Despite the commitments of the development community toward broader access to finance, financial inclusion rates worldwide are rather unsatisfactory. To date, around two billion adults do not have access to basic financial services such as savings and checking accounts. Attempting to bridge such...

The globalisation of financial markets has attracted much academic and policymaking commentary in recent years, especially with the growing number of banking and financial crises and the current credit crisis that has threatened the stability of the global financial system. This major new...

This analysis concerns the regulation of fintech banks, having regard to the possibility of a business model in which the production and delivery of banking products and services are based on technology-enabled innovation. We will go deep into European Central Bank's definition of ‘fintech...

Das Buch liefert einen wissenschaftlich fundierten Überblick über die aktuellen Entwicklungen im Bankgewerbe und über die hieraus resultierenden Herausforderungen für Kreditinstitute. Auf Basis der Untersuchung der aktuellen wirtschaftlichen Situation und unter besonderer Berücksichtigung...