Purpose This study aims to illustrate how bribery and fake news in Eastern European countries can affect businesses across Europe. Countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Hungary represent sizeable and potential markets. Thanks to their European Union membership and low labor costs,...

Purpose The operational resilience of financial service providers is strained to an unprecedented extent following the Russian aggression in the Ukraine and the subsequent implementation of targeted economic sanctions. This paper aims to consider how operational resilience supports financial...

Purpose This study aims to highlight the risks and threats posed by crowdfunding. It also looks at the new European Union regulation on crowdfunding, which is intended to give participants confidence that there will be specific minimum regulatory standards to protect parties against mis-selling...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide a firsthand perspective on the challenges and risks that can arise in arbitration proceedings. Design/methodology/approach To investigate the concrete methods money launderers use, a qualitative study was conducted with 10 alleged money launderers...

Purpose This study aims to analyze the relationship between financial sustainability and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms. Design/methodology/approach To do so, an extensive literature review on sustainability, FinTech, P2P lending and their associated risks was conducted using a...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the Wirecard scandal has highlighted the need for further reforms in Germany and Europe, exposing institutional and market oversight weaknesses, particularly in terms of market integrity and investor protection. Design/methodology/approach...