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The Emerald Handbook of Fintech

ISBN: 978-1-83753-609-2, eISBN: 978-1-83753-608-5

Publication date: 4 October 2024

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(2024), "Index", Baker, H.K., Filbeck, G. and Black, K. (Ed.) The Emerald Handbook of Fintech, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 473-494. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-608-520241049

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Copyright © 2024 H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck and Keith Black. Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited


INDEX

Aadhaar system
, 51–52

Academics
, 5

Account types
, 213–214

Accounting classification
, 277–278

Accredited investors
, 181

Acorns
, 239, 242

Advanced Computerized Execution System
, 208

Advanced data analytics
, 400

Adversarial attacks
, 330

Adverse selection problems
, 49

Adyen
, 426

Affirm
, 223

Aggregation
, 425

Airwallex
, 424

Aladdin Climate
, 400–401

Algorithmic biases
, 158

Algorithmic rebalancing
, 275

Algorithmic trading (AT)
, 309

Alibaba
, 98–99

Alpha decay
, 227

Alternative data
, 226–227, 303–304

applications in other areas of finance
, 308–310

changing finance
, 12

digital footprints and microdata
, 307

in financial forecasting
, 305–306

regulatory data
, 307–308

standard financial data
, 304–305

web scraping for sensory data
, 306–307

Amazon
, 316, 433

Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF)
, 261

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
, 226, 376, 432

American Stock Exchange study (1969)
, 222

Analysis elements
, 149–152

Android Pay
, 110

Angel Capital Association, The (ACA)
, 178–179

Angel investors
, 177

Angels
, 178–180

Anonymity
, 253

Ant Financial
, 47

Ant Group
, 47

Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)
, 295–296

Anti-money laundering (AML)
, 69–70, 162, 291–292, 426

AML-related fines
, 67

detection of
, 79

Apple Pay
, 122, 238

Application programming interfaces (APIs)
, 37, 104, 207–208, 298–299, 354, 426–427

APY
, 34–38

Archival data
, 297–298

Arrow-Debreu economy
, 93

Artificial intelligence (AI)
, 4, 12, 18, 39, 44, 71–72, 98, 158, 192–193, 224, 227, 229, 237, 285–286, 290, 292, 315–316, 346, 363–364, 381, 400, 420, 423–424

AI-powered credit scoring algorithms
, 158–159

applications in finance
, 323–327

benefits and opportunities
, 324

challenges for regulation
, 330–332

chatbots and robo-advisors
, 325

cybersecurity and fraud detection
, 326

emerging regulatory trends and best practices in AI governance
, 332–334

financial trading and asset management
, 326

generations
, 316–318

generative
, 319–321

governance
, 316, 330–331

harnessing data with
, 11

lifecycle in finance
, 323

lifecycle of ML project
, 321–323

Regtech
, 326–327

risk management and credit scoring
, 325

risks and regulatory considerations
, 327–334

in robo-advisory
, 200

Suptech
, 327

system
, 292

use cases
, 324–325

Artificial neural networks (ANNs)
, 319

Asset (see also Cryptoassets)

management
, 326

recovery in case of default
, 153–154

Assets under management (AUM)
, 48, 180, 195, 269, 383, 401

Asymmetric information
, 218

Automated clearing house (ACH)
, 289

Automated market makers (AMMs)
, 229–230

Automated teller machines (ATMs)
, 96–97, 236, 289

Automation
, 56

“automation bias” phenomenon
, 329

automation/dynamic/submeter data
, 307

Autonomy
, 329

Aventus
, 351

Average citations (AC)
, 19, 34, 38

Average publication year (APY)
, 19

Axis Bank
, 258

Back-office solutions
, 388–390

Bank credit loan portfolios
, 154

Bank credit portfolios, risks of
, 140

Banking
, 6, 101, 285–286

Fintech’s impact on
, 7

path to digital transformation and future of
, 102–105

Banking as a service (BaaS)
, 420

Basic economic theory
, 139

Before-tax cash flow (BTCF)
, 365

Behavioral biases

disposition effect
, 198

home bias
, 198

overconfidence
, 198

robo-advisors
, 197–199

Betterment
, 236–237, 244

Betterview
, 351

Bias
, 328

Bibliometrics

analysis
, 5–6, 17

co-word analysis
, 19

Bid-ask spread
, 211

Big 4
, 251–252

Big data(see also Alternative data)
, 285–286, 382–383, 388, 423

architectures in information supply chain
, 296

Fintech technical architecture
, 293–299

Fintech’s big data history
, 286–293

role in Fintech
, 11

Big techs
, 97

Binance
, 245

Biometrics
, 39, 53

authentication
, 238

Bitcoin (BTC)
, 54–56, 237, 245, 253, 258–259, 271, 422

Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)
, 426–427

“Black box” problem
, 319, 327–328

Blockchain
, 10, 39, 55–56, 79, 245, 252, 254, 268, 400, 406

accounting
, 251–252

adoption
, 251–252, 261, 263

advantages
, 256

applications
, 251–252

in carbon trading
, 404–405

disadvantages
, 260–261

disrupts financial world
, 255–260

financial sector
, 252

in Fintech
, 10

R3 Corda
, 252

real estate
, 252

supply chain
, 252

trustless environment
, 270

works
, 254–255

Blockchain technology
, 6, 245, 251–252, 270, 303–304, 422

blockchain’s advantages over legacy technologies
, 253–254

blocks
, 268

consensus algorithms
, 268

cryptographic hashes
, 270

51% attack (majority attack)
, 254

proof of stake (POS)
, 390

proof of transaction (POT)
, 258

proof of work (POW)
, 255

ripple
, 269

token
, 269

Blocks
, 122–123, 252–253, 268

Bloomberg
, 290

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
, 110

BoardEx
, 304

Bollinger bands
, 213

Borrowers
, 136

allocation of
, 144–148

correlation
, 148

implementing future correlated rating states of
, 142–144

to independent segments
, 146–147

marketplace lending platforms for
, 7–8

risk factors
, 144–145

sectors
, 145

single sector
, 145–146

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
, 420

Brand and reputation management
, 52–53

Bridgewater Associates
, 383

Brokerage apps
, 384–385

Budgeting
, 238, 244

Budgets
, 238–239

Bulge-bracket bank
, 390

Burning rate
, 272

Business logic
, 367–368

Business model
, 136–137

Business use of digital payments
, 123–124

Business-to-business (B2B)
, 7, 123, 290, 424

Business-to-consumer (B2C)
, 99

Buy now, pay later (BNPL)
, 421

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
, 162

Candlestick chart
, 212–213

Capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
, 197

Capital formation
, 8

angels
, 178–180

friends and family
, 178

private equity and venture capital
, 180

regulatory framework of capital formation
, 180–184

traditional methods of
, 178–180

Capital markets
, 388

fintech in
, 13

Carbon credit marketplaces
, 407

Carbon credits
, 404–405

Carbon trading(see also Securities trading)
, 404–405

blockchain and distributed ledger technology in
, 404–405

need for transparency and traceability
, 404

platforms
, 400

Card fraud
, 126

Cash App (Square)
, 110, 122–123

Cash flows on defaulted and nondefaulted exposures
, 153

Center for Research in Securities Prices (CRSP)
, 290, 304

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)
, 79, 105, 277, 291

Central limit order book (CLOB)
, 209–210

Centralization
, 217–218

Challenger banks
, 384

Charting tools
, 212–213

Chatbots
, 325

ChatGPT
, 200, 228–229, 363–364

ChatGPT
, 200, 228–229, 363–364

“Chatification” of money
, 99

Chebyshev tensors (CTs)
, 140

Cheche Technology
, 351

Chief executive officer (CEO)
, 137, 382–383

Chief investment officers (CIOs)
, 193

China
, 27

Citation patterns
, 20, 40

Clearbank
, 424

Cleo
, 239

Climate change
, 400

Climate risk

assessment tools
, 400–401

awareness
, 408–416

data
, 408–409

findings
, 409–413

greenwashing or green talking
, 414–416

methodology
, 409

Cloud

cloud computing
, 290, 303–304

cloud services
, 52

Co-citation network analysis
, 27–33

Co-location
, 215–216, 225, 386

Co-word analysis
, 20

Coinbase
, 245

Coins
, 393

Collaboration coefficient (CC)
, 25, 27

Collaboration index (CI)
, 25, 27

Commercial real estate
, 364, 373, 375

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
, 291, 432

Comparative analysis of risk management frameworks in Fintech
, 166–167

COSO ERM Framework
, 166

FAIR Risk Quantification Framework
, 166–167

NIST Cybersecurity Framework
, 167

Competition
, 127, 425

Complexity
, 328–329

Compliance
, 66–67, 73

management
, 77

risks in Fintech
, 162–163

Compound (DeFi platform)
, 99–100

Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
, 56

Comprehensive machinery
, 124–125

Compustat
, 290

Computerization
, 289–290

Computers
, 208, 210–211, 214–215

vision applications
, 71–72

Condor Capital Wealth Management
, 194

Consensus algorithms
, 254

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
, 432

Consumer-to-business activity in digital payments
, 123

Continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
, 170

“Conversational AI” agents
, 325

Copy trading
, 244

Corona-Crash
, 194–195

Corporate reputation
, 52

Corporate social responsibility
, 14

Corporate venture capital (CVC)
, 309–310

Correlations

allocation of
, 144–148

coefficient
, 144

focus
, 328

COSO Enterprise Risk Management (COSO ERM)
, 8, 166

CoStar.com
, 375

Counter-terrorism financing (CTF)
, 69–70, 162

detection of
, 79

Counterparty risk
, 141

COVID-19 pandemic
, 46

Creative destruction
, 104

Credit cards
, 236

Credit default swaps (CDS)
, 217

Credit history
, 369

Credit Karma
, 240

Credit portfolio analysis applicable to MPL
, 141–154

Credit ratings
, 136

Credit risk
, 141

Credit scores
, 239–240

Credit scoring
, 325

Credit Sesame
, 240

Credit spread (CS)
, 141

Critical infrastructures
, 285–286

Crowdfunding
, 8, 181–182, 184–185, 244–245

climate projects
, 407

crowdfunding & CO
, 390–393

JOBS Act
, 182

platforms
, 185

regulation crowdfunding
, 182

transactions
, 184

Crowdstrike
, 430

Crunchbase sources
, 305, 428

Crypto mining
, 290–291

Cryptoassets
, 268, 270, 275

accounting classification
, 277–278

advantages
, 271

applications on fintech ecosystem
, 276–277

blockchain technology
, 270

cryptocurrencies
, 271

data
, 308–309

disadvantages
, 271

and fintech
, 11

institutional challenges
, 278–279

regulatory challenges/issues
, 277–279

reserves
, 275

risks
, 271

security tokens
, 273

stablecoins
, 274–275

tokenized assets
, 273–274

use cases and examples
, 276

utility tokens
, 271–273

Cryptocurrencies
, 6, 10–11, 55–56, 183–184, 229–230, 245, 251–252, 268, 271

Cryptocurrency exchanges

binance
, 421–422

coinbase
, 245

Cryptographic assets
, 78–79

Cryptographic hashes
, 270

Cryptographic principles
, 422

Custodia Bank
, 279

Customer acquisition
, 433

Customer due diligence (CDD)
, 70, 429

Customer-to-business (C2B)
, 7

Customer-to-customer (C2C)
, 99

Cyberattacks
, 160, 429, 431

Cybersecurity
, 53, 165–166, 326

Data access and storage
, 375–379

Data acquisition
, 296–297

and preprocessing
, 321–322

Data analysis
, 298–299

Data breaches
, 160

Data dependency
, 328

Data encryption
, 168

Data management
, 426

Data mining
, 298

Data poisoning
, 330

Data privacy

and security
, 331, 428

violations
, 160–161

Data processing
, 298–299

Dealer-to-customer market (D2C market)
, 209

Debanking
, 70

and other social and geopolitical drivers
, 69–71

Debt
, 287–288

crowdfunding
, 184–185

Decentralization
, 55, 217–218

Decentralized compliance
, 79

Decentralized finance (DeFi)(see also Personal finance)
, 25, 38, 68, 99–100, 257, 276, 292, 382, 400, 421–422

challenges in DeFi’s support for climate initiatives
, 407–408

and climate initiatives
, 406–408

platforms
, 99–100

platforms supporting climate action
, 406–407

Deep learning (DL)
, 319

Deep Neural Networks (DNNs)
, 140, 151

Default, asset recovery in case of
, 153–154

Defaulted exposures, valuation and cash flows on
, 153

Deloitte
, 251–252

Democratization of finance
, 383

Designated Order Turnaround (DOT)
, 97

Digit
, 244

Digital

Apple pay
, 122, 238

digital assets
, 4, 11, 78–79, 183–184, 268

digital banking
, 246, 420

digital currency
, 245, 421–422

digital exclusion
, 126

digital finance
, 33, 66

digital footprints
, 307

digital insurance (insurtech)
, 49–50

digital lending
, 7, 47–48, 420

digital payments and transfers
, 48, 124

digital service providers
, 122–123

digital transformation
, 103

digital wallets
, 238

digital wealth management
, 9, 48–49

Google pay
, 122, 238

Samsung pay
, 238

Digital Advisor
, 196

Digital age
, 52–53

Digital banking
, 246, 420

business use of digital payments
, 123–124

competition
, 127

digital and mobile payments in North America
, 124

digital service providers in United States
, 122–123

Fintech and market for payments
, 124–126

individual and digital payment market
, 126–127

integrity
, 127

mobile growth trends
, 120–122

rise of smart payments
, 110–112

services
, 7

Swish
, 127

worldwide digital activity
, 112–120

Digital banks
, 400

Digital commerce
, 112

Digital disruption, Fintech narrative and accompanying
, 95–102

Digital financial regulation
, 73

Digital identity
, 51–52

Digital ledger technology (DLT)
, 422

Digital payments
, 48, 124

business use of
, 123–124

country trends in
, 115–117

individual and digital payment market
, 126–127

methods
, 51

in North America
, 124

and transfers
, 46–47

Digital Payments Survey, The
, 123

Digital platforms
, 44

Digital Remittances
, 112, 115

Digital service providers in United States
, 122–123

block
, 122–123

PayPal and Venmo
, 122

Zelle
, 123

Digital technologies
, 104

Digital transaction methods
, 46–47

Digital transformation
, 103

Fintegration and road ahead
, 104–105

and future of banking
, 102–105

response of traditional FIs in changing ecosystem
, 102–103

Digitalization
, 129

Digitalized payment systems
, 7

Digitally ambidextrous
, 104

Digitization process
, 92, 158

Diners Club
, 420

Disaster recovery planning
, 170

Disintermediation
, 98–99

Disruption
, 98–99, 344

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)
, 160

Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs)
, 79, 241, 253, 389, 400

in carbon trading
, 404–405

Domain names system (DNS)
, 295–296

Donation-based crowdfunding
, 184

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)
, 224

Down payment
, 369–370

E*Trade
, 9–10, 236

Early AI systems
, 317

Eco-friendly staking
, 407

Ecopia
, 351

Ecosystem
, 344, 351, 354–355

response of traditional FIs in changing
, 102–103

Edelman Financial Engines
, 196–197

Electronic Brokering Services (EBS)
, 208

Electronic communication networks (ECNs)
, 97, 208, 222

Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (EDGAR system)
, 55, 290, 382

Electronic data interchange (EDI)
, 290

Electronic funds transfers (EFT)
, 288

Electronic identification tool (e-ID)
, 125

Electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC)
, 51–52, 102

Electronic trading
, 211–212

Electronification
, 223

of trading
, 224

Embedded compliance
, 79

Embedded finance
, 421

Emerging technologies
, 71, 159

Encryption
, 238, 241

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
, 375–376

“Envelopment” strategy
, 99

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG)
, 6, 37, 67, 105, 201, 293

challenges
, 403–404

importance
, 403–404

integration
, 402–403

metrics
, 400

robo-advisory and
, 2013

sustainability and humanitarian regulation
, 80–81

Equity crowdfunding
, 185

Equity financing
, 420

Ernst & Young (EY)
, 251–252

Ether (ETH)
, 245

Ethereum blockchain
, 258–259, 272

eToro
, 244, 382

European Union (EU)
, 100, 293

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
, 192, 214, 223

Explainability
, 331

Explainable AI (xAI)
, 330

Exponential moving average (EMA)
, 213

Extensible business reporting language (xBRL)
, 298–299

Extensible markup language (XML)
, 298–299

EY Global e-Wealth Management Research Report
, 49

Facebook
, 305–306

Facial width to height ratio (fWHR)
, 306

Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO)
, 369

FAIR Risk Quantification Framework
, 8, 166–167

Fairness
, 331

Fairness, Ethics, Accountability, and Transparency (FEAT)
, 333

Family
, 178

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
, 432

Federal government
, 181

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
, 369

Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
, 304–305

Fedwire
, 420

Few-shot learners
, 228–229

Fiat-backed stablecoins
, 274–275

Fibonacci retracement
, 213

51% attack
, 254

Filecoin
, 272

Finance
, 285–286, 426–427

alternative data changing
, 12

industry
, 381

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
, 277–278

Financial crime

counter-terrorist financing
, 162

fraud
, 158

money laundering
, 162–163

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
, 291–292, 432

Financial goals with fintech
, 242–243

Financial inclusion (FI)
, 45, 105–106

through technology
, 158–159

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
, 182, 222, 290

Financial infrastructure
, 289–290

Financial innovation and regulation
, 71

Financial institutions (FIs)
, 7, 54, 66, 78–79, 83, 92, 208, 316, 400

financial institutions management
, 57

Financial intermediaries (FIs)
, 92

Financial intermediation
, 93

framework of
, 93–95

genetic code of
, 92–95

as information business
, 95

Financial landscape
, 157–158

Financial literacy
, 126, 195

Financial management
, 44

Financial markets
, 192, 209, 218, 289–290

regulation of
, 216

Financial regulation
, 66

Financial sector
, 256–258

Financial services
, 44, 101

Fintech use cases advance
, 45–50

Fintech’s impact on
, 7

industry
, 3, 67, 95–96

Financial Stability Board
, 401

Financial system
, 193–194

Financial technology (fintech)
, 3, 5, 17, 43–44, 46, 51, 71, 91–92, 100, 157–158, 235, 267–268, 285–286, 316, 384, 388, 399–400, 419–420

access controls
, 169

access to account
, 126

advance financial services
, 45–50

AI and ML
, 12

alternative data changing finance
, 12

applications
, 12, 276–277

Betterment
, 193–194, 244

big data’s role in
, 11

birth
, 98

blockchain
, 10, 55–56

book’s structure
, 5

brand and reputation management
, 52–53

budgeting and savings
, 244

building operational resilience in
, 169–170

business models
, 70–71

capital formation and crowdfunding
, 8

in capital markets
, 13

carbon trading and carbon credits
, 404–405

challenges for
, 427–432

citation patterns
, 5–6

climate risk assessment tools
, 400–401

climate risk awareness
, 408–416

companies
, 47, 172

comparative analysis of risk management frameworks in
, 166–167

comparative analysis of risk profiles in
, 165

compliance risks in
, 162–163

computerization
, 289–290

Credit Karma
, 240

credit scores
, 239

Credit Sesame
, 240

crowdfunding
, 244–245

cryptoassets and
, 11

cryptocurrencies
, 55–56

customer acquisition
, 433

data encryption
, 168

Defi and climate initiatives
, 406–408

demystifying robo-advisors
, 9

digit
, 242

digital banking
, 246

digital insurance
, 49–50

digital lending
, 47–48

digital payments and transfers
, 46–47

digital wealth management
, 48–49

disruption
, 98–101

distinguishing features
, 4–5

dynamic landscape
, 165

emerging innovations
, 10

ESG integration
, 402–403

essential defense measures in
, 168–169

eToro
, 244

evolution of
, 35

financial goals with
, 242–243

findings
, 20–33

firms
, 223

fraud detection
, 53

Funding Circle
, 245

future
, 14, 292–293

future research directions
, 39

“genetic code” of financial intermediation
, 92–95

GoFundMe
, 245

green bonds and sustainable investment tools
, 401–402

harnessing data With AI and ML
, 11

history
, 286–293

impact on banking industry and financial services
, 7

incident response plans
, 169

Indiegogo
, 245

industrialization
, 288–289

insurance (insurtech)
, 12–13, 245

intended audience
, 5

investment and trading
, 244

Kickstarter
, 245

knowledge foundation of Fintech research
, 27–29, 33

KYC and identity authentication
, 51–52

landscape
, 5–6

Lemonade
, 49

LendingClub
, 245

leveraging fintech to minimize financial mistakes and maximize savings
, 241–242

and market for payments
, 124–126

marketplace lending platforms for borrowers and investors
, 7–8

methodology
, 18–20

Metromile
, 245

Mint
, 243

mobile payments and digital banking services
, 7

Monzo
, 246

N26
, 246

narrative and accompanying digital disruption
, 95–102

obstacles
, 125–126

online trading
, 9–10

operational risks in
, 161–162

opportunities for
, 420–427

overview of Fintech’s Corpus
, 21

path to digital transformation and future of banking
, 102–105

payment processing
, 246

peer-to-peer (P2P) lending
, 235

person-to-person money transfers
, 238

personal banking with
, 238

Personal Capital
, 243

personal finance applications
, 10, 235

practical recommendations for enhanced technology risk management in
, 171–173

preindustrial period
, 287–288

Prosper
, 245

publication trends
, 19

purpose
, 4

Qapital
, 242

raising funds with
, 7

Regtech
, 6, 54–55

regulation
, 101–102

reinventing banking and payments industry
, 6

reputational risks in
, 164–165

research hotspots
, 27

research landscape
, 39–40

research trends
, 20–22

Revolut
, 246

revolution
, 171–172

revolutionizing real estate industry with
, 13

risk assessment and management
, 50–51

risk management in
, 8

Robinhood
, 244

role in green bond market
, 402

selection criteria
, 19

shaping future of
, 13–14

Square
, 246

Square Cash
, 238

Starling Bank
, 246

strategic risks in
, 163–164

Stripe
, 246

sustainable banking
, 405–406

tech in Fin and legacy hurdle
, 96–97

technical architecture
, 293–299

technologies and emerging trends shaping
, 14

technology risks in
, 160–161

temporal evolution of Fintech themes and future research directions
, 39

thematic clusters (themes)
, 18–19

themes
, 34–39

top articles
, 22–25

top authors
, 25–27

top co-cited references
, 30–33

top talent
, 432–433

transforming financial industry
, 45

transforming personal finance with
, 9

use cases in
, 6, 50, 53–54, 56

Venmo
, 238

ventures
, 163–165

vulnerability assessments
, 169

Wealthfront
, 244

You Need a Budget (YNAB)
, 244

Zelle
, 238

Zeta
, 244

Financial trading
, 326

Financing methods
, 178

Fintech 50 companies
, 243–246

budgeting and saving
, 244

cryptocurrencies and blockchain
, 245

digital banking
, 246

Insurtech
, 245

investment and trading
, 244

payment processing
, 246

peer-to-peer lending and crowdfunding
, 244–245

personal finance management
, 243–244

Fintegration
, 102, 104–106

Firm data
, 408–409

Firm management
, 50–53

Flash crash
, 214, 386–387

FloodFlash
, 351

Follow the money
, 424

For sale by owner (FSBO)
, 368–369

Foreign exchange market (FX market)
, 208

Fractional reserve
, 275

Fragmentation
, 218

Fraud
, 124

detection
, 53, 79, 326

prevention
, 53

reduction
, 257

Friends
, 178

FRISS
, 351

Front-running strategy
, 224

FTX
, 269

Funding Circle
, 245

g-index
, 21, 25, 27

“Garbage-in-garbage-out” principle
, 322

Gaussian Copula Model
, 142

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
, 162, 199–200, 227

General partners (GPs)
, 180

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
, 277–278

Generative AI models
, 78, 319, 321

“Genetic code” of financial intermediation
, 92–95

Global financial crisis (GFC)
, 43–44, 66, 98, 136, 193, 236–237, 420

Global Regtech Industry
, 71

Global robo-advisors
, 195–196

Global Web 3.0
, 78–79

Globex
, 222–223

GoFundMe
, 245

Google
, 316

Google Cloud Platform
, 78, 226

Google Pay
, 122, 238

Google Wallet
, 110

Google Workspace
, 426

Government-to business and consumers (G2B/C)
, 7

Governments
, 428

Graphics processing units (GPUs)
, 226

Great Depression
, 288–289

Green bonds
, 400–402

on DeFi
, 407

fintech’s role in green bond market
, 402

Green investments
, 201

green bonds
, 400–402

Green talking
, 414–416

Greenwashing
, 414–416

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 45, 68, 198, 252–253, 382–383

h-index
, 21–22, 25, 27

Hard fork
, 261

HazardHub
, 351

Hedge funds
, 154

High inflation, MPL and
, 139

High interest rates, MPL and
, 137–138

High-frequency traders/trading (HFT)
, 211, 215–216, 225, 309, 386–387

algorithms
, 97

system
, 382–383

Holistic integration
, 167–168

Home bias
, 198

Howey Test (1946)
, 183–184, 393

HSBC Sustainability Tracker
, 401

HuggingFace
, 229

Human advisors
, 48

robo-advisors disrupting
, 196–200

Human control and oversight
, 332

Human error
, 161–162

Human financial advisors
, 48–49

robo-advisor
, 199–200

“Human-in-the-loop” approaches
, 321, 332

“Human-on-the-loop” approaches
, 332

Hybrid models
, 192

i-10 index
, 21, 25, 27

i-100 index
, 21

IBA
, 351

IBM Corporation
, 316

Identity and access management (IAM) platforms
, 169

Identity authentication
, 51–52

Immutable records
, 252–253

Incident response (IR)
, 430

Incident response plans
, 169

Income
, 369

Independent robo-advisor companies
, 49

Independent segments, allocating each borrower to
, 146–147

Indexes

collaboration index (CI)
, 25, 27

g-index
, 21, 25, 27

h-index
, 21–22, 25, 27

i-10 index
, 21, 25, 27

i-100 index
, 21

India Post Payments Bank
, 51–52

Indiegogo
, 245

Industrialization
, 288–289

Information and communications technologies (ICTs)
, 286, 290, 292, 326–327

Information business, financial intermediation as
, 95

Information supply chain
, 293–299

big data architectures in
, 296

intellectual property
, 293

patents
, 294–295

trade secrecy
, 295

trademarks
, 295–296

Information technology (IT)
, 123–124, 261, 431

Initial coin offerings (ICOs)
, 8, 177–178, 182, 184, 308–309, 390, 393

Initial public offerings (IPOs)
, 180, 309–310, 391

Innovations
, 10

facilitator approach
, 101–102

theory
, 56

Input data
, 153

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
, 258

Institutional solutions
, 386–388

Insurance companies
, 49

Insurance industry
, 343–344, 350

disrupting
, 12–13

Insurance sector
, 100

Insurers
, 49

InsurTech
, 12–13, 49–50, 245, 343, 420, 425

ecosystem
, 351–354

insurance industry transformation
, 344–350

Insurtech 1.0
, 355–357

Insurtech 2.0
, 357–358

Insurtech 3.0
, 358–359

waves in insurance industry’s transformation
, 354–359

Integrity
, 127

Intel Corporation
, 316

Intellectual property (IP)
, 290

Fintech architectures
, 293

Intended audience
, 5

Interest rate (IR)
, 141

Intermediation theory
, 93

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
, 298–299

International financial system
, 66

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
, 43–44

International Standards Organization (ISO)
, 289

Internet
, 210

Internet exceptionalism
, 291

Internet of Things (IoT)
, 39, 53, 100, 306–307, 346

Investment Advisers Act (1940)
, 199

Investments
, 182, 244

advisory
, 193

alternative and big data as basis for investment decisions
, 387–388

strategies
, 192

Investors
, 48, 364–365

marketplace lending platforms for borrowers and
, 7–8

Job
, 369

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act)
, 8, 182–183

Kakau
, 351

Kaoshi
, 426–427

Khan Academy
, 243

Kickstarter
, 245

Klarna
, 426

Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG)
, 251–252

Know Your Customer (KYC)
, 44, 51–52, 78, 162–163, 257, 426

Knowledge
, 299

foundation of Fintech research
, 27–33

knowledge-based systems
, 317

Landscape
, 159

Lapetus Solutions
, 49–50

Large language models (LLMs)
, 228–229

Layering
, 308

Lemonade
, 245

Lending
, 48

platforms
, 14

LendingClub
, 137, 236–237, 245, 382

LinkedIn
, 305–306

Liquidity
, 259–260

Litecoin
, 271

Loan-to-value (LTV)
, 365

Location/active/environment data
, 307

London Stock Exchange (LSE)
, 389

Long-term debt (LTD)
, 371

Loopnet.com
, 375

Loss function
, 319

Lotus
, 426

M-Pesa
, 47, 237

Machine learning (ML)
, 4, 12, 44, 71–72, 98, 136, 224, 227, 229, 237, 286, 303–304, 315–316, 368, 381, 400, 420, 423–424

evolution to
, 317

harnessing data with
, 11

latest ML advances
, 317–318

paradigms
, 318–321

Regtech
, 326–327

risks and regulatory considerations
, 327–334

Suptech
, 327

techno-methodic specificities
, 328–330

Macroeconomics
, 54

Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)
, 289

Majority attack (see 51% attack)

Mana
, 272

ManageMy
, 351

Managing general agent (MGA)
, 354

Market structures

ask price
, 210

bid price
, 210

central limit order book (CLOB)
, 210

exchange
, 215–216

over-the-counter (OTC) market
, 210

Marketplace lending (MPL)
, 135–136

allocating each borrower to independent segments
, 146–147

allocating several borrowers to common single sector
, 145–146

allocation of borrowers and correlations
, 144–148

apportioning borrowers across several risk factors
, 144–145

apportioning borrowers across several sectors
, 145

asset recovery in case of default
, 153–154

borrower correlation via sector correlation
, 148

for borrowers and investors
, 7–8

business model and risks
, 136–137

credit portfolio analysis applicable to MPL
, 141–154

and high inflation
, 139

and high interest rates
, 137–138

implementing future correlated rating states of borrowers
, 142–144

input data and MM
, 153

market conditions
, 149

risks of bank credit portfolios
, 140

simulation and analysis elements
, 149–152

valuation and cash flows on defaulted and nondefaulted exposures
, 153

valuing MPL credit portfolios
, 140–141

Markets
, 217

conditions
, 149

making
, 225

pattern recognition
, 386

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
, 67

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II)
, 71

Mastercard
, 261

“Meme-stock” trading frenzies
, 221–222, 224

Meta
, 433

Metadata
, 297–298

Metromile
, 245

Metropolis software
, 388

Micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)
, 45

Microdata
, 307

Microsoft
, 316

Microsoft Azure
, 226

Migration matrix (MM)
, 153

Mint
, 236–237, 239, 243

Mobile banking apps
, 237

Mobile devices
, 191–192

Mobile digital payments
, 110

Mobile footprints
, 240

Mobile growth trends
, 120–122

transaction value percent comparison mobile POS payments vs. digital payments by country
, 121

Mobile pay
, 110

Mobile payments
, 7, 235

business use of digital payments
, 123–124

competition
, 127

country trends in
, 117–120

digital and mobile payments in North America
, 124

digital service providers in United States
, 122–123

Fintech and market for payments
, 124–126

individual and digital payment market
, 126–127

integrity
, 127

mobile growth trends
, 120–122

in North America
, 124

rise of smart payments
, 110–112

Swish
, 127

worldwide digital activity
, 112–120

Mobile POS payments
, 112, 115

Mobile wallets
, 110

Mobile-based trading platforms
, 221–222

Mobile-first brokerages
, 230–231

Models

model interpretability
, 323

model optimization
, 322

model testing
, 322

model training
, 322

Modern online trading platforms
, 224

Modigliani–Miller theorem
, 93

Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
, 333

Money laundering
, 126, 428–429

Monster
, 305–306

Monte Carlo analysis
, 140

Monte Carlo simulation
, 7–8, 154

Monzo
, 246

Moody’s
, 401

Moonshot Insurance
, 352

Moral hazard problems
, 49

MOVE Capital
, 408

Moving average (MA)
, 213

Moving average convergence/divergence (MACD)
, 213

Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
, 238

Multiple listing service (MLS)
, 368

N26
, 246

NASDAQ market
, 211

National Association of Realtors
, 368

National Association of Securities Dealers, The (NASD)
, 222

National Association of Securities Dealers Association Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
, 208, 222, 393

National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO)
, 216

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
, 333

Native digital securities (see Security tokens)

Natural Language Processing (NLP)
, 53–54, 71–72, 317–318, 358–359, 388

Near Field Communication (NFC)
, 110

Neobank (neo-bank)
, 400

challenges
, 406

and sustainable characteristics
, 405–406

NerdWallet
, 243

Net operating income (NOI)
, 365

Netflix
, 433

Network infrastructure operation
, 351–352

Network promotion and contract management
, 351–352

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
, 97, 208–209

NIST Cybersecurity Frameworks
, 8, 166–167

Nodes
, 270

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
, 71, 276

Nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs)
, 94

Nondefaulted exposures, valuation and cash flows on
, 153

Nondisclosure/confidentiality agreements (NDAs)
, 295

Nondiscrimination
, 331

North America, digital and mobile payments in, 124

Novidea
, 351

Number of active years (NAY)
, 25–27

NVIDIA
, 316

Occupiers
, 364–365

Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC)
, 269, 432

Olivia
, 239

Omniscience
, 351

Online brokers
, 210, 214

order types with
, 211–212

platforms
, 9–10

Online payment processing
, 426

Online trading
, 9–10, 207–208, 221–222

account types
, 213–214

advantages (benefits)
, 214–215

benefits
, 223

Bollinger bands
, 213

Candlestick chart
, 213

cash account
, 214

centralization vs. decentralization
, 217–218

charting tools
, 212–213

development
, 222–223

in different market structures
, 209–210

disadvantages (drawbacks)
, 214–215

drawbacks
, 223–224

E*TRADE
, 208–209

features
, 210–211

Fibonacci retracement
, 213

high-frequency trading
, 215–216

history
, 208–209

Iceberg
, 212

limit
, 212

limit on close
, 212

margin account
, 214

market
, 211–212

market on close
, 212

mobile-first brokerages
, 230–231

moving average (MA)
, 213

moving average convergence/divergence (MACD)
, 213

order types
, 211–212

payment for order flow
, 216–217

profit
, 212

regulation
, 216

regulation of financial markets
, 216

request-for-market (RFM) protocol
, 209

request-for-quote (RFQ) protocol
, 209

Robinhood
, 224–230

stop
, 212

trading platforms
, 207–208

trading protocols
, 209

Opacity
, 329–330

Open banking
, 424–425

Open banking initiatives
, 100

Open-source applications
, 431

Open-Source INTelligence (OSINT)
, 68

OpenAI
, 229

Opening banking
, 424–425

Operational resilience in Fintech frontier
, 169–170

business continuity measures,.
, 170

disaster recovery planning
, 170

regular system updates
, 170

reliable technology infrastructure
, 170

Operational risks

events
, 50

in Fintech
, 161–162

Order-to-trade ratios
, 309

Ordinary least squares (OLS)
, 227–228

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
, 316

Over-the-counter (OTC)
, 208, 222, 383

market
, 209, 211

Overconfidence bias
, 198

Patents
, 294–295

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
, 47

Payment for order flow (PFOF)
, 216–217

Payments
, 99, 109–110

Fintech and market for
, 124–126

industry
, 6

processing
, 246

technologies
, 420

Payoneer
, 424

PayPal
, 122, 236–237, 291

Peer-to-peer (P2P)

communication
, 55–56

financing
, 292

lenders
, 135–136, 163

lending
, 4, 33, 47, 91–92, 164, 184, 235, 244–245, 426–427

markets
, 382

transactions
, 253, 274

Pentation Analytics
, 352–353

Per active year (PAY)
, 22

Permissioned access
, 258–259

Person-to-person (P2P)
, 110

Personal banking (see also Digital banking)

with fintech
, 238

security in
, 240–241

Personal capital
, 243

Personal finance
, 236

applications of Fintech
, 10

brief history of fintech in
, 236–237

budgets
, 238–239

Fintech 50 companies and impact on
, 243–246

transformation with Fintech
, 9

Personal financial management (PFM)
, 425

Personalization
, 425

Personally identifiable information (PII)
, 297

Phygital
, 104–105

Physical real estate
, 364–365

PitchBook sources
, 305

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
, 291, 376

Platforms
, 154

PocketGuard
, 239

Point of sale (POS)
, 7, 110, 289

Policymakers
, 173

Postdeployment monitoring
, 323

Praedicat
, 351

Preferencing
, 208

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
, 251–252

Principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (PITI)
, 371

Principal and interest payment (PI payment)
, 371

Prior art
, 294

Privacy
, 258–259

Privacy-preserving technologies (PPTs)
, 68

Private data
, 305

Private equity (PE)
, 177, 180

funds
, 180

“Pro-innovation” approach
, 333

Proactive management, risk assessment frameworks for
, 165–166

Proactive vulnerability assessment
, 169

Problem formulation
, 321

Productivity per active year (PAY)
, 25, 27

Professional investors
, 140, 154

Profit spread (PS)
, 141

Proof of stake (POS)
, 254–255, 390

Proof of transaction
, 258

Proof of work (POW)
, 254, 390

Property value
, 370–371

Prosper
, 236–237, 245, 382

PSD2
, 100

Public data
, 304–305

Publication trends
, 19–20, 40

Qapital
, 239, 244

Qualifying ratios
, 371–373

Quality firm management
, 50

Quantum Computing
, 80

Quick Response (QR) system
, 126, 238

R3 Corda
, 262–263

Radio frequency identification (RFID)
, 291

Real estate
, 259, 363–364

future technology and limitations
, 375–379

life cycle of commercial real estate process
, 367

physical real estate
, 364–365

practice of
, 365–367

revolutionizing real estate industry with Fintech
, 13

technology, processes, and tools
, 367–375

Realtor. com
, 368–369

Reddit
, 230, 305–306, 382

Regulation
, 5, 14, 101–102, 202, 431–432

algorithmic regulation
, 73

changes
, 4

compliance
, 66

crowdfunding
, 182

of financial markets
, 216

in financial services
, 66–67

humanitarian regulation
, 80–81

pressure points and transitions
, 66

Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS)
, 210, 216

Regulation T (Reg T)
, 214

Regulators
, 54, 172, 428

Regulatory change management
, 426

Regulatory data
, 307–308

Regulatory environment, Fintech use cases support
, 54–56

Regulatory framework of capital formation
, 180–184

Regulatory intelligence
, 77

Regulatory lag (RegLag)
, 288–291

Regulatory landscape
, 39, 162–163

Regulatory monitoring
, 67, 73

Regulatory sandboxes
, 334

Regulatory technology (regtech)
, 6, 44, 54–55, 71–72, 102, 326–327, 420, 425–426

benefits and challenges
, 73–76

debanking and other social and geopolitical drivers
, 69–71

decentralized compliance
, 79

detection of fraud, AML/CTF, and sanctions compliance
, 79

digital and cryptographic assets
, 78–79

digital technologies associated with
, 72

ESG sustainability and humanitarian regulation
, 80–81

frontiers
, 6

future
, 77–81

generative AI
, 78

global regtech industry
, 71

literature insights
, 71–73

new dimensions
, 77–81

pressure points and transitions
, 66–69

quantum computing
, 80

use cases (applications)
, 76–77

Regulatory uncertainty
, 162–163

Regulatory-mandated extensible business reporting language (xBRL)
, 298–299

Reinforcement learning (RL)
, 319

Reputation
, 52

management
, 52–53

Reputational risks in Fintech
, 164–165

Request-for-market protocol (RFM protocol)
, 209

Request-for-quote protocol (RFQ protocol)
, 209

Research and development (R&D)
, 91–92

function
, 91–92

investments
, 293

Research gaps
, 18, 40

Research questions (RQs)
, 18

Reserve Bank of India, The
, 258

Residential appraiser
, 370

Residential mortgage approval
, 369–373

Residential multiple listing services
, 368–369

Residential real estate
, 364

Respondents
, 123–124

Retail solutions
, 384–385

Retail traders
, 214–215

Revolut
, 246

Rewards-based crowdfunding
, 184

Ripple
, 245

Risk assessment

frameworks for proactive management
, 165–166

and management
, 50–51

Risk management
, 94, 159, 325

building operational resilience in Fintech frontier
, 169–170

choosing right framework
, 167

comparative analysis of risk management frameworks in Fintech
, 166–167

comparative analysis of risk profiles in Fintech sub-sectors
, 165

compliance risks in Fintech
, 162–163

embracing robust technology risk management for sustainable fintech success
, 159–160

essential defense measures in Fintech
, 168–169

financial inclusion through technology
, 158–159

in Fintech
, 8

Fintech companies
, 172

holistic integration
, 167–168

operational risks in Fintech
, 161–162

policymakers
, 173

practical recommendations for enhanced technology risk management in fintech
, 171–173

process
, 166

regulators
, 172

reputational risks in Fintech
, 164–165

risk assessment frameworks for proactive management
, 165–166

strategic risks in Fintech
, 163–164

for sustainable fintech success, embracing robust technology
, 159–160

technology risks in Fintech
, 160–161

Risk profiling
, 192

of robo-advisors
, 199

Risks
, 136–137

Robinhood
, 9–10, 221–224, 230–231, 242, 244

alternative data
, 226–227

cryptocurrency and automated market makers
, 229–230

high-frequency trading
, 225

machine learning and artificial intelligence
, 227–229

trading APIs
, 225–226

trading app
, 382

Robo-advice
, 384–385

Robo-advisors
, 48, 192, 325, 385

AI in robo-advisory
, 200

assets under management (AUM)
, 195

automated robo-advisory
, 197

behavioral biases
, 197–199

benefits and limitations
, 192–193

demystifying
, 9

disrupting human advisors
, 196–200

ESG investing
, 201

evolution of robo-advisory
, 193–194

future
, 200–201

human financial advisor
, 199–200

past
, 193–195

performance
, 194–195

present
, 195–200

risk profiling
, 199

robo-advice cost-efficient
, 196–197

status quo
, 195–196

Robo-advisory companies

betterment
, 193–194

Charles Schwab
, 194

Edelman financial engines
, 196

personal capital
, 198

Quirion
, 193–194

Scalable
, 193–194

Vanguard
, 194

Wealthfront
, 194

Rocketmortgage.com
, 369

Rubix
, 259

Samsung Pay
, 238

Sanctions compliance, detection of
, 79

Saving
, 244

SBA
, 185

Schwab
, 9–10

Scopus database
, 5–6

Search costs
, 218

Sector
, 142

correlation
, 148

Securities Act of, The (1933)
, 181

Securities and Exchange Act (1934)
, 181

Securities Regulations in Fintech Era
, 181–182, 184

Securities trading
, 384–388

institutional solutions
, 386–388

retail solutions
, 384–385

Security
, 56

in personal banking
, 240–241

tokens
, 11, 268, 273

trading industry
, 222

Self
, 240

Self-regulatory organizations (SROs)
, 290

Sensitive financial data
, 52–53

Sensitivity analysis
, 153

Service provisioning
, 351–352

Signature Bank
, 278

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)
, 140, 278–279

Silvergate Bank
, 278

Simulation
, 149–152

Slice Labs
, 352

Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
, 47, 136, 307

Smart contracts
, 237, 241, 255–256, 268–270, 290

Smart devices
, 129

Smart payments

rise of
, 110–112

systems
, 111

Smart sampling approximation techniques
, 154

SO-SURE
, 351

Socially responsible investment (SRI)
, 201

Software as a Service (SaaS)
, 290, 375–376

Software bugs
, 161

Special purpose vehicle (SPV)
, 259

Spoofing
, 214

Spread
, 141

Square
, 122–123, 236–237, 246

Square Cash
, 238

StabilityAI
, 229

Stablecoins
, 11, 268, 274–275

Standard financial data
, 304–305

private data
, 305

public data
, 304–305

Star Citizen
, 185

Starling Bank
, 246

Stash
, 244

State Bank of India
, 258

Status Quo
, 195–196

Status/passive/equipment data
, 306–307

SteelEye’s inaugural Fine Tracker
, 67

Stock Market Crash of 1929
, 288–289

Stockholm Stock Exchange
, 127

Strategic risks in Fintech
, 163–164

Stripe
, 246, 426

“Super-platform” approach
, 99

Supervised learning (SL)
, 318

Supervisory technology (Suptech)
, 327

Supply chain
, 260

Sureify
, 352

Sustainability

sustainable banking
, 405–406

sustainable finance
, 402–403

sustainable investing
, 192–193

Sustainable banking
, 405–406

neo-banks and sustainable characteristics
, 405–406

Sustainable fintech success, embracing robust technology risk management for
, 159–160

Sustainable investment tools
, 401–402

Swish
, 127

System failures
, 161

Tailoring
, 168

risk assessment frameworks
, 167–168

“Tailormade” approach
, 167–168

Tandem
, 100–101

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
, 401

Tax management
, 426

Taxes and insurance payment (TI payment)
, 371

Tech in Fin and legacy hurdle
, 96–97

Techno-methodic specificities of ML systems
, 328–330

autonomy
, 329

complexity
, 328–329

correlation focus
, 328

data dependency and bias
, 328

opacity
, 329–330

vulnerability
, 330

Technology
, 3, 8, 96–97, 105

adoption
, 10

breakdowns
, 161

financial inclusion through
, 158–159

innovation
, 43–44

stack
, 432

Technology risks
, 158

in Fintech
, 160–161

management
, 159–160, 171

practical recommendations for enhanced
, 171–173

Temporal evolution of Fintech themes and future research directions
, 39

10-K statements and corporate filings
, 409

Terrorist financing
, 126

Test-and-learn approach
, 101

Text mining
, 303–304

Textual data
, 305–306

Themes
, 39

Thomson Reuters sources
, 305

Token
, 259

Tokenization
, 259–260, 273–274

Tokenized assets
, 268, 273–274

and securities
, 11

Top talent
, 432–433

Total citations (TC)
, 19–21, 25, 27, 34, 38

Total co-citations (TC)
, 27–33

Total expense ratio (TER)
, 196

Total link strength (TLS)
, 27–33

Total publications (TP)
, 19–21, 27, 34, 38

Trade algorithms
, 386–387

Trade secrecy
, 295

Trademarks
, 295–296

Trading
, 244

platforms
, 209

protocols
, 207–209

Trading Application programming interfaces (Trading APIs)
, 225–226

Traditional FIs
, 99–100

response of traditional FIs in changing ecosystem
, 102–103

Traditional ML models
, 319–321

Traditional payment mechanisms
, 46–47, 51

Traditional wealth management approaches
, 49

Training and optimization
, 322

Transformation
, 93

Transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)
, 261

Transparency
, 56, 253, 331, 425

Triple-entry accounting
, 258–259

Trustless environment
, 270

Twitter/X
, 305–306

UBS
, 401

Ultra-low latency systems
, 386

Unauthorized access
, 160

Unicorn
, 424

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Procedure (UDRP)
, 295–296

Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
, 370

Unique Identification Authority of India
, 51–52

Uniswap (DeFi platform)
, 99–100

Unit economics
, 424

United Kingdom (UK)
, 100, 333

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
, 68

United States (US)
, 178, 333

digital service providers in
, 122–123

Unsupervised learning (UL)
, 318

US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
, 296

US regulatory perspective
, 199

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
, 55, 181–182, 184, 199, 222, 225, 277, 288–289, 307, 333, 382, 410–411, 422

US Small Business Administration (SBA)
, 47, 178

Usage-based insurance models
, 100

Use case data
, 368–369, 373

Utility tokens
, 11, 268, 271, 273

Valuation on defaulted and nondefaulted exposures
, 153

Value configurations
, 351–352

Value Line
, 290

Vanguard Personal Advisor
, 197

Venmo
, 122, 238

Venture capital (VC)
, 177, 180, 421

funds
, 180

reliance on venture capital funding
, 427–428

Violations data
, 409

Visa
, 261

Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)
, 423

Volume, velocity, and variety/variability (three Vs)
, 388

Vulnerability
, 330

assessments
, 169

Wait-and-See approach
, 101

Walker & Dunlop (W&D)
, 370–371

Wash trading
, 308

Waves in insurance industry’s transformation
, 354–359

Wealthfront
, 236–237, 244

Wealthtech
, 420

Web 3.0
, 78–79, 252, 382

Web scraping

IoT
, 306–307

methodology
, 388

for sensory data
, 306–307

for textual data
, 305–306

WeChat
, 99

White-label platform
, 354

World Bank
, 421

World Economic Forum (WEF)
, 252–253

Worldwide digital activity
, 112–120

country trends in digital payments
, 115–117

country trends in mobile payments
, 117–120

mobile POS payments worldwide
, 118

percent transaction value change by segment
, 114

worldwide digital and mobile POS payments
, 119

worldwide transaction value by segment in Trillion USD
, 113

Yelp
, 305–306

You Need a Budget (YNAB)
, 239, 243–244

Zara
, 426

Zelle
, 123, 238

Zelros
, 352

Zestimate
, 370–371

Zeta
, 244

Zillow.com
, 368–369

Prelims
Section I Introducing Fintech
Chapter 1 Fintech: An Overview
Chapter 2 The Fintech Landscape: A Bibliometric Analysis
Chapter 3 Use Cases in Fintech
Chapter 4 Regtech Frontiers: Innovations, Trends, and Insights Redefining Compliance
Section II Reinventing the Banking and Payments Industry
Chapter 5 Fintech's Impact on the Banking Industry and Financial Services
Chapter 6 Mobile Payments and Digital Banking Services
Section III Raising Funds With Fintech: Digital Lending
Chapter 7 Marketplace Lending Platforms for Borrowers and Investors
Chapter 8 Risk Management in Fintech
Chapter 9 Capital Formation and Crowdfunding
Section IV Transforming Personal Finance With Fintech: Digital Wealth Management
Chapter 10 Demystifying Robo-Advisors: Benefits and Limitations
Chapter 11 Online Trading: Part I
Chapter 12 Online Trading: Part II
Chapter 13 Personal Finance Applications of Fintech
Section V Emerging Innovations: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Chapter 14 Blockchain in Fintech: A Catalyst for Disrupting the Financial World
Chapter 15 Cryptoassets and Fintech
Section VI Harnessing Data With Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Chapter 16 Big Data's Role in Fintech
Chapter 17 How Alternative Data Are Changing Finance
Chapter 18 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Finance: Key Concepts, Applications, and Regulatory Considerations
Section VII Understanding Other Applications of Fintech
Chapter 19 Insurtech: Disrupting the Insurance Industry
Chapter 20 Revolutionizing the Real Estate Industry With Fintech
Chapter 21 Fintech in Capital Markets
Section VIII Shaping the Future of Fintech: What Lies Ahead?
Chapter 22 Technologies and Emerging Trends Shaping Fintech
Chapter 23 The Future of Fintech: Challenges and Opportunities
Discussion Questions and Answers: Chapters 2−23
Index