This report presents the findings of a global survey on AI in Financial Services jointly conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the World Economic Forum in Q2-Q3 2019. Representing one of the largest global...

FinTech holds great potential for both financial inclusion and economic development in a wider sense. Digital financial solutions have been expanding access and reach to consumers, especially the unbanked and under-banked. They have been significantly lowering the costs of providing financial...

Technology-enabled financial and regulatory innovation is still in early stages of development in many countries and regions globally and this is also the case in the Western Balkans. As such, the limited empirical data makes a thorough impact assessment challenging. Beside desk-based market,...

This study aims to understand the extent to which policymakers continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as we move away from the crisis. The survey provides insights into the types of consumer risks that have emerged because of the pandemic and the impact of such risks on policy...

The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the FinTech landscape in the ASEAN region and how it has been evolving within each country. The FinTech ecosystem is constituted of interrelated and purposively congruent stakeholders, including FinTech companies, financial...

This global study seeks to assess how financial technology firms (FinTechs) have been impacted by COVID-19, and how they are responding to the resultant challenges and opportunities. The study is a joint initiative of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of...

The World Bank and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance jointly publishes the Global COVID-19 FinTech Regulatory Rapid Assessment Study to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the regulation of FinTech and regulatory innovation initiatives. One hundred and eighteen central banks and...