The FinTeAchIn 2025 Workshop will be held on Friday, April 18th, 2025 as part of the 29th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2025 in Miyakojima Japan.

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Emerging financial technologies and business models, commonly referred to as 'FinTech,' are driving structural changes and creating opportunities across the expanding landscape of traditional centralized finance (CeFi), decentralized finance (DeFi), regenerative finance (ReFi), collaborative finance (CoFi), and open financial services. FinTech encompasses a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, including cryptocurrencies and digital assets (using blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), decentralized exchanges (DEXs), decentralized oracles, tokenization, payment systems, incentives and mechanism design, AI applications in finance, peer-to-peer lending, Robo Advisers, alternative credit rating services and more.

The FinTeAchIn workshop aims to explore the role of education in FinTech and Innovation to better understand ongoing and potential disruptive changes, along with the challenges that must be addressed to realize the full range of anticipated and potential benefits—such as greater financial inclusion, faster and more secure transactions, and reduced operational costs. By engaging with these topics, we aim to create a meaningful learning experience for workshop participants, identify research and teaching efforts that contribute to the development, understanding, and responsible adoption of FinTech, as well as develop actionable insights that can help mitigate risks within the financial ecosystem. Academic research plays a crucial role in identifying risks early and addressing concerns about security, privacy, and regulation, but its impact is often limited because many key stakeholders do not engage directly with academic publications. Through this workshop, we seek to bridge this gap, making essential insights more accessible and actionable for practitioners, policymakers, and educators. We expect to attract actors involved at any stage of FinTech innovation and adoption to create a multi-disciplinary space for discussing open problems, deliberate on potential solutions, and help guide future developments in the financial industry.

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We are interested in topics including (but not limited to):

* 1. Responsible Innovation in FinTech *
- Frameworks for responsible and ethical innovation, including frugal innovations and financial inclusion
- Strategies for balancing innovation with regulatory compliance
- Secure handling of sensitive information by third-party providers

* 2. FinTech Adoption *
- Determinants of adopting research findings for securing transactions and systems
- Comparative studies on adoption patterns across organizational systems or user communities
- Barriers and enablers in emerging economies and underserved communities

* 3. Applied real-world deployments *
- Analysis of successful and unsuccessful FinTech implementations, including collaborative finance (CoFi) initiatives
- Insights from the FinTech ecosystem on the challenges of transforming research into practical solutions

* 4. Role of AI in FinTech *
- AI applications in financial education, risk management, transparency, and trust
- Ethical challenges in deploying AI-driven financial tools
- Integrating AI into FinTech curricula to foster innovation

* 5. Education and Curriculum Development *
- Designing interdisciplinary FinTech programs for undergraduate and graduate students
- Effective methodologies for teaching FinTech concepts
- Executive education and training innovations for upskilling and reskilling the workforce
- Designing interdisciplinary FinTech programs and assessing their impact
- Innovations in education, including blockchain, AI, and VR-based tools or platforms to teach about commerce security
- Academic-industry collaborations and strategies for accessible and impactful FinTech education

* 6. Public Understanding and Trust in FinTech *
- Tokenomics and monetary policy communication in blockchain-based economies
- Multi-generational approaches to FinTech education, including reverse socialization
- Impact of content creators, games, and alternative media on FinTech literacy
- Enhancing transparency and accountability to build public trust in FinTech systems
- Strategies to enhance public literacy, counter misinformation, and build trust in FinTech systems

* 7. Emerging Trends and Challenges *
- FinTech risk and compliance management frameworks
- Sustainable and energy-efficient practices in FinTech systems
- Social and behavioral trends shaping the adoption and evolution of FinTech
- Trends in financial inclusion, interoperability, and decentralized identity frameworks

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We seek contributions that explore effective ways to educate the public and teams within the financial industry on the opportunities and risks of FinTech, foster transparency, and build trust in emerging financial technologies.