Fintech and the Emerging Ecosystems : Exploring Centralised and Decentralised Financial Technologies

The new centralised and decentralised Fintech technologies and business models transforming finance -- Digital alchemy: The allure of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in a modern economy -- Informal economy and central bank digital currency -- A model of trust in Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Brazil: How trust in a two-tier CBDC with both the central and retail banks involved changes consumer trust -- Modularizing decentralised finance: The DeFi layered stack revisited -- Modelling persistence in cross-market Bitcoin prices with a break and a memory -- External factors that affect the adoption of decentralized exchanges (DEX) for cryptocurrencies: The case of CURVE DEX -- Arena club: A case study in Web3 and Fintech innovation in the collectibles market -- The rise of Web3: Opportunities and challenges -- From the exclusion of the concept of blockchain to the delimitation of the concept of distributed ledger technology under MiCAR -- An introduction to robo-advisors, notable fintech implementations and underlying theory -- Artificial intelligence in financial technology: Challenges, opportunities, and global trends -- Metaverse: Where is it going to add value for the financial services industry and banks? -- The digital evolution of Italian financial services client behavior and market shifts -- Building Trust in AI: Leadership Insights from Malaysian Fintech Boards -- Opportunities and challenges of Fintech in Southeast Asia -- New cooperation models between banks and Fintech: A path toward digital transformation in the emerging financial ecosystem -- Fintech, banks and mobile operators: Interplays for increasing financial inclusion -- Understanding the RegTech drivers in the financial ecosystem -- Cybersecurity in Fintech from a corporate finance perspective.