07/2023 | In the Winter Semester of 2023/24, the department is once again offering seminars at both Bachelor's and Master's level, dealing with current challenges in the world of digital finance and technologies. A major focus is on Blockchain technology, which plays a vital role in creating and promoting open and decentralized financial infrastructures. The most well-known application of Blockchain technology lies in digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies, security tokens, or non-fungible tokens. Investor interest in these digital assets has significantly increased in recent years, along with the accompanying challenges. The seminars also cover other areas of application of Blockchain technology, particularly Open Finance. Open Finance is a concept based on the idea of open and decentralized financial infrastructure. Blockchain technology is a key component of Open Finance as it creates decentralized networks that allow for secure and transparent exchange and management of digital assets.

 

If you are interested in a seminar place, please send an email with your name, matriculation number, course of study, and semester number to  Jenny Jakobs

 

Application deadline: 13.10.2023

 

5/2023 | The article "What determines FinTech success? A taxonomy-based analysis of FinTech success factors", written in cooperation with researchers from Leibniz University Hannover, has been published in the journal "Electronic Markets". The paper presents a taxonomy of success factors of FinTech business models and a classification of corresponding archetypes.

 

The paper, published as an open access publication, is freely available through  Springer.

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3/2023 | The Digital Finance Forum set up by the German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) prepared the roadmap "Digital Financial Market Germany 2030" [pdf, 320KB], which outlines a catalog of various suggestions on how to succeed in increasing the future and competitiveness of Germany as a digital financial center in Europe.

For more information on the event, please visit the BMF website.

 

Prof. Dr. Jan Muntermann has been appointed as a member of the Digital Finance Forum of the Federal Ministry of Finance since 4/2022.

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1/2023 | Prof. Dr. Robert Gregory (University of Miami) offers the PhD seminar "Phenomenon-driven Theory Development" in the summer semester 2023. The seminar will take place June 19-22 and is primarily for doctoral students at Augsburg University. More information about Prof. Gregory can be found here.

 

Due to a limited number of participants, there will be an application process. If you are interested in a seminar place, please send an email with your name and the respective chair to Dennis Metzler.

 

Application deadline: 31.03.2023

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1/2023 | In the summer semester 2023, Prof. Dr. Jan Muntermann is in a research semester. This results in an adjusted course offering.

The following courses are offered in the Bachelor and Master program:

 

• Bachelor: Wirtschaftsinformatik II (lecture, exercise, exam)
• Master: Elektronischer Wertpapierhandel (exercise, exam), Digital Innovation and Design Thinking (seminar)

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8/2022 | The Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation ( FIRM) has approved funding for a research project that will investigate the integrity of different trading platforms for digital assets from 2022 to 2024.

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4/2022 | The paper "Replication of design theories: Reflections on function, outcome, and impact" has been accepted for publication in the  Information Systems Journal.  The paper is the result of research with Professor Alfred Benedikt Brendel from TU Dresden.

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4/2022 | Prof. Dr. Jan Muntermann has been appointed as a member of the  Digital Finance Forum established by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.

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4/2022 | The newly established Chair of Financial Data Analytics hased started its research and teaching at the Faculty of Business and Economics in the summer term of 2022.