New book: Fintech capital

FinTech Capital: The Digital Transformation of Everyday Money and Finance. Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon, Zone Books 2026. How people pay, make savings and investments, buy insurance, and take on debt is undergoing digital transformation across the globe. This book argues that FinTech is a distinct form of intermediary and …

New book: The player and the played

The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism. Max Haiven, MIT Press 2026. In an age when capitalism feels like an unwinnable game, extreme reactionary ideas and politics are on the rise. The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, Squid Game, and much of reality TV are cultural reflections …

New book: Corporate financialization and intangible capital

Corporate Capitalism in the Era of Financialization and Intangible Capital: Value Forms Beyond Fixity. Tansel Güçlü, De Gruyter Brill 2026. This book investigates the transformation of corporate capitalism under conditions of financialization and the rising centrality of intangible capital. It challenges conventional distinctions between financial and non-financial activity by tracing …

FSN 2026: Conference programme

Finance and society conference 2026. Copenhagen Business School, 10-11 September. The programme for this year’s conference is now available here. There are limited places available for those not on the programme who wish to attend. If you would like to join the conference, please register as soon as possible here. What on …

FSN 2026: Conference registration open

Finance and society conference 2026. Copenhagen Business School, 10-11 September. Registration for this year’s conference is now open. The selection of papers and panels is still ongoing and a full programme will be published once this process is complete, but if you would like to attend regardless, please register here. What on …

New book: Women, money and markets

Women, money and markets, 1770–1914: Representing the invisible hands of the economy. Edited by Emma Newport and Joyce Goggin, Boydell Press 2026. This collection redefines the role of women in the development of modern capitalism, revealing their active participation as investors, entrepreneurs, theorists, and cultural producers between 1770 and 1914. …

F&S announce new additions to editorial team

Finance and Society has added two new members to its editorial team: We are delighted to announce that another two editors are joining our team: Stefano Sgambati and Andreas Kanaris Miyashiro. Read about their views on the journal and their research profiles below.   Amin Samman, Editor-in-Chief   Stefano Sgambati Associate …

PhD position in Frankfurt: China’s financial empire

Colleagues at Goethe University Frankfurt are recruiting a PhD student to work on a funded research project (Financial Empire: China’s Construction of an Alternative Financial System). The successful applicant will work as part of a team that examines the transformation of global financial structures in the context of increasing geopolitical …

Conference CFP: Money and violence, Sep 2026

Money and violence. Friends House, London, UK, 17 September 2026. Christopher Harker and Sebastian Paredes Smith are organising a one-day conference on money and violence in London. This one day, in-person only conference brings together scholars from across the social sciences to interrogate how monetary forms, institutions and imaginaries are implicated …

FSN 2026: Final call for papers

Finance and society conference 2026. Copenhagen Business School, 10-11 September. The call for papers for this year’s conference will close on 1 May 2026. What on earth is going on? The current conjuncture is marked by pervasive uncertainty, shifting temporal horizons, and growing concentrations of wealth and power. Asset managers …