower Place Drive.

The most up to date directions can be found on the Campus Locations website

MARTA Subway:

Take the North Springs line (Red Line) to the Buckhead N7 Station; follow the first exit out of the station and turn right on Peachtree Road (away from Lenox Square Mall); turn right again immediately after the Capital City Plaza building (before Fresh 2 Order Restaurant); follow the sidewalk on the left – it will lead you around to the front entrance of Tower Place 200.

One-way Rail Rides cost $2.50. Tickets can be easily purchased from vending machines at all MARTA stations. This is by far the easiest method, and is on a direct line to Atlanta International Airport. Here is a map of the MARTA rail system.

Driving:

From SOUTH of Atlanta: Follow I-85 North to GA 400. Exit at Lenox Road (first exit, before the toll plaza). Stay in the far left lane and turn left off the exit onto Lenox Road. At the next light, turn left onto Tower Place Drive NE. (On the Border Mexican Restaurant will be located on the left.) Remain in the left lane through both stop signs. Continue straight to the Tower Place 200 parking garage.

From NORTH of Atlanta on I-85:
Take I-85 South to the North Druid Hills exit. Turn right onto North Druid Hills Road. Go through two traffic lights. Stay in the left lane and continue straight onto E. Roxboro Road at the split. Turn left onto Peachtree Road. Turn right onto Lenox Road/Paul Coverdell Memorial Parkway. After you cross GA 400, turn left at the first light onto Tower Place Drive NE. (On the Border Mexican Restaurant will be located on the left.) Remain in the left lane through both stop signs. Continue straight to the entrance of the Tower Place 200 parking garage.

From NORTH of Atlanta on I-75:
From I-75 South, take Exit 251 for I-85 North toward Greenville. Merge onto I-85. Take Exit 87 onto GA-400 N toward Buckhead. Take the Lenox Road exit and turn left. Turn left at the first light onto Tower Place Drive NE. (On the Border Mexican Restaurant will be located on the left.) Remain in the left lane through both stop signs. Continue straight to the entrance of the Tower Place 200 parking garage.

From NORTH of Atlanta on GA-400:
Take 400 South. Follow Exit #2 GA 141 Connector to Buckhead. Make a right onto Lenox Road. At the next light, turn left onto Tower Place Drive NE. (On the Border Mexican Restaurant will be located on the left.) Remain in the left lane through both stop signs. Continue straight to the entrance of the Tower Place 200 parking garage.

From Peachtree/Piedmont Roads:
From Peachtree, turn north on Piedmont Rd. (If coming south on Peachtree, turn right on Piedmont. If coming north on Peachtree, turn left on Piedmont.) From Piedmont Road, turn onto Lenox Road. At the first light, turn right onto Tower Place Drive NE. (You will see On The Border Mexican Restaurant as a landmark.) Remain in the left lane through both stop signs. Continue straight to the entrance of the Tower Place 200 parking garage.

Parking

The Tower Place 200 parking deck is a paid deck. Validation tickets will be arranged for presenters, discussants, and registered conference participants in this garage only. We cannot validate parking for any other garages. An attendant is normally on duty until 8 pm on weekdays only. A payment machine is available after hours.

After you have parked, take the garage elevator down to the ground level – this will lead you directly into the lobby of Tower Place 200, and then take the building’s elevators to the 12^th Floor.

Unless otherwise dictated by the conference organizers, all guests are responsible for their own hotel bookings. The following hotels are near the conference venue.

• Courtyard by Marriott— preferred hotel, within a 5-minute walk — Phone: 404-869-0818
• DoubleTree by Hilton— within a 5-minute walk — Phone: 404-23-1234
• Springhill Suites— <1 mile away — Phone: 404-844-4800
• AC Hotel Buckhead (A Marriott property)— <1 mile away — Phone: 470-231-3030
• Intercontinental— <1 mile away — Phone: 404-946-9111