The Fintech Action Plan (see now also Digital Finance Strategy) and the Sustainable Finance Strategy both represent …, while they present certain common features and great potential when combined. In particular, Fintech appears able to respond … to some shortcomings in the current sustainable finance framework (e.g. access to retail financing, ESG disclosure …

) The development of fintech contributes positively to the ESG performance of banks; (H2) Board size is negatively related … banks; (H4) Gender diversity is positively related to ESG performance of banks. The fintech index has been developed by … of fintech in banking sector improves significantly ESG performance. The relationship with board size is negative but not …