Book contents
- FinTech
- FinTech
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Technical Terms
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Digital Transformation of Finance and Regulation
- 2 Evolution of FinTech
- 3 Smart Regulation
- 4 RegTech and the Reconceptualisation of Financial Regulation
- 5 COVID-19, Digital Finance, and Existential Sustainability Crises
- 6 Drivers of Change
- Part II Addressing the Challenges of Innovation in Finance
- Part III Building Better Financial Systems
- Part IV From FinTech to TechFin to BigTech to FinTech 4.0
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
6 - Drivers of Change
Efficiency, Financial Inclusion, and Sustainability
from Part I - Digital Transformation of Finance and Regulation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
- FinTech
- FinTech
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and Technical Terms
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Digital Transformation of Finance and Regulation
- 2 Evolution of FinTech
- 3 Smart Regulation
- 4 RegTech and the Reconceptualisation of Financial Regulation
- 5 COVID-19, Digital Finance, and Existential Sustainability Crises
- 6 Drivers of Change
- Part II Addressing the Challenges of Innovation in Finance
- Part III Building Better Financial Systems
- Part IV From FinTech to TechFin to BigTech to FinTech 4.0
- Part V Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter analyses the drivers of the digital financial transformation. We argue that the digital transformation of finance has been driven by the quests for (i) efficiency, (ii) financial inclusion, and (iii) sustainability. These three factors are necessarily intertwined: financial inclusion underpins long-term oriented economies, and sustainable yet inefficient and unprofitable services are doomed to fail.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- FinTechFinance, Technology and Regulation, pp. 73 - 90Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023