Digital financial services enhance firm performance through improved market share and profitability.
problem Insufficient academic attention to the impact of digital financial services on firm performance.
method Systematic review of literature, classification of methodologies, and identification of research gaps.
result Digital financial services significantly impact firm performance but have not received adequate academic attention.
DCE learns customer embeddings from digital activity and financial context.
problem Comprehensive customer understanding in financial services.
method Leverages customers' digital activity and financial context to learn dense representations.
result DCE showed performance lift in three prediction problems.
Study shows mobile money adoption varies by social groups in Pakistan.
problem Mobile money adoption patterns in Pakistan.
method Analysis of call detail records from a major telecom company.
result User mobility features are crucial for mobile money adoption.
Study examines European banks' digital transformation strategies.
problem Lack of a common framework for open banking innovation in banking sector.
method Qualitative analysis of partnerships and API development.
result European banks are diversifying and boosting customer relationship management.
New risk theory for 'Pay-for-Performance' models.
problem How to price and hedge operational and financial risks in new business models.
method Developed a new risk theory and calculation method for 'Pay-for-Performance' models.
result Presented a model for determining risk premiums including both financial and operational risks.
Study finds billing codes at IPO boost digital health companies' financial performance.
problem Identifying factors that drive long-term financial success in digital health companies.
method Analyzed 33 digital health IPOs from 2010-2021, comparing companies with and without billing codes.
result Companies with billing codes at IPO were significantly more likely to achieve positive CAGR and higher market capitalization.
Orchestrating the Twin Transition in GBS: A Socio-Technical Framework
problem MNCs' need to harmonize digital efficiency with environmental stewardship
method Technology Roadmapping (TRM) with ICT-centric innovation ecosystem toolkit
result Central 'operational airlock' for GBS in harmonizing digital and environmental transformation
Pakistan examines digital mergers using traditional competition tools.
problem Regulating digital mergers in a developing country.
method Empirical comparative analysis of CCP's M&A decisions.
result CCP uses same decision factors for digital and traditional M&As.
Research quantifies financial exclusion risks in UK, focusing on cash infrastructure and socio-economic factors.
problem Localised financial exclusion in the UK as cash infrastructure declines.
method Developed a composite indicator using various input variables.
result Financial exclusion is more prevalent in deprived communities and affluent areas.
We describe a project, called the "Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics Gallery", or DGD Gallery for short, whose goal is to store geometric data and to make it publicly available. The DGD Gallery offers an online web service for the storage, sharing, and publication of digital research data.
SVM algorithm extracts digits from audio CAPTCHAs.
problem Recognizing audio CAPTCHAs from computer programs.
method Used RastaPLP features and SVM algorithm.
result Successfully extracted digits from audio CAPTCHAs.
Computable contracts simplify financial transactions and reduce legal costs.
problem Difficulty in querying, executing, and analyzing text-based financial contracts.
method Develop a Contract Definition Language and illustrate use cases.
result Substantial improvements in customer experience and cost reduction.
Financial services need explainable AI for fair lending.
problem Challenges in credit decisioning due to compliance and ethical considerations.
method Use of explainable AI models to address fairness and ethics in lending.
result Explainable AI models improve fairness and ethics in lending decisions.
Digital transformation boosts corporate financial asset allocation, especially short-term.
problem Understanding how digital transformation affects corporate financial decisions.
method Fixed-effects models and staggered DID design using A-share listed companies data.
result Digital transformation significantly promotes corporate financial asset allocation, more pronounced in short-term.
This study identifies financial risk paths in digital-transformed enterprises.
problem Identifying financial risks in digital-transformed enterprises.
method DEMATEL-ISM-MICMAC method.
result Political and economic environment affects enterprise's financial structure.
Study examines cryptoasset service providers in Austria, revealing global integration and distinct responses to market shocks.
problem Understanding cryptoasset integration and stress behavior in national economies.
method Directly identified on-chain addresses of Austrian crypto-asset service providers, reconstructing transaction activity across multiple cryptocurrencies.
result Austrian crypto-asset service providers are globally integrated, with distinct responses to market shocks.
A digital euro protocol offers complete privacy and offline transactions using Groth-Sahai proofs.
problem Fragile digital payment solutions with privacy and offline transaction issues.
method Design and implementation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) using Groth-Sahai zero-knowledge proofs.
result Complete privacy and offline transaction capability with retroactive double-spending detection.
Paper analyzes how money facilitates information exchange between people.
problem Difficulty in direct exchange of goods and services due to double coincidence of wants.
method Matrix representation of money to analyze the changing state information process.
result Money acts as a reliable ledger facilitating information exchange.
TIMeSynC combines financial service interactions for intent prediction.
problem Aligning and learning from multi-domain, multi-resolution sequences for accurate intent prediction.
method An encoder-decoder transformer model addressing sequence alignment, temporal dynamics, and dynamic/static sequence combination.
result Significant improvement in intent prediction over existing methods.
Study evaluates digital transformation impact on financial performance using LLMs.
problem Measuring and understanding the impact of digital transformation on financial performance.
method Constructed DT indicators from company reports; analyzed effects of different digital technologies.
result Digital transformation improves financial performance, but varies by technology.
Improved aircraft structure prediction using derivative-enhanced sparse Cholesky GP method.
problem Accurate real-time prediction of aircraft structure performance.
method Combining derivative data with a modified dynamic sparse Cholesky linear system solver.
result Improved prediction accuracy of aircraft structure performance.
LightAutoML automates ML for a large financial services company.
problem Building high-quality ML models for a complex financial ecosystem.
method Developed an AutoML system tailored to a large European financial services company's unique requirements.
result LightAutoML outperformed experienced data scientists and other open-source solutions.
AI enhances financial services but humans are irreplaceable for empathy, presence, and ethics.
problem AI's limitations in financial services, especially with small datasets and human judgment.
method EPOCH framework highlighting five irreplaceable human capabilities: Empathy, Presence, Opinion, Creativity, and Hope.
result Humans are essential for trust, innovation, and consumer experience in financial services.
Study assesses impact of CBDC on financial stability in dual-currency economy.
problem Impact of CBDC on financial stability in dual-currency economy (Romania).
method Integrated analytical framework combining econometrics, machine learning, and behavioural modelling. CBDC adoption probabilities estimated using XGBoost and logistic regression models. Liquidity stress simulations and VAR, MSVAR, SVAR models capture macro-financial transmission.
result CBDC uptake would be moderate, primarily driven by digital readiness and trust in the central bank.
Study shows financial models are vulnerable to small data changes, but robust algorithms can protect them.
problem Financial models are vulnerable to small data changes, leading to misclassification.
method Used adversarial attacks and an original attack to explore model sensitivity, and developed a robust optimization algorithm.
result Robust optimization algorithm can build models resistant to misclassification on perturbations.
The FCA improved insider trading regulation after 2012, reducing abnormal returns.
problem Regulation of insider trading before and after the UK Financial Services Act 2012.
method Event study methodology using abnormal returns analysis.
result Abnormal returns were reduced after the FCA took over from the FSA.
Graph learning categorizes DeFi services into similar functionalities.
problem Identifying similar financial services in decentralized finance protocols.
method Graph representation learning (GRL) to categorize smart contract blocks into clusters.
result Purity of clustering reaches .888 in the best-case scenario.
This paper tackles AI model governance challenges in financial services.
problem Challenges in current AI model governance practices in financial services.
method Proposes a system-level framework for increased self-regulation.
result Enhanced model governance and risk management capabilities.
Benford's law states that in data sets from different phenomena leading digits tend to be distributed logarithmically such that the numbers beginning with smaller digits occur more often than those with larger ones. Particularly, the law is known to hold for different types of financial data. The Illicit Financial Flow…
This paper explores IT governance for CBDC adoption in financial markets.
problem Adopting CBDC requires new IT governance models in financial markets.
method Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of 14 studies on IT resources and governance models.
result Many IT resources and preliminary IT designs for CBDC governance identified.
Digital tools may hinder or facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration in occupational health.
problem Challenges in multidisciplinary collaboration in occupational health.
method Study of a precursor SPSTI's digital tools and their impacts.
result Digital tools can act as both brakes and levers for multidisciplinary dynamics.
Smart contracts create digital financial derivatives.
problem Creating a new digital financial derivative contract.
method Applied existing smart contract technologies to develop two prototypes.
result Demonstrated feasibility of digital financial derivatives on centralized and DLT platforms.
Study explores fairness in financial deep learning through multi-scale trust quantification.
problem Ensuring fairness in financial deep learning models, especially under regulatory compliance.
method Conducts multi-scale trust quantification on a deep neural network for credit card default prediction.
result Demonstrates the feasibility and utility of multi-scale trust quantification for financial deep learning fairness.
AI agent predicts industry and product/service codes for companies.
problem Manual curation of company data is expensive and prone to errors.
method Hierarchical multi-class industry code classifier with multi-label product/service code classifier.
result High accuracy (92-96%) achieved with limited labeled data.
Recently, mobile operators in many developing economies have launched "Mobile Money" platforms that deliver basic financial services over the mobile phone network. While many believe that these services can improve the lives of the poor, a consistent difficulty has been identifying individuals most likely to benefit fr…
Optimizes task allocation for financial analysts to balance work efficiency and well-being.
problem Balancing business goals with financial analysts' well-being in error resolution tasks.
method Used a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to optimize task allocation considering both business goals and analyst well-being.
result GA model outperforms existing methods and is applicable to various real-world scenarios.
FinTech framework clusters innovations for financial services.
problem Lack of comprehensive definition and analysis of FinTech.
method Narrative review of over 100 studies, clustering framework development.
result Developed a comprehensive FinTech clustering framework.
The abstract covers various aspects of eBusiness and eGovernment, including digital currencies, m-government services, gender inclusivity, eLearning, export performance, SME digitalization, and banking customer behavior.
problem Various challenges and opportunities in eBusiness and eGovernment.
method Critical review, UTAUT model with perceived risk theory, GAD approach, inductive research paradigm, one-on-one interviews, survey questionnaires, convenience sampling.
result Impediments to eLearning uptake, gender inclusivity in e-procurement, export performance of manufacturing firms, SME digitalization impact, measuring and modeling framework for Internet banking customers.
Model analyzes mortgage relief during financial hardship.
problem Understanding and optimizing mortgage relief during financial distress.
method Agent-based model of households and servicers.
result Model replicates real-world mortgage studies and provides fine-grained insights.
The study uses Benford's law to test financial data reliability in developing countries.
problem Detecting and removing anomalies in financial reports.
method Benford's law first significant digit and distribution distances tests.
result Financial data distributions better follow Benford's law after anomalies are removed.
Decentralized finance uses blockchain for $70B in assets, differing from traditional finance.
problem Ensuring compliance and security in decentralized finance.
method Systematic analysis of legal, economic, security, and privacy aspects.
result Decentralized finance offers unique economic effects and security features.
New framework assesses LLM security risks in BFSI.
problem Lack of domain-specific security evaluation for LLMs in BFSI.
method Risk-aware evaluation framework combining taxonomy, automated red-teaming, and ensemble judging.
result Higher decoding stochasticity and adaptive interaction lead to more severe disclosures.
The paper assesses fairness in AI for financial services, using statistical methods.
problem Unintentional bias and insufficient model validation in AI applications.
method Statistical methods for imbalanced data treatment and bias mitigation.
result Fairness evaluation metrics applied to a credit card default payment example.
Relational Graph Neural Networks improve fraud detection in Super-Apps.
problem Fraud detection in Super-Apps using alternative data.
method Relational Graph Convolutional Networks applied to heterogeneous graphs.
result Added value in fraud detection when considering alternative data and interactions.
Paper develops security model and pricing for stable digital currency in quantum blockchain network.
problem Securing and pricing stable digital currency in a quantum blockchain network.
method Developed a block-based quantum channel networking technology and a FinTech platform model with dynamic pricing.
result Established a generalized IoB security model using quantum channel networking and QKD.
SFC aims to protect the Amazon with a digital currency and smart contracts.
problem Protecting the Amazon's ecosystem and ensuring resource credibility.
method Blockchain, digital contracts, smart contracts with oracles.
result Ensures credibility and security for financial resources invested in Amazon projects.
Study uncovers financial trends from cross-lingual news data.
problem Understanding financial dynamics across diverse global economies.
method Sentiment analysis, NER, and semantic textual similarity for news articles.
result Meaningful correlation between stock price movements and cross-linguistic news sentiments.
Machine learning improves financial stress testing in Indian markets.
problem Conventional stress testing limitations in Indian financial markets.
method Dimensionality reduction, latent factor modeling, Variational Autoencoders, Monte Carlo simulation.
result Improved flexibility, robustness, and realism in financial stress testing.