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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

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

Determinants of fintech adoption: evidence from SMEs in Indonesia [PDF]

LBS Journal of Management & Research
Purpose – This study aims to explore the factors that determine the perceived benefits and the perceived risks of financial technology (fintech) and to evaluate the influence of perceived benefits, perceived risks and small and medium-sized enterprises’ (
Kamalah Saadah, Doddy Setiawan
doaj   +1 more source

Fintech : Hype or Reality? [PDF]

, 2017
Fintech is a term given to financial technology in the digital age. At its core sit the twin concepts of blockchain and distributed ledgers. These technology solutions bring with them the promise of faster, cheaper, more secure and transparent financial ...
Broby, Daniel, Kelly, Owen, Peat, Jeremy
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Tax Avoidance: A Literature Review on Contextual Factors

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As empirical research on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance has stressed heterogeneous results, this literature review focuses on contextual factors of this dynamic link. Seventy‐three peer‐reviewed archival studies on that topic are identified, leading to either a positive or a negative impact of ...
Patrick Velte
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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FinTech and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From Brazil

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic interplay between economic growth and environmental sustainability from a FinTech perspective, using Brazil as a case study. While FinTech's contribution to green transformation, sustainable finance, and resource efficiency has gained increasing attention, a notable lack of empirical research remains to assess ...
Kemal Eyuboglu, Umut Uzar
wiley   +1 more source

Industry 5.0 for Sustainable Healthcare Services: Analyzing the Prospects and Obstacles for the Indian Healthcare System

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fifth industrial revolution (I5.0), which is based on the utilization of interconnected data for efficient resource usage in meeting human requirements, proposes efficient solutions to resource constraint situations. However, the transition to I5.0 in the health sector is not easy and has to face several obstacles.
Ajay Jha, Dindayal Agrawal, Reena Agarwal, Anupam Saxena, Ashish Dwivedi, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan   +5 more
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

The Role of Energy Transition, Digitalization, and Green Goods in Material Footprints and Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how green and non‐green goods, energy transition, digitalization, economic growth, and population affect the material footprint of G‐7 countries from 1990 to 2023. Using an extended STIRPAT framework, we show that green and non‐green goods increase material footprint, demonstrating the resource intensity associated with
Sohidul Islam, Shahzad Alvi, Scott J. Niblock, Hamid Ghazi H. Sulimany, Md. Mustaqim Roshid, Frédéric Mirindi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source