Название: Financial Technologies and DeFi: A Revisit to the Digital Finance Revolution
Автор: Abeba N. Turi
Издательство: Springer
Серия: Financial Innovation and Technology
Год: 2023
Страниц: 150
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 10.5 MB

The hunt for new forms of value generation is shaping the future of economic and financial interactions, leading to the emergence of innovative business models and technological enablers. Other than challenging our time and space limits, such technological advancements, in some cases, have allowed the generation of value at nearly zero marginal cost.

Inevitably, emergent tech solutions are fundamental game changers in digital and conventional finance. In this regard, the book fleshes out the core developments and trending fintech 2.0 solutions that pause challenges and bring opportunities for businesses and economies. It comprises nine main chapters with collective insights and interdisciplinary perspectives covering the business, tech, and regulatory layers of financial technologies and decentralized finance. Besides, the book illustrates how to leverage these state-of-the-art technologies for the evolving digital and decentralized finance world.

The book targets a broad audience of researchers, academia, industry professionals, fintech enthusiasts, and the general business audience with timely data and up-to-date cases.

Contents:
Part I. Financial Technologies-Theory and Practice
1. Metaverse—The Immersive 3D Virtual World’s Innovation Diffusion in the Financial Sector
2. Fintech: Emerging Trends and the Future of Finance
3. Follow the Money: Back to the Basics
Part II. Towards a Distributed Network Economy-Decentralized Finance
4. Currency and Payment Tech: Cryptocurrencies Transforming the Face of Finance
5. Shock-Resistant Programmable Money: Stablecoins
6. A Systemic Review of Payment Technologies with a Special Focus on Digital Wallets
7. Blockchain Tech-Enabled Supply Chain Traceability: A Meta-Synthesis
Part III. Fintech and Defi-Issues, Policy, and Regulatory Insights
8. The Surge in Blockchain-Based Patent Applications: Booster or Bumps?
9. Financial Inclusion to Digital Finance Risks: A Commentary on Financial Crimes, Money Laundering, and Fraud