Financial technology (fintech) is seen as possessing significant potential to provide the poor
access to financial services and help them escape the clutches of poverty. Surprisingly …

ABSTRACT 'FinTech'is the digital sector of retail money and finance widely proclaimed to be
transforming banking in the global North and 'banking the unbanked'in the global South …

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) require and are helping normalize a radical
shift in development finance. The previous focus on raising donor contributions in the form of …

Female entrepreneurship is important for business and economic development. However,
women face greater obstacles than men in accessing financing and information, making it …

Financial technology, or simply 'fin-tech', is increasingly seen as one of the key tools to
facilitate poverty reduction and local economic development. One article in particular by …

Digital finance has changed the landscape of financial service provision worldwide. China in
particular, with a booming fintech sector and large numbers of users, is at the forefront of the …

This paper makes a three-fold contribution to social science research into FinTech in Africa.
First, we build on existing research into mobile payments to show how FinTech providers …

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a new, increasingly popular form of short-term credit used for
everyday items. While critics are concerned that these typically unregulated products pose …

Since their emergence, blockchain technologies have shown potential for financial inclusion
and the formalization of remittances. Recently, regulators and practitioners have studied the …

This articles explores the intertwining of the digitalisation of remittances with the behavioural
turn in development and, more specifically, the advancement of digital financial inclusion. It …