Die Digitalisierung hat neue Kanäle für Finanztransaktionen eröffnet, die sich für Banken als echte Konkurrenz erweisen können. Digitale Beratungsangebote und Crowdlending bieten den Kunden Chancen, ihr Vermögen unabhängig von Banken zu verwalten und Kredite untereinander zu vergeben....

This study analyzes investors' perception of placebic information and its impact on stock price estimates. We initiate a questionnaire-based stock price forecast competition among 196 undergraduate students in business administration. We show that placebic information increases the perceived...

FinTech has been in the focus of discussion for quite some time. However, the market share of FinTech companies is still relatively small compared to that of more traditional financial services. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the status quo, current developments, and challenges ahead...

We survey 231 undergraduate students to analyze how retail investors' characteristics influence their decision to use a robo-advisor. Characteristics such as the willingness to take risk, extraversion, and optimism are significant in univariate tests but the willingness to take risk and the...