2025 Edition · St.Gallen

Last Edition

A full room, sharp ideas, and the kind of conversations that continue long after the session ends.

01 — The recap

The 2025 HSG Fintech Summit brought together researchers, financial institutions, policy experts, entrepreneurs, students and investors for a focused day of fintech debate in St.Gallen — moving from rigorous academic presentations to industry perspectives and informal exchanges, and opening a dialogue between people who rarely get enough time in the same room.

100+ Attendees

50k+ LinkedIn impressions

7 Discussant institutions

6 Industry & policy institutions

02 — Highlights

Four things we
remember

Beyond the formal sessions, the summit had the relaxed energy of a community meeting: students speaking with senior practitioners, academics comparing notes with entrepreneurs, and new collaborations beginning over coffee and the networking apéro.

Remarkable presentations

Research talks featured discussants from USI Lugano, University of Zurich, VU Amsterdam, EPFL, CEPR, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and King's College London.

Industry in the discussion

Participants from the Bank for International Settlements, Swiss National Bank, CV Labs, SFTI, Montigo Labs and TIDIT brought practical questions into the academic debate.

Keynote momentum

Prof. Bruno Biais of HEC Paris delivered the keynote, anchoring a day shaped by careful research, direct questions and lively exchange.

A broad community

More than 100 attendees — finance professionals, HSG faculty and students, SFI PhD students, investors and fund managers from different generations and backgrounds.

03 — Gallery