Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Fintech and its historical perspective -- Part I: FINTECH & BLOCKCHAIN: INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW -- Chapter 3: Financial Engineering and ICT in the past -- Chapter 4: Fintech and Blockchain: Contemporary Issues, New Paradigms and Disruption -- Chapter 5: The...

Intro -- Copyright -- Title Page -- Preface -- About the Editors -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 AI: Need to Know -- Chapter 1 The Future of AI in Finance -- The Promise of Deep Learning -- Business Applications in Finance -- Time for a Reality Check -- Safeguards and Systemic Risk -- Chapter 2...

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