Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 1: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, InsurTech, and Regulation

Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume 1: Cryptocurrency, FinTech, InsurTech, and Regulation explores recent advances in digital banking and cryptocurrency, emphasizing mobile technology and evolving uses of cryptocurrencies as financial assets. Contributors go beyond summaries of standard models to describe new banking business models that will be sustainable and will likely dictate the future of finance. The volume not only emphasizes the financial opportunities made possible by digital banking, such as financial inclusion and impact investing, but it also looks at engineering theories and developments that encourage innovation. Its ability to illuminate present potential and future possibilities make it a unique contribution to the literature.

Explores recent advances in digital banking and cryptocurrency, emphasizing mobile technology and evolving uses of cryptocurrencies as financial assetsExplains the practical consequences of both technologies and economics to readers who want to learn about subjects related to their specialtiesEncompasses alternative finance, financial inclusion, impact investing, decentralized consensus ledger and applied cryptographyProvides the only advanced methodical summary of these subjects available today

1. Reshaping the Financial Order 2. From Ant Financial to Alibaba's Rural Taobao Strategy - How Fintech is Transforming Social Inclusion 3. The M-Pesa Technological Revolution for Financial Services in Kenya: A Platform for Financial Inclusion 4. Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age 5. Using Broadband to Enhance Financial Inclusion 6. Mobile Technology and Financial Inclusion 7. The Cross-Section of Crypto-Currencies as Financial Assets 8. Econometric Analysis of a Cryptocurrency Index for Portfolio Investment 9. Financial Intermediation in Cryptocurrency Markets – Regulation, Gaps and Bridges 10. Legal Risks of Owning Cryptocurrencies 11. InsurTec15h and FinTech: Banking and Insurance Enablement 12. Understanding Interbank Real-Time Retail Payment Systems 13. Real-Time Inbound Marketing: A Use Case for Digital Banking 14. Regulation and Supervision in a Digital and Inclusive World 15. Singapore Approach to Develop and Regulate FinTech 16. RegTech: Building a Better Financial System 17. Ambient Accountability 18. Peer-To-Peer Lending 19. EU VAT Implications of Crowdfunding 20. Decentralised Trust: A Path to Financial Inclusion