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WSBI-ESBG will hold its 2016 Financial History Workshop on Friday 27 May 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.The workshop is designed to provide a forum for extensive discussion on new and innovative research covering the history of savings and retail banks as well as savings in general.Participants Academics, professionals and other stakeholders are invited to submit papers for the workshop.Background Today, the savings and retail banks are facing a challenging economic and financial environment, marked by low interest rates, increased volatility, and new economic and demographic risks. The 2016 Financial History Workshop will focus attention on the impact of low interest rates on the savings behavior and its influence on the savings &#38; retail banks throughout history.Proposals dealing with any of these aspects, regardless of country or period in time are welcome.The authors of each selected paper will be able to present their research work during a 15 minutes lecture during the workshop. The rest of the session is scheduled to be devoted to discussion among all workshop participants.  ​ Paper Submissions A complete paper in PDF format as well as a bio are to be submitted electronically by 29 February 2016 by email to financial.history@wsbi-esbg.org. Those wishing to present a paper should provide an abstract and a three to five page summary of the proposed paper. Those whose papers selected for presentation will be notified by Thursday 31 March 2016 and are expected to provide a completed draft of the paper in the proper format for the workshop no later than Monday 2nd May 2016.Questions and more information: Please e-mail workshop-organiser, Nancy Lockkamper, WSBI-ESBG, at financial.history@wsbi-esbg.org.Nancy LockkamperArchivistWSBI-ESBGRue Marie-Thérèse 11B – 1000 BrusselsTel. +32 (0)2  211 11 87nancy.lockkamper@wsbi-esbg.org&#160;