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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro, Sivia Trentin, Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Paolo Landoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capital Markets Union and the fintech opportunity. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue n˚22 | September 2017 [PDF]

, 2017
Fintech has the potential to change financial intermediation structures substantially. It could disrupt existing financial intermediation with new business models empowered by intelligent algorithms, big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
Demertzis, Maria, Mombelli, Gerardo, Wolff, Guntram B.   +2 more
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Overcoming Barriers and Solutions for Catalysing Private Capital in Climate Adaptation: A Stakeholder‐Informed Agenda for Hong Kong's Intermediary Role in Southeast Asia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates stakeholder perspectives on mobilising private‐sector finance for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia, emphasising Hong Kong's role as a financial intermediary. Through semi‐structured interviews with diverse stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, insurers, and project developers, we employed a grounded ...
Laurence L. Delina, Felice Janice Olivia Boedijanto, Sharon Feliza Ann P. Macagba, Johanne Rei R. Castro, Rainbow Yi Hung Lam   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lemon Classification Using Deep Learning [PDF]

, 2020
: Background: Vegetable agriculture is very important to human continued existence and remains a key driver of many economies worldwide, especially in underdeveloped and developing economies.
AlZamily, Jawad Yousif, Naser, Samy Salim Abu   +1 more
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Beyond Bloodlines: A Review of Succession Planning and Generational Continuity in African Family Businesses

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 107 peer‐reviewed articles on succession planning in African family businesses, offering a conceptual reframing of succession as an institutionally embedded process rather than a discrete managerial task. Moving beyond proceduralist and Eurocentric paradigms, the review integrates institutional theory,
Augustine Okeke
wiley   +1 more source

Venture Capital Practices in Saudi Arabia: The Views of Investors

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how venture capital (VC) investors in Saudi Arabia evaluate, negotiate, and support entrepreneurial ventures in a rapidly developing yet institutionally young setting. Drawing on 21 semi‐structured interviews with 24 investors, it offers rare insight into VC practices in the Middle East.
Tibah al‐Harbi, Renzo Cordina, David M. Power   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

FinTech Monopoly and Systemic Risk: Evidence From China

SAGE Open
With the rapid development of FinTech, it is of great significance to gain comprehensive insights into its potential risks. This paper focuses on the financial risks brought by the FinTech monopoly.
Rui Wang, Zhihao He, Shunjing Yang
doaj   +1 more source

HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

NAVIGATING FINTECH SHARIA REGULATION IN INDONESIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM MALAYSIA

Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law
The purpose of this study is to analyze the regulation of Sharia financial technology (fintech) in Indonesia and conduct a comparative analysis of Sharia fintech regulations in Malaysia.
Ermanto Fahamsyah, Kania Venisa Rachim, Ramadhan Dwi Saputra, Vicko Taniady   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source