28th Banking Symposium 2025: September 17, 2025

In an increasingly data-driven world, banks, financial institutions, and capital markets are undergoing a profound transformation. A growing share of available information is unstructured – including textual data from analyst reports, social media feeds, voice recordings from client conversations, financial disclosures, news articles, and visual content such as satellite imagery and videos.

While traditional financial analysis has relied heavily on structured numerical data, a significant portion of valuable insights now lies beyond the boundaries of conventional databases. The ability to capture, process, and extract knowledge from unstructured data is rapidly becoming a strategic advantage.

Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning, and big data analytics have opened new possibilities to systematically leverage these vast and diverse data sources. This creates exciting opportunities--from early detection of financial risks to alternative credit scoring and investor behavior analysis.

The aim of the 28th Banking Symposium (September 17, 2025) is to bring together active researchers and practitioners interested in the transformation in banking and finance. We invite the submission of empirical, theoretical, and experimental papers from all fields of banking and finance that focus on unstructured data. Early-stage work is encouraged. The final program will include several academic presentations and insights from invited experts from the industry.

There is no submission fee. We will reimburse travel costs and accommodation for presenters.

The paper submission deadline is June 30, 2025. Please submit your papers to bankensymposium@uni-due.de. Paper selection will be finalized by the end of July 2025. Please direct further questions to bankensymposium@uni-due.de. 

The symposium directly preceeds the 31th DGF Jahrestagung in Hagen (September 18-25, 2025). It is possible to reach Hagen by train within 90 minutes.