AIBE Workshop 2025
Digital Payments & Financial Inclusion
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The 2025 AIBE Workshop was held at EAESP-FGV in São Paulo on 3-4 July. The event was organized jointly with the University of Milano-Bicocca, and hosted by the Center for Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Studies (FGVcemif).
It provided a platform to present cutting-edge research on all aspects of digital finance and financial inclusion. The event featured five contributed sessions, a keynote lecture, and a special session on "Studying Economics in Italy". Each paper was assigned a discussant. Thanks to the generous financial support of the conference sponsors, AIBE could provide full funding for travel and accommodation to all accepted paper-presenters.
The Workshop also featured a policy roundtable. Speakers included: Daniela Russo (European Central Bank), Paulo Picchetti (Banco Central do Brasil), Daniel Lima (Fundo Garantidor de Créditos), and Massimo Cirasino (Payment Systems Academy, Italy).
Keynote Speaker
Nicola Borri
Lian Group Chair in Fintech and Blockchain Technology & Associate Professor of Finance
Bio
Nicola Borri is a financial economist in the Department of Economics and Finance at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. He joined the faculty of LUISS in 2009 after completing his Ph.D. in Economics at Boston University. He holds a BA and an MA in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan.
Scientific Committee
- •Rafael Schiozer, EAESP-FGV (São Paulo)
- •Nicola Borri, LUISS Guido Carli (Roma)
- •Tito Cordella, SAIS Europe (Bolonha)
- •Alan de Gennaro, EAESP-FGV (São Paulo)
- •Andrea Ugolini, Università di Milano-Bicocca (Milão)
- •Lauro Gonzalez, FGVcemif (São Paulo)
Topics
- •Digital payment systems and mobile money
- •Fintech and neo-banks
- •Financial inclusion and financial literacy as tools of financial stability
- •Digital loans, digital insurance and household finance
- •Digital money, corruption and financial fraud
- •Crypto currencies in emerging markets
- •Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)
- •Other finance and development topics with relevance to the conference theme
Supporters
Studying Economics in Italy
The Workshop also hosted a special panel on Studying Economics in Italy, co-organized with the Italian Cultural Institute in Sao Paulo (IIC-SP). Five participants presented the Master's progammes in economics, management and finance offered by their universities. This year, featured universities included: LUISS Guido Carli (Rome), SAIS Bologna, University of Milano-Bicocca, and Politecnico di Milano. The event was promoted by the IIC and welcomed an audience of around 30 undergraduate students from several Sao Paulo universities. The objective of this session, which AIBE plans to alternate with a similar event on "Studying Economics in Brazil", is to showcase Italy's and Brazil's academic excellence in teaching, promote student exchange, and facilitate "brain circulation" between the two countries.
