Technological development particularly boosted by artificial intelligence (AI) has substantial potential to transform many aspects of human lives and the way doing businesses. On the one side, it can offer opportunities, while on the other brings challenges and increases risks. Financial...

Based on technical assistance to central banks by the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department and Information Technology Department, this paper examines fintech and the related area of cybersecurity from the perspective of central bank risk management. The paper draws on findings from the...

1. Introduction- Volker Liermann, Claus Stegmann -- Part 1: Automation, distributed ledger and client related aspects -- 2. Batch Processing: Pattern Recognition- Volker Liermann, Claus Stegmann -- 3. Hyperledger fabric as a blockchain framework in the financial industry- Martina Bettio, Fabian...

Chapter 1: The introduction of the portfolio management and risk evaluation -- Chapter 2: The major trends in financial portfolio management -- Chapter 3: Machine Learning and AI in financial portfolio management -- Chapter 4: Introduction of Alternative data in Finance -- Chapter 5: Alternative...