Marketplace lending, enabled by technological innovation, represents a new opportunity for raising capital. It is regarded by the EU as having the potential to expand the financing options of SMEs and improve the integration of the Internal Capital Market. However, applying traditional legal...

Fintech is one of the fastest growing domain. With the shift of world to digital platforms due to covid, digital transactions have gained lot of importance and attention. Big scale transaction like for buys cars to smaller once like at vegetable vendors, online order placing and food,...

This article highlights the rationale of extracting and analyzing information from Parts II and III of Form 1-A of Regulation A filings. This registration form filed with the SEC provides comprehensive information about the issuer, its operations, and financial condition, promoting transparency...

The paper highlights the life insurance risks such as mortality, lapses, and expenses. The paper explains these risks, discusses their measures and mitigation action. The paper also discusses the worse mortality experience due to COVID 19 during FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22 assessed from...

The purpose of the article is to assess the level of any overlap between the second and third lines of defense in the global market. The level of overlap influences the independence of the two lines and the maturity of risk management and audit function. The data is obtained by conducting a poll

Though risk management and its application in the corporate world are new, its essence is very old. One must remember that risk is always about the future and the future is always unknown. There is no idea what will unfold in the future, however, some ideas about the future can be assessed based...

This paper uses hand-collected quarterly values of the different Islamic banking products to answer the following questions: Do debt-like banking products dominate Islamic banks' assets, making them identical to conventional banks? Are bank performance and solvency sensitive to the product's...

Using a proprietary dataset from an Australian leading FinTech lender, we provide insights into the effect of consumer behaviour on FinTech lending patterns. Out of seven consumption categories, gambling expenses significantly reduce the lender’s willingness to fulfill loan requests. Cash...

Portuguese Abstract: As plataformas digitais revolucionaram o nosso cotidiano e, hoje, uma parte relevante da nossa vida é pautada pela interação em plataformas. No entanto, a verdade é que elas já não eram novidade mesmo antes da revolução digital. O mercado de dois lados, ou M2L, é...

Portuguese Abstract: Nos últimos anos, o mundo tem acompanhado a evolução dos pagamentos no mundo digital. De acordo com o Banco Mundial, dois terços dos adultos no mundo vão fazer ou receber pagamentos digitais em 2022, com crescimento mais expressivo em países em desenvolvimento, em que...