Reading time: 2 minutesAttendees of the inaugural Innovations in Financial Intermediation Symposium
The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa hosted its inaugural Innovations in Financial Intermediation Symposium (IFIS), marking a significant milestone for the college.
The conference in June 2024 focused on financial intermediation, particularly the growing field of cryptocurrency.
“We personally invited leading researchers in the banking area,” said Jiakai Chen, First Hawaiian Bank Distinguished Associate Professor of Banking. “We started by discussing the idea of running a symposium among economists in the New York Fed, which I visited in the spring semester. The word spread out within the network of researchers, and the response was overwhelmingly positive.”
The quality of presentations was a highlight of the symposium.
“We hosted some of…
