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This paper explores options for mobilizing domestic savings through fintech solutions to scale up sustainable … fintech can help to complement conventional capital markets and mobilize financial resources for sustainable infrastructure … investments. It puts forward a proposal for blockchain-based project bonds to raise finance through a digital crowdfunding …
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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...
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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...
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. This paper outlines three broad areas for the possible application of fintech to green finance: blockchain applications for … for policy makers interested in harnessing fintech and blockchain for low-carbon, climate-resilient investment and the … significant new investment. New financial technologies ("fintech") offer the potential to unlock green finance technologies, such …
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In this study, we describe the fintech and cryptoassets-related trends in the Republic of Korea and review the measures … bank digital currency. Fintech in the Republic of Korea still accounts for only a small share of payment and settlement …
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We study the optimal design of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in an environment where agents sort into cash, CBDC, and bank deposits according to their preferences over anonymity and security; and where network effects make the convenience of a payment instrument depend on the number of...
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This paper sheds light on Australia's fast real-time retail payments system, the New Payments Platform (NPP), which was launched in February 2018 by a consortium of 13 financial institutions, including the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The NPP operates on a 24/7 basis and allows financial...
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Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to disrupt many financial service domains. Aiming to explore the use of DLT to enhance financial system efficiency and resiliency, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) launched the Project Inthanon and Project DLT scripless bond initiatives in 2018....
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To achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) as well as the Paris Agreement major investments in renewable energy (RE) production are necessary worldwide. In particular, decentralized, small-scale projects offer copious potential to create energy access as well as to contribute to an...
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This paper showcases the growth as well as the challenging factors for fintech development in Indonesia. As the eighth … micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), the country shows huge potential for fintech. As of 2017, $1.62 million …. Moreover, fintech companies such as Mekar are creating shared value as P2P lending platforms for women, with a similar …
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