PART I: Overview of Banking and Finance -- 1. Introduction: An Overview of Africa’s Financial Systems -- PART II: FinTech, Financial Inclusion and Banking Sector Development -- 2. Inflation, Interest Rates and Exchange Rates in Africa -- 3. Bank Market Structure and Competition in Africa -- 4....

Chapter 1. Digital Finance and Financial Services -- Chapter 2. Innovation and Fintech -- Chapter 3. Central Bank and Fintech: Regulatory Challenges and Framework -- Chapter 4. The Dematerialization of Money in the Age of Covid-19 Pandemic: A New Future for Digital Finance? -- Chapter 5....

1. Introduction -- 2. Theories of consumer credit regulation -- 3. An Overview of the Nigerian system and the structure of lending in Nigeria -- 4. Consumer credit and case law in Nigeria -- 5. Consumer credit and Customary law in Nigeria -- 6. Transnational influences on Consumer credit...

Chapter 1: Big Data in Finance: An Overview -- SECTION I: BIG DATA IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS -- Chapter 2: Alternative Data -- Chapter 3: An Algorithmic Trading Strategy to Balance Profitability and Risk -- Chapter 4: High-Frequency Trading and Market Efficiency in the Moroccan Stock Market --...

As technology continues to revolutionise today’s economy, Big Data, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency are rapidly transforming themselves into mainstream functions within the financial services industry. This book examines each concept individually, analysing the opportunities and challenges they...

This book helps readers understand how universities position themselves in the innovation landscape and the implications for national policies. It provides a scholarly discussion and best practice–based insights to help answer questions like: To what extent do funding and governance policies...

"The emphasis on proper institutional settings as a requirement for innovation and the systematic comparative study of (the lack of) these settings in the Arab region leads to a challenging analysis and also provides clear policy recommendations." - Joan Muysken, Professor Emeritus, Maastricht...

Introduction -- How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Reshaping the Education Service -- Rethinking Higher Education Post COVID-19 -- Asian University Leader Perspectives -- Transformative Value Co-creation in Healthcare Services in the COVID-19 Era.

1. ERP technology adoption – an introduction -- 2. Enterprise resource planning – an innovative technology -- 3. Adoption of innovative technology -- 4. ERP technology adoption – the factors -- 5. Research framework for technology adoption -- 6. Quantitative study on ERP adoption -- 7....

Chapter 1: Banks Today: The Relationship between Financial Services and Technology -- Chapter 2: FinTech: Trends, Players, Challengers, and Bubbles -- Chapter 3: Products vs. Money Moments -- Chapter 4: Let’s Get Real: Anecdotes from FinTech Titans Experiencing Banking Products -- Chapter 5:...