Carbo Valverde S., Lopez del Paso R. and Rodriguez Fernandez F. (2007) Financial innovations in banking: impact on regional growth, Regional Studies 41, 311-326. This paper contributes to the literature on the relationship between finance and growth by analysing the relationships between...

An important step to achieve greater financial inclusion is to increase the acceptance and usage of digital payments. Although consumer adoption of digital payments has improved dramatically globally, the acceptance and usage of digital payments for micro, small, and medium-sized retailers...

We model bank oligopoly behaviour using price and non-price competition as strategic variables in an expanded conjectural variations framework. Rivals can respond to changes in both loan and deposit market prices as well as (non-price) branch market shares. The model is illustrated using data...