Does informal finance matter for micro and small businesses in Africa?

S Mago, FS Modiba - Small Business International Review, 2022 - sbir.upct.es
Globally, micro and small businesses require finance to support their business activities.
Most of them have low profits because of the lack of support from the formal financial system …

The impact of fintech on poverty reduction: Evidence from China

I Appiah-Otoo, N Song - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ending poverty in all its forms by 2030 remains the first agenda of Sustainable Development
Goals set by the United Nations in 2015. Motivated by this agenda, this study examined the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of financial inclusion on digital payment solution uptake within the gulf cooperation council economies

I Niankara - International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Recognizing the role of society in the sustainability of payment system innovation through
the quadruple helix framework, this study analyzes the causal influence of demand-side …

Digitization effects on banks' financial performance: The case of an African country

S Theiri, S Hadoussa - Competitiveness Review: An International …, 2023 - emerald.com
Digitization effects on banks’ financial performance: the case of an African country | Emerald
Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced …

Is fintech good for bank performance? The case of mobile money in the East African Community

SS Ky, C Rugemintwari… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mobile money, a technology‐driven innovation in financial services, has profoundly
penetrated the financial landscape in Sub‐Saharan Africa, including banks. Yet, besides …

Mobile payments and money technologies in sustainable development: a systematic literature review and computer-assisted interpretive analysis

SL Wamba-Taguimdje… - Information Technology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Mobile Money (MM) and Mobile Payments (MP) have become levers of growth.
They drive economic, social, and Sustainable Development (SD). Despite the rich literature …

Can mobile payment innovation contribute to low-carbon sustainable economic development? Spatial econometric analysis based on Chinese city-level data

W Chen, X Wang - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Innovations in digital technology, particularly mobile payment systems, have revitalized the
digital economy and opened new avenues for achieving a low-carbon economic …

Digital financial inclusion and illegal fundraising in China

JT Lai, J Xie, S Cao, H Zhang - Applied Economics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the impact of digital financial inclusion on illegal fundraising
activities in China. From the China Judgments Online website, we extract data of criminal …

[HTML][HTML] Informality and aggregate labor productivity growth: Does ICT moderate the relationship?

AA Erumban - Telecommunications Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper attempts to understand whether digitization, measured in terms of ICT capital and
penetration of the internet, helps reduce the negative impact of informality on labor …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of financial technology on bank performance in Arabian countries

L Al-Shouha, O Khasawneh… - Banks and Bank …, 2024 - businessperspectives.org
Banking operations have always evolved in tandem with developing technologies in all
fields, providing new services to customers and facilitating easier banking transactions …