EPFL aims to build trust in fintechs

A new research program will combine the specialist knowledge of the Swiss Finance Institute @ EPFL with insights from the School's data scientists and digital trust experts. The financial markets affect pensions, investments and other major life decisions in often unexpected ways. Experts aside, most people are susceptible to making bad decisions or to falling victim to poor advice or even fraud. At a time when digital technologies are revolutionizing the way people bank and manage their money, there is a pressing need for better tools, more transparency, and greater trust in the financial services industry. Expertise of all fields under one roof EPFL is one of only a handful of universities worldwide with cutting-edge expertise in finance and computer science under the same roof. "We think there's real untapped potential for collaboration," says Damir Filipovic, head of the Swiss Finance Institute @ EPFL. Swissquote, co-founded by EPFL alumnus Marc Bürki, has sponsored the Swissquote Chair in Quantitative Finance for the past ten years and is a founding member of EPFL's Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) .
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