| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 456 pages) : color illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Background; Purpose; Themes; Acknowledgment by David LEE Kuo Chuen; Acknowledgment by Robert Deng; 1 Reshaping the Financial Order; 1.1 Megatrends and New Alternatives; 1.2 Digital Implications; 1.3 Historical Context; 1.4 E-commerce and P2P; 1.5 The Rise of M-commerce; 1.6 Weapons of Mass Consumption; 1.7 Banking 2.0; 1.8 Understanding the Model; 1.9 The Democratization of Banking and Finance; 1.10 The Incumbents; 1.11 Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain; 1.12 The FinTech Promise; References; Notes. |
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2 From Ant Financial to Alibaba's Rural Taobao Strategy -- How Fintech Is Transforming Social Inclusion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Issues in Rural China; 2.2.1 "Hollowed Villages"; 2.2.2 The "Left-Behind" Children; 2.3 Alibaba's Rural Taobao Strategy; 2.3.1 Taobao Rural Service Centres; 2.3.2 Taobao Villages; 2.4 Digital Financial Services and Fintech Platforms; 2.4.1 Ant Financial Serveries Group; 2.4.2 Technology Behind the Services; 2.4.3 Tencent Holdings and WeBank; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Notes. |
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3 The M-Pesa Technological Revolution for Financial Services in Kenya: A Platform for Financial Inclusion; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Background; 3.3 M-Pesa as a Platform for Financial Inclusion; 3.3.1 Strong Banks Have Emerged With Strong Intermediation Capacity; 3.3.2 Financial Inclusion Has Improved the Environment for Monetary Policy in Kenya; 3.3.3 Financial Inclusion and the Digital Financial Platform Has Improved the AML/CFT Regime in Kenya; 3.3.4 A Game Changer for a Variety of Opportunities for Kenyans; 3.4 Impact of M-Pesa Revolution on Financial Inclusion; 3.5 Conclusion; References. |
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4 Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age; 4.1 Financial Inclusion; 4.2 The Financially Underserved Consumer; 4.3 Consequences of Being Financially Underserved; 4.4 Financial Exclusion Affects the Middle Class Too, not Just the Poor; 4.5 Financially Underserved in Developed Countries; 4.6 Financial Health and Financial Security; 4.7 Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy; 4.8 Financial Inclusion for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs); 4.9 Financial Inclusion Matters and Can Be Pro table; 4.10 Fintech Revolution Enabled by Smartphones; 4.10.1 Digital Payments and Mobile Money. |
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4.11 Financial Inclusion in China -- World's Largest Fintech Market; 4.11.1 Digital Payments in China; 4.11.2 Savings and Investments; 4.12 Financial Inclusion in India -- A Success Story; 4.12.1 Aadhar: Billion-Person Digital Identity Database; 4.12.2 Jan Dhana Yojana: Bank Accounts for the Financially Excluded; 4.12.3 Promoting Usage and Reaping Bene ts; 4.12.4 Digital Payments and Direct Bene ts Transfers; 4.12.5 Uni ed Payments Interface (UPI); 4.12.6 Demonetization; 4.13 Fintech Revolution Examples From Other Countries; 4.14 Potential Risks With the New Business Models. |
| Summary |
Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 1: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, InsurTech, and Regulation explores recent advances in digital banking and cryptocurrency, emphasizing mobile technology and evolving uses of cryptocurrencies as financial assets. Contributors go beyond summaries of standard models to describe new banking business models that will be sustainable and will likely dictate the future of finance. The volume not only emphasizes the financial opportunities made possible by digital banking, such as financial inclusion and impact investing, but it also looks at engineering theories and developments that encourage innovation. Its ability to illuminate present potential and future possibilities make it a unique contribution to the literature. Explores recent advances in digital banking and cryptocurrency, emphasizing mobile technology and evolving uses of cryptocurrencies as financial assets Explains the practical consequences of both technologies and economics to readers who want to learn about subjects related to their specialties Encompasses alternative finance, financial inclusion, impact investing, decentralized consensus ledger and applied cryptography Provides the only advanced methodical summary of these subjects available today. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Electronic funds transfers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Electronic funds transfers. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Electronic funds transfers.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Lee, David (David Kuo Chuen), editor.
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Deng, Robert H., editor.
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| Added Title |
Cryptocurrency, FinTech, InsurTech, and regulation |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of blockchain, digital finance, and inclusion. Volume 1, Cryptocurrency, FinTech, InsurTech, and regulation. London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2018] 0128104414 (OCoLC)1009140764 |
| ISBN |
9780128104422 (electronic book) |
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0128104422 (electronic book) |
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9780128123003 |
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0128123001 |
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9780128104415 |
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0128104414 |
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9780128122839 |
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0128122838 |
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