Initially designed as an automated ledger tool, Excel swiftly evolved into a data analytics platform for financial analysts to execute intricate financial analyses. Excel is so commonplace in the financial industry that many do not even consider it a fintech tool. The transformation of Excel...

All of finance is automated. This paper examines the ethical implications of this evolution. As automation is an interdisciplinary endeavor, we argue that the interfaces between the respective professions can lead to conflicting ethical perspectives. Such conflicts provide insufficient...

AT 9000 is an industry-specific quality management system standard for automated and algorithmic trading. The aim of AT 9000 is to address the safety issues inherent in automated trading by way of industry self-regulation. While the project is being developed under the ANSI/X9 umbrella, the goal...