Conference dates
25 Aug 2026 - 26 Aug 2026

Location
Lund, Sweden.

Description
CALL FOR PAPERS – 3rd Arne Ryde Conference on Crypto, Fintech and Payments
The Knut Wicksell Centre for Financial Studies at Lund University, Sweden invites submissions to the Arne Ryde Conference on Crypto and Fintech.
Date: Wednesday-Thursday 25-26 August 2026, in Lund, Sweden.
Keynote lectures by:
Christine Parlour, UC Berkeley Haas
Tobias Berg, Goethe University

The Knut Wicksell Conference on Crypto, Fintech and Payments is a boutique-style conference welcoming submissions on topics including but not limited to:
• Crypto and blockchain technology (asset pricing, systemic risk, market microstructure)
• Crypto markets, households, and the real economy
• Environmental and social impact of crypto markets
• Interaction between traditional finance and decentralized finance
• Stablecoins
• Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
• Financial technology (Fintech)
• Payment systems (payment firms, consumer experiences, bank competition)
• Open banking and data sharing
• Digital tools in financial services
• Financial inclusion, development, and welfare in digital finance

Last year’s program is available here: https://tinyurl.com/y3xkneax
Paper submission: Submit complete papers by May 1, 2026 to FintechConference@nek.lu.se
Notification of acceptance: Authors will be notified of acceptance by June 1, 2026.
Authors of accepted papers should be prepared to act as discussants during the conference. People with an interest in the topic are welcome to participate without presenting papers. The number of participants is limited and slots for non-presenters are allocated on a first come first served basis.
There is no participation fee. There will be a conference dinner on Wednesday 25th of August.
Lund is a small historic university town in southern Sweden about 35 minutes by train from Copenhagen airport.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at FintechConference@nek.lu.se if you have any questions.

On behalf of the organizers,
Talina Sondershaus and Anders Vilhelmsson
Department of Economics
Lund University