The paper consists of an empirical analysis on a sample of 180 listed banks by verifying four different hypotheses: (H1) The development of fintech contributes positively to the ESG performance of banks; (H2) Board size is negatively related to ESG performance of banks; (H3) The percentage of...

The acronym FinTech, delineating financial technological innovation, altered the modus operandi of traditional banks and intermediaries and gave rise to alternative providers in the FinTech realm. At the same time, the increasing regulatory and market attention to environmental, social and...