Financialisation is a complex and dynamic process of enlarging the monetary and financial relations in economy and society. This paper deals with the analysis of the financial market structure such as: the role and magnitude of financial sectors, the dynamics of the banking sector versus the...

The term “financial technology” (or FinTech) refers to the application of technology for the provision of financial services. FinTech companies are attracting the interest of both financial services users and investment firms, which see them as the future of the financial sector. This...

Background: This study provides evidence for the financial innovation in the financial system that resulted in the economic growth of Bangladesh from 1980-2016. Methods: To capture the influence of financial innovation on economic growth, we estimated the long-run cointegration by applying...

Since the global financial crisis of 2008, there has been increasing attention on the impact of financial innovation (FI) on the financial services industry. Despite wide consensus on the benefits of innovation to the real economy, the crisis made FI a focus of re-evaluation and...

Among the international policy institutions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is known for its sensitivity to financial stability issues. Attention to the "macro-prudential" dimension of financial stability is very typical for the BIS. The Bank's macro-prudential approach first came...

We formalize the idea that the financial sector can be a source of non-fundamental risk. Households' desire to hedge against price volatility can generate price volatility in equilibrium, even absent fundamental risk. Fearing that asset prices may fall, risk-averse households demand safe assets...

Firms in the financial services industry have been faced with the dramatic and relatively recent emergence of new technology innovations, and process disruptions. The industry as a whole, and many new fintech start-ups are looking for new pathways to successful business models, the creation of...

Among the international policy institutions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is known for its sensitivity to financial stability issues. Typical for the BIS is a macro-prudential approach. In this paper, it is argued that Alexandre Lamfalussy, who was at the BIS from 1976 to 1993,...

Among the international policy institutions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is known for its sensitivity to financial stability issues. Attention to the "macro-prudential" dimension of financial stability is very typical for the BIS. The Bank's macro-prudential approach first came...