The objective of our paper is to investigate how the access to finance affects the creation of new business in EU, by identifying the relationship between several indicators, measuring the access to finance, the specifics of business environment, and the dynamics of new business creation. Our...

1. Introduction -- 2. Foundations of financial regulation -- 3. The information problem and regulatory failure -- 4. An introduction to financial innovation -- 5. Forms of fintech – a market observation -- 6. What’s new about fintech (and what isn’t)? -- 7. Digital Disruption –...