The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) is happy to invite you to this lecture of the Lecture Series on Central Banking Law.

“Financial Inclusion and Central Banking Policies”

Abstract

The emphasis will be on the definition of financial inclusion (FI) and “financial health”, the barriers to FI, a cost – benefit analysis of FI and a discussion of the multi-dimensional role of central banks in relation to this aspect.

About the Speaker

Christos Gortsos is Professor of Public Economic Law at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Other positions include: Visiting Professor at the Europa Institut of the University of Zürich and the Europa Institut of the University of Saarland; President of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI); Member of the Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs); Member of the European Parliament’s and of the European Court of Auditors’ expert groups on banking resolution; and member and academic coordinator of the Committee on International Monetary Law of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA). In 2017, he was Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow at the Law Department of the European University Institute and in 2018 Academic Visitor at St Antony’s College (Oxford University). His main fields of teaching, writing and research are international, EU and public financial law, central banking law, financial regulation and institutional economics.