Socio-Economic Review Cafe, 13.11.2024

Featuring a conversation with SER authors Terri Friedline (University of Michigan), Anna K. Wood (University of Michigan), Bengt Larsson (Linnaeus University), and Alex Lehr (Radboud University). The event will take place on Wednesday, November 13th, at 8AM PST/11AM EST/5PM CET. Register at this link!

Join us for a discussion of FinTech and FinTech companies and broader theories of how they impact markets and society. Friedline, Stewart, Bolinger, and Wood’s article “Fintech as invasive infrastructure: a critical discourse analysis of corporate newswires and press releases, 1995-2021” uses Indigenous theorizing to argue how “FinTech” is a predatory infrastructure that extracts from people and accumulates for others. Larsson, Rolandsson, Ilsøe, Larsen, Lehr, and Masso’s paper “Digital disruption diversified—FinTechs and the emergence of a coopetitive  market ecosystem” investigates FinTech companies in four European countries, and they propose that FinTech firms aid in the creation of “coopetitive” market where cooperation and competition are combined.

Together, these papers offer insights into how FinTech has impacted markets and inequality. Finance and digital technologies are rapidly shaping modes of accumulation and society, and these two recent articles make important contributions to our understanding of the consequences.

As with all SER Cafe events, we will facilitate a dynamic conversation with the authors rather than lengthy talks. Come ready to engage.