We study the investor behavior on a leading peer-to-business lending platform and find evidence of two new investment biases - a default shock bias and a deep market bias. First, we find investors to stop investing in new loans and to cease from diversifying their portfolio after experiencing a...

The objective of this chapter is to delineate the potential of fintech and blockchain to unlock the mobilization of green finance and to overcome respective barriers by explaining the key functionalities of applications including their key benefits and limitations. Fintech and blockchain...

Einleitung -- Die FinTech-Akteure in Deutschland -- FinTechs und Datenschutz -- FinTechs und Datenschutz nach Einführung der DS-GVO -- FinTech-Geschäftsmodelle -- Regulierungsbedarf im deutschen FinTech-Markt -- Eine Zusammenfassung in elf Thesen

In this paper, we examine in a systematic manner how investors react to the sentiment of instant ESG news. Instead of acquiring proprietary ESG news or events datasets directly from specific ESG data providers, we extract fresh ESG news directly from a plethora of raw news articles. We showcase...