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The WIFPR Blog publishes posts spotlighting research by members of the Wharton community. In this post, Sergey Sarkisyan, PhD candidate in Finance, discusses his work on instant payments and the competition for deposits. By Sergey Sarkisyan The banking industry is highly concentrated. Despite the fact that there are 4,200 banks…Read More

Note: this post is part of our series on Basel III Endgame, which features contributions from participants at our Basel III Endgame roundtable. You can find other posts in the series here. By Viral V Acharya “Basel III Endgame” is a set of rules proposed by the US regulatory authorities,…Read More

September 18, 2023 This post summarizes key takeaways from a September roundtable on digital currencies. Chair Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School Speakers Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore Tara Rice, Head of Secretariat, Committee…Read More

Note: this post is part of our series on Basel III Endgame, which features contributions from participants at our Basel III Endgame roundtable. You can find other posts in the series here. By David Zaring On November 7, 2023, the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation (WIFPR) convened a…Read More

Note: this post is part of our series on Basel III Endgame, which features contributions from participants at our Basel III Endgame roundtable. You can find other posts in the series here. By Tomasz Piskorski Summary The 2023 bank failures underscore the fundamental issue of banking vulnerability rooted in the…Read More

On Tuesday, November 7, 2024, the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation (WIFPR) hosted a roundtable on Basel III Endgame. The roundtable convened two dozen academic, industry, and policy experts to discuss the proposed rule by the federal banking agencies (Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of…Read More