The financial technology (fintech) sector is revolutionizing traditional financial practices, yet little information exists on the users of these services. In this study, we examine untapped information from the 2015 National Financial Capability Study and the 2016 GFLEC Mobile Payment Survey to...

This paper investigates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the large-scale social distancing (PSBB) policy on Indonesia's financial technology (fintech) markets. It also elaborates the roles that fintech companies can play in the national economic recovery. This paper finds that...

New financial technologies - including those underpinning cryptocurrencies - herald broader access to the financial system, quicker and more easily verifiable settlement of transactions and payments, and lower transaction costs. Domestic and cross-border payment systems are on the threshold of...

Financial literacy is gaining increasing importance as a policy objective in many countries. A growing literature has examined the role of financial literacy in an individual's income, saving behavior, and the use of various financial products. However, so far, we are not aware of any studies of...

FinTech has been transforming the financial landscape in the People’s Republic of China. Its leading FinTech businesses such as mobile payment services and big data-based online lending are at the frontier of global development. At the same time, it also creates new problems, illustrated by...

Financial innovation in the form of new delivery channels, products, and providers has helped push out the frontier of access to finance and thus increase the bankable and banked population. Mobile money and crowdfunding platforms are prime examples for this. The same financial innovation has...

This paper showcases the growth as well as the challenging factors for fintech development in Indonesia. As the eighth-biggest economy in terms of gross domestic product, and with an internet participation ratio of more than 50% and more than 50 million micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises...

This paper starts by revisiting the true definition of money and identifies that electronic money is not a new concept. It explains the spectrum of money in the context of the past, present, and future and argues that technology can only enhance the way we deal with money and will never change...

Project Stella studies the possible use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) on financial market infrastructures (FMIs). DLT solutions have the potential to improve the safety and efficiency of existing systems, as shown by research undertaken by central banks and FMIs. Yet, balancing...

The rapid rise of financial technology (fintech) in the People's Republic of China (PRC) inevitably generates financial risks. To prevent and resolve these risks, the government has regulated many fintech application areas, including peer-to-peer lending, third-party payment, cryptocurrency,...