Edinburgh Finance Conference

the edinburgh finance conference is scotland’s largest student-led finance conference and will be convening for its fourth session to discuss our current topic, “a future for banking?”. industry speakers and student delegates will gather in the university of edinburgh’s historic playfair library to discuss the future of banking, exploring how the industry is facing disparate challenges from social, regulatory, and technological spheres. speakers, which in previous years have included alistair darling and john kay, will gain an opportunity to express their views and opinions directly to a 200-strong body of motivated delegates who hail from scotland’s leading universities. our vision is for delegates to hear from both sides of the debate, from would-be disruptors and incumbents. fintech executives evangelizing peer-to-peer lending will speak alongside retail and commercial bankers. veteran traders will weigh whether high-frequency trading is a boon or a curse. and investment bankers, of