A new wave of technological innovations, often called 'fintech,' is accelerating change in the financial sector. What impact might fintech have on financial services, and how should regulation respond? This paper sets out an economic framework for thinking through the channels by which fintech...

In this article, the discussion on quality levels in the monetary search theoretical model is extended. By having quality levels endogenously determined, we found that whether money holders have quality preferences is crucial to the results. While the effect of the fraction of money on quality...

This paper proposes rules for the control of interbank rate volatility under different interest corridor systems when volatility stems from interbank market frictions. Friction-induced volatility will occur if there is heterogeneity in two dimensions (across banks and time) with respect to the...