This is the first book-length treatment of the regulation of financial technology (Fintech) in China. Fintech brings about paradigm changes to the traditional financial system, presenting both challenges and opportunities. At the international level, there has been a fierce competition for the...

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 –...

"With the rapid expansion of the internet market and the booming of start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), China has, over the past decade, seen explosive growth of the so-called internet Finance, a joint product of internet and the financial sector, which is more commonly...