Insights into financial technology (FinTech): a bibliometric and visual study

This paper conducted a comprehensive analysis based on bibliometrics and science mapping analysis. First, 848 publications were obtained from Web of Science. Their fundamental characteristics were analyzed, including the types, annual publications, hot research directions, and foci (by theme analysis, co-occurrence analysis, and timeline analysis of author keywords). Next, the prolific objects (at the level of countries/regions, institutions, journals, and authors) and corresponding pivotal cooperative relationship networks were used to highlight who pays attention to FinTech. Furthermore, the citation structures of authors and journals were investigated, including citation and co-citation. Additionally, this paper presents the burst detection analysis of cited authors, journals, and references. Finally, combining the analysis results with the current financial environment, the challenges and future development opportunities are discussed further. Accordingly, a comprehensive study of the FinTech documents not only reviews the current research characteristics and trajectories but also helps scholars find the appropriate research entry point and conduct in-depth research.

The impact of the ECB intervention on investor expectations and the macroeconomic and financial environment of Eurozone countries with financial instability

Ως στόχος εκπόνησης της παρούσας διδακτορικής διατριβής τέθηκε η διερεύνηση συγκεκριμένων θεμάτων όπως η επίδραση της συμβατικής και μη-συμβατικής Νομισματικής Πολιτικής της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας (ΕΚΤ) σε σημαντικούς δείκτες οικονομικής δραστηριότητας, όπως τραπεζικά μετοχικά χαρτοφυλάκια, δείκτες ανισότητας εισοδήματος και δείκτες οικονομικής αβεβαιότητας, καλύπτοντας σημαντικές πτυχές της οικονομίας και χρονικές περιόδους, όπως αυτή της παγκόσμιας χρηματοοικονομικής ύφεσης τους έτους 2008. Η παγκόσμια χρηματοπιστωτική κρίση εισήγαγε την εφαρμογή μέτρων μη-συμβατικής Νομισματικής Πολιτικής, καθώς η επίδραση των συμβατικών μέτρων άσκησης της Νομισματικής Πολιτικής είχε πιο αδύναμο αντίκτυπο στην διαμόρφωση των χρηματοοικονομικών συνθήκων της οικονομίας. Καθώς η ανταπόκριση μεταξύ των χωρών της Κεντρικής και της Περιφερειακής Ευρωζώνης ήταν διαφορετική όσον αφορά την παγκόσμια χρηματοοικονομική κρίση, επιχειρείται να διερευνηθεί και η ύπαρξη διαφορετικών μοτίβων μεταξύ των Κεντρικών και Περιφερειακών χωρών.Αρχικά, το πρώτο κεφάλαιο περιγράφει τα μέτρα μη-συμβατικής Νομισματικής Πολιτικής που ακολουθήθηκαν λόγω της παγκόσμιας χρηματοοικονομικής ύφεσης. Στην συνέχεια, το δεύτερο κεφάλαιο συζητά την βιβλιογραφία σχετικά με την ΕΚΤ και την άσκηση της Νομισματικής Πολιτικής στην Ευρωζώνη. Ακολούθως, το τρίτο κεφάλαιο εξετάζει εμπειρικά την αντίδραση τραπεζικών μετοχικών χαρτοφυλακίων πέντε Κεντρικών και επτά Περιφερειακών αγορών της Ευρωζώνης τόσο στις ανακοινώσεις της ΕΚΤ, όσο και στις αντίστοιχες της Ομοσπονδιακής Τράπεζας των ΗΠΑ που ήταν σχετιζόμενες με την διεξαγωγή της μη-συμβατικής Νομισματικής Πολιτικής. Εν συνεχεία, το τέταρτο κεφάλαιο εξετάζει την επίδραση της Νομισματικής Πολιτικής της ΕΚΤ στην ανισότητα εισοδήματος στο σύνολο της Ευρωζώνης, αλλά και σε επιλεγμένες χώρες ξεχωριστά. Αξιοποιείται ένα δείγμα τριών χωρών που ανήκουν στην Κεντρική Ευρωζώνη και πέντε χωρών της Περιφέρειας και σε αντίθεση με τις προηγούμενες μελέτες δεν εξετάζεται μόνο το σύνολο του πληθυσμού, αλλά εξετάζονται ξεχωριστά εμπειρικά μοντέλα με βάση το φύλο. Έπειτα, το πέμπτο κεφάλαιο διερευνά πιθανές πηγές οικονομικής αβεβαιότητας στις χώρες της Ευρωζώνης με έμφαση στην σχέση μεταξύ της Νομισματικής Πολιτικής της ΕΚΤ και της οικονομικής αβεβαιότητας. Η εμπειρική μελέτη βασίζεται σε ένα δείγμα τεσσάρων χωρών της Κεντρικής Ευρωζώνης και τεσσάρων χωρών της Περιφέρειας και εξετάζεται τόσο το σύνολο του δείγματος, όσο και κάθε χώρα ξεχωριστά με την χρήση ενός μεγάλου αριθμού μεταβλητών που προσφέρει αξιοσημείωτη πληροφόρηση. Τέλος, το έκτο και τελευταίο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζει τα κύρια συμπεράσματα που προέκυψαν από την διατριβή.

Failure threats of insurance companies: A case study of financial environments of Jordan

Insurance firms are known to have unique financial failure characteristics that affect the financial environment of the countries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to assess the validity of the model used in predicting the financial failures of insurance companies. The model is believed to help in stabilizing the financial environment of the countries by predicting any collapses in the insurance sector. A discriminate regression technique was used to test 28 indicators chosen from 11 financial failure model parameters. 11 parameters of the model are the following: solvency, profitability, operational capabilities, structural soundness, capital expansion capacity, capital adequacy, reinsurance and actuarial issues, management soundness, capital expansion capacity, earnings and profitability, and liquidity. The results of the study proved that 22 variables from 11 parameters were significant; the study also validated the use of the financial failure model as a stable predictor of the financial failure of ASE insurance firms. The stability of the insurance industry is interpreted through the minimum deviation between the real and measured performances. The deviation was present in 3 out of 95 observations, and it affected only 3 firms out of 19, 1 firm out of 3 turned out to be affected by the risker deviation which is the type II error distorted observation. To conclude, the study by mentioning that insurance firms are not threatened by failure or distress and the financial failure model is a valid prediction model.

The impact of green growth on financial stability

Purpose The international institutions, policymakers and governments are promoting green growth as a policy objective for global financial stability (FS) without sound empirical investigation. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether the green economy would be successful in achieving its main objective i.e. stabilizing the world financial system because the investment stakes are too high for this green transition. Design/methodology/approach The study used the two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) methodology on panel data of 90 countries for 6 years from 2010 to 2015 to investigate the impact of green growth economy on FS. Findings The results of the current study revealed that overall green growth enhanced FS in the country for both the short and long run. However, the social inclusive dimension of green growth was irrelevant in creating FS. Research limitations/implications The results of the current study validate the growth-led finance hypothesis and encourage the policymakers to strengthen the policy initiative for green growth. Because green growth mitigates economic and environmental risk to create a stable financial environment. However, social inclusiveness needs to be explored through alternate paradigm in relevance to FS. Originality/value As per the author’s knowledge, it is a pioneer study to empirically investigate the impact of green growth on FS which would be useful in understanding the green growth and FS dynamics.

American Basket Option Pricing Formulas in Uncertain Environment

American basket option is a contract containing multiple underlying assets, and its payoff is correlated with average prices or weighted average prices of these assets on or before the expiration date. The type of option entitles a holder the right to trade at the strike price within a specified date, and this right can be waived. Therefore, there is a certain price to be paid for acquiring this right, which produces the problem of option pricing. A lot of literature shows blackthat basket option price is usually cheaper than option portfolios on individual underlying assets. Based on this advantage, basket option blackbecomes popular among investors. Consequently, this paper predominantly explores four types of American basket option pricing in uncertain financial environment. Specifically they are American arithmetic basket call option, American arithmetic basket put option, American geometric basket call option and American geometric basket put option. Assuming that these stocks prices follow corresponding uncertain differential equations, we derive corresponding option pricing formulas. Some numerical examples are taken to illustrate the feasibility of pricing formulas. Simultaneously, this paper discusses the relationship between option price and some parameters.

Research of the possibilities of the national innovative environment for the implementation of financial technologies

The article is devoted to the study of an important scientific and practical problem on the disclosure of factors and conditions that stimulate the introduction of innovations in the financial sector. It has been studied that the processes of introducing digital technologies are relevant in all spheres of the economy. The financial environment is highly receptive to digital adoption. The emphasis is made on the fact that the Bank of Russia as a mega-regulator is implementing a number of projects that stimulate the introduction of financial technologies in the country's banking sector. The main infrastructure projects of the Bank of Russia aimed at stimulating the development of fintech are considered. Among them: a unified biometric system, a system of fast payments, a marketplace of the Bank of Russia, a system for transmitting financial messages. The study revealed the weakness of the national regulatory system for the creation and implementation of digital technologies in the financial environment. The urgency of adapting the norms of financial law to the rapid spread of digital technologies has been substantiated. It has been proven that the acceleration of the pace of implementation of technological innovations not only opens up new opportunities for business improvement, but also carries obvious and hidden risks. Analysis of the research materials made it possible to structure the main potential threats that accompany the spread of digital technologies. It is concluded that it is necessary to develop systemic measures to create a favorable national innovation environment that stimulates financial innovation.

Financial Environment and Risk of Stock Price Crash

The risk of stock price crash has become an important topic in the field of macroeconomics and micro-finance in recent years, but there are relatively few researches on the risk of stock price crash from an external perspective. Therefore, this paper takes China’s GEM listed companies as samples to empirically test the impact of financial environment on stock price crash risk. The research finds that there is a significant negative correlation between the financial environment and the risk of stock price crash, that is, the better the financial environment of the GEM listed company is, the lower the risk of stock price crash is. This conclusion still exists after controlling for the conservatism and endogenicity.

Information Security Management in Financial Sector Based on Security Baseline

On the whole, the structure of information security in financial sector will become more complex and diverse, for its system’s expansion will, to a certain extent, promote such situation. Thus, such situation will increase the number of key and server applications. If staff makes mistakes in operation, it will inevitably cause adverse obstacles to the normal turnover of the system. In view of the above drawbacks, it is necessary to set up baselines of information security management to cater the needs of the financial sector, and to ensure the safe and effective operation of information systems to the greatest extent. This article studies the above issue and aims to provide some theoretical reference for information security management under the financial environment.