Abstract
In this paper, we identify the ways in which the existing literature has examined financial technology (FinTech). Using the frame of the ‘FinTech Cube’, we examine how FinTech unfolds through the intersections of key actors, technologies and institutions. We demonstrate the relevance of FinTech for two areas of geographical enquiry: i) the reshaping of global production and financial networks, and ii) financial inclusion and poverty reduction in poorer countries. In doing so, we accord particular attention to the significance of FinTech for theoretical and empirical research in economic geography.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 720-739 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2020.
Funding
Earlier versions of this paper were presented at the 5th Global Conference on Economic Geography in Cologne and the ‘Emerging Production Networks of Fintech’ workshop organized by the Global Production Networks Centre at the National University of Singapore (GPN@NUS) and Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo). We would like to thank participants for their helpful comments. We are also grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their insightful suggestions in improving this paper. All claims and omissions remain our responsibility. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National University Hospital, Singapore |
Keywords
- FinTech
- economic geography
- finance
- financial inclusion
- global financial networks
- global production networks
- international financial centers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
