Fintech Research And Applications: Challenges And Opportunities: 5 (Transformations In Banking, Finance And Regulation)

This book aims to provide insights on the latest developments in Financial Technology (FinTech). It is a collection of scientific articles covering the primary areas of finance. The following key themes are covered in the book: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, FinTech Regulation and Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrencies, and FinTech in Financial Services. FinTech is a rapidly developing industry that uses technological innovations to improve financial activities and make financial services more accessible and affordable to businesses and individuals. This book contributes to the body of knowledge in FinTech, offering readers a chance to review and rethink the topics in question.

Hsin-I (Daisy) Chou is Associate Professor of Finance at RMIT University, Australia. She earned her PhD from the Queen's University of Belfast and had held positions at the University of Otago, University of Bath, and La Trobe University. She specializes in corporate governance and corporate finance. Specifically, her research interests include board of director behaviour, executive compensation, Asian economies, and M&A activities in the US market. She was part of the research team that examined corporate governance implementation practices in Asian economies following the Global Financial Crisis, which provided a comprehensive recommendation to APEC member countries. She has published in well-known journals, including the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and others.

Conall O'Sullivan is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin. His research interests are in the general areas of derivatives and fixed income securities markets. His published works have appeared in journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance, Energy Economics, Quantitative Finance, the International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, the Journal of Computational Finance, among others. He has presented at major international conferences including the European Finance Association and the Bachelier World Congress. He was a visiting professor at New York University's Finance and Risk Engineering department in 2019. He is the current programme director of the BSc in Economics and Finance at the UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business and a former programme director of the MSc in Quantitative Finance at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. He was a recipient of a UCD College of Business Teaching & Learning Award for Teaching Excellence in 2017 and 2021. He previously worked as a quantitative analyst and consulted to several international financial firms.

Vassilios G Papavassiliou is an Assistant Professor of Finance at University College Dublin, UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School and a Fellow at the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy. He earned his PhD in Finance from the Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom. His research interests span the areas of market microstructure, high-frequency finance, liquidity, bond markets, financial contagion, FinTech, and banking and risk management. His work has been published in international finance and economics refereed journals. He has been a funded Research Fellow at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), and a Visiting Scholar at the Bank of Finland's Research Unit and at EM Normandie Business School in Paris, France. He also holds a Research Fellowship at the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA). He has served as a principal investigator for a number of funded research projects and has been an expert reviewer of research grant proposals at the French National Research Agency. He has served as member of scientific committees and has presented papers at leading international conferences. Dr Papavassiliou is the Banking and Finance Subject Area Head of Teaching and Learning at the UCD College of Business and a member of the College Teaching and Learning Committee. He has taught a variety of finance modules to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in Dublin, Singapore, and Athens. He also holds multiyear hands-on practical experience with careers in financial markets in various roles.