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Frankfurt School renames Blockchain Center to reflect expanded focus on digital economy
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management has renamed its Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC) to Frankfurt School Centre for Digital Economics. The new name reflects the Centre’s expanded thematic scope and its evolving role at the intersection of finance, economics and technology. The renaming has been announced at the Centre’s Crypto Assets Conference on 25 March 2026. Since its establishment, the FSBC has built a strong reputation as a thought leader in blockchain and digital asset research. As the digital landscape continues to evolve, its work has increasingly broadened to include wider questions around the infrastructure of the digital financial systems and economy as well as data-driven innovation. The Centre’s renaming underscores Frankfurt School’s strategic commitment to advancing research and education in digital transformation. By expanding the Centre’s scope, the business school reinforces its position as a…
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Frankfurt School and WM Gruppe award the Philipp Sandner Memorial Award in Digital Finance Research
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and WM Gruppe have awarded the Philipp Sandner Memorial Award in Digital Finance Research for the second time. The award, endowed with a total of €10,000, is shared this year by two recipients, Judith Bohnenkamp and Professor Lorenzo Schönleber, and has been presented on 25 March 2026 at the Crypto Assets Conference. Judith Bohnenkamp, a PhD candidate at the University of Miami, examines in her award-winning paper “The Tech Aficionado: Household Finance in the Age of Digital Access”, how the adoption of financial technology such as banking apps influences household investment decisions. Her findings show that technology primarily helps financially literate individuals to overcome portfolio inefficiencies. At the same time, however, technology adoption leads to…
