19.02.2026
Mohammad Saiful Islam presented the research paper "Monetary easing, liquidity, and profitability: Banks at the zero lower bound during COVID-19" (co-authors: Jascha-Alexander Koch and Sharmin Akter Eva) in the "Monetary Policy" session at the "19th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics 2026" (February 18 - 19, 2026, Bochum). We are pleased about the positive feedback.
29.12.2025
New publication: The article "The impact of eliminating reserve requirements on USbanks' lending, liquidity, and profitability during COVID-19" by Jascha-Alexander Koch and Mohammad Saiful Islam was finally accepted for publication by the "Review of Financial Economics". The article can be found here (Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 44, Iss. 1, Article e70033).
22.08.2025
In the winter semester 2025, the lecture (submodule) "Financial Data Science" (3KOCHJ101V) from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will be offered. A corresponding exercise ("Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets", 3KOCHJ102V) is also offered for the lecture. A Bachelor's seminar "Digital Finance" (3BWLSE020V) is also offered. The courses are already visible in the unisono. [The lecture "Financial Data Science" from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will be offered again in the summer semester 2026. Although both parts of the lecture are interlinked, they do not build directly on each other, so you can easily listen to both lectures separately. Until further notice, exactly one exam per semester will be offered on the 1st examination date].
03.07.2025
In the bibliometric analysis "Financial technology (Fintech) research trend: a bibliometric analysis" by Jafri et al. (2025), our paper "Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions" (Gomber, Koch, Siering, In: Journal of Business Economics, 2017) was ranked 3rd among the most cited papers in Fintech research from 1986 - 2024. Many thanks for this recognition of our work!
24.06.2025
New publication: The article "The impact of central bank digital currencies on the financial stability of banks: Dynamic panel estimation" by Dennis Heitmann, Jascha-Alexander Koch, Mohammad Saiful Islam and Sharmin Akter Eva has been finally accepted for publication by the journal "Finance Research Letters". The article can be viewed here (Finance Research Letters, Vol. 84, Article 107791).
10.02.2025
In the summer semester 2025, the lecture (submodule) "Digital Financial Markets" ( 3KOCHJ100V ) from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will be offered. A corresponding exercise ("Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets", 3KOCHJ102V) will also be offered for the lecture. In addition, a Bachelor's seminar "Digital Finance" ( 3BWLSE020V ) is offered. The courses are already visible in the unisono. [From the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets", the lecture "Financial Data Science" will be offered again in the winter semester 2025/26. Although both parts of the lecture are interlinked, they do not build directly on each other, so you can easily listen to both lectures separately. Until further notice, exactly one exam per semester will be offered on the 1st examination date].
14.08.2024
In the article "The Changing Landscape of Financial Services in the Age of Digitalization: A Bibliometric Analysis" by Gulati and Singh (2024), our paper "Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions" (Gomber, Koch, Siering, In: Journal of Business Economics, 2017) was identified as "the most frequently cited and most important paper in the field of digital financial services". Many thanks for this recognition of our work!
01.08.2024
In the winter semester 2024/25, the lecture (sub-module) "Financial Data Science" from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will be offered. A corresponding exercise ("Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets") will also be offered for the lecture. A Bachelor's seminar "Digital Finance" is also offered. The courses are already visible in the unisono. [The lecture "Digital Financial Markets" from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will be offered again in the summer semester 2025].
09.07.2024
New publication: The article "Can higher federal funds rates control mortgage lending during periods of high inflation and high house prices?" by Mohammad Saiful Islam and Jascha-Alexander Koch has been finally accepted for publication by the journal "Finance Research Letters". The article can be viewed here (Finance Research Letters, Vol. 67, Article 105849 ).
01.04.2024
On Tuesday, 09.04.2024, the lecture "Digital Financial Markets" from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will start. The lecture will take place at 14:15 - 15:45 in room US-A 120. If you are interested, please register for the lecture in unisono before the start of the lecture in order to receive the latest information in good time in the event of any changes.
13.12.2023
New publication: The article "Impact of Higher Federal Funds Rates on Bank Risk during Higher Inflation in the U.S." by Jascha-Alexander Koch and Mohammad Saiful Islam has been finally accepted for publication by the journal "Finance Research Letters". The article can be viewed here (Finance Research Letters, Vol. 60, Article 104866).
28.11.2023
Planned schedule (subject to change): In the coming semesters, the cycle of the two lectures in the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will initially be maintained: The lecture (sub-module) "Financial Data Science" will be held in the summer semester and the lecture (sub-module) "Digital Financial Markets" will be held in the winter semester. The written exam will be offered once per semester (on the first date of each semester).
08.10.2023
The exercise for the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will take place for the first time on 16.10.2023. There will be no exercise on 09.10.2023.
01.09.2023
In the winter semester 2023/24, the sub-module "Financial Data Science" from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets" will be held. The second sub-module of this course was offered in the summer semester 2023 and will be held again in the summer semester 2024. Attention! Information on the first date (10.10.2023) will be sent to all unisono registered students. You do not need a script for the first date. The script will only be distributed after the first date.
The Bachelor's seminar "Digital Finance" is also offered.
01.06.2023
The next business administration research colloquium will take place from 14:15 on 01.06.2023. Further information can be found here.
11.05.2023
The next Business Administration research colloquium will take place on 11.05.2023 from 14:15. Further information can be found here.
01.05.2023
New publication: The paper "A Framework to Measure Corporate Regulatory Exposure", which was presented at the conference "FinanceCom 2022" (August 23-24, 2022 in Twente, Netherlands), has now been published in a revised version in the journal "Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing" (LNBIP, Vol. 467, pp. 36-51).
20.04.2023
Organization of the first digital research meeting via video conference with research assistants of the Business Administration group.
16.03.2023
In the summer semester 2023, the sub-module "Digital Financial Markets" will be held from the module "Fundamentals of Digital Financial Markets". The second sub-module will be held in the winter semester 2023/24. Please note! The first lecture date (05.04.2023) will take place online! The link for the event will be announced in good time to all students registered in unisono. Only the second date will take place in presence. You do not need a script for the first date. The script will only be distributed after the first date.
01.03.2023
The junior professorship is looking for a research assistant (m/f/d) with an interest in digital finance to start as soon as possible. Applications must be submitted via the application portal. The application deadline is 16.04.2023.
01.10.2022
In the winter semester 2022/23, a Bachelor's seminar and a Master's seminar will be offered on the topic of "Digital Finance".
01.09.2022
Start of the junior professorship for Finance in Business Administration, esp. digitalization.