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Robert Wardrop

University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

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Cambridge, CB21QA

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Fintech and Big Tech Credit: A New Database

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Fintech and Big Tech Credit: A New Database

BIS Working Paper No. 887
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Nov 2020
Giulio Cornelli, Jon Frost, Leonardo Gambacorta, P. Raghavendra Rau, Robert Wardrop and Tania Ziegler
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Bank for International Settlements, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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fintech, big tech, credit, data, technology, digital innovation.

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Transforming Paradigms: A Global AI in Financial Services Survey

Number of pages: 128 Posted: 18 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2024
Lukas Ryll, Mary Emma Barton, Bryan Zheng Zhang, R. Jesse McWaters, Emmanuel Schizas, Rui Hao, Keith Bear, Massimo Preziuso, Elizabeth Seger, Robert Wardrop, P. Raghavendra Rau, Pradeep Debata, Philip Rowan, Nicola Adams, Mia Gray and Nikos Yerolemou
University of Cambridge - Department of Engineering, World Economic Forum, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, Uinversity of Twente, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, FinTech

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Early Lessons on Regulatory Innovation to Enable Inclusive FinTech: Innovation Offices, Regulatory Sandboxes and RegTech

Number of pages: 75 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Bryan Zheng Zhang, Philip Rowan, Schan Duff, Matthew Homer, Emmanuel Schizas, Miguel Soriano, Katherine Cloud, Zain Umer, Kieran Garvey, Tania Ziegler, Robert Wardrop, Apolline Blandin, Mia Gray, Hung-Yi Chen, Nikos Yerolemou, Christopher Calabia, Thunj Chantramonklasri, Paolo S. Dasgupta, Pawee Jenweeranon, Lin Lin and Shuang Li
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Gates Foundation, Cambridge, Financial Conduct Authority, Independent, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Faculty of Law and Fudan University - School of Economics
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FinTech, RegTech, Innovation Offices, Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation, Regulation, Policy

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Moving Mainstream: Benchmarking the European Alternative Finance Market

Journal of Financial Perspectives, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2017
Bryan Zheng Zhang, Robert Wardrop, P. Raghavendra Rau and Mia Gray
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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Sustaining Momentum: The 2nd European Alternative Finance Industry Report

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Bryan Zheng Zhang, Tania Ziegler, Kieran Garvey, Robert Wardrop, Alexis Lui and John Burton
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Independent
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FinTech, Alternative Finance, Crowdfunding, P2P Lending, Regulation, Policy, Europe

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Crowdfunding in East Africa: Regulation and Policy for Market Development

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Kieran Garvey, Tania Ziegler, Bryan Zheng Zhang, Robert Wardrop, P. Raghavendra Rau, Mia Gray and Samantha Ridler
University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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FinTech, alternative finance, crowdfunding, P2P lending, microfinance, payments, regulation, policy, innovation, africa, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, India, UK, New Zealand, Malaysia, USA

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Africa and Middle East Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Bryan Zheng Zhang, Robert Wardrop, Kieran Garvey, Simon Collings, Tania Ziegler, Garrick Hileman, P. Raghavendra Rau, John Burton, Mia Gray, Davinia Cogan, Louise Westerlind and Alexis Lui
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Independent, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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FinTech, alternative finance, crowdfunding, P2P lending, Africa, Middle East

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Breaking New Ground: The Americas Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Bryan Zheng Zhang, Tania Ziegler, Robert Rosenberg, Robert Squire, Kieran Garvey, John Burton, Robert Wardrop and Eduardo Arenas Hernadez
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Independent, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Alternative Finance, FinTech, Crowdfunding, P2P Lending, Latin America

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Funding the sun: New Paradigms for Financing Off-Grid Solar Companies

Number of pages: 106 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Davinia Cogan, Jonathan Coony, Alex Hazoury, Dana Rysankova, Malcolm Cosgrove-Davies, Michel Rauchs, Tibor Kludovacz, Tania Ziegler, Bryan Zheng Zhang, Robert Wardrop, Kieran Garvey, P. Raghavendra Rau, Martino Recanatini and François Rostand
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, World Bank, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, World Bank, World Bank, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, World Bank - International Finance Corporation (IFC), University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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finance, alternative finance, economic development, off-grid solar, capital, receivables, financial instruments, financial channels, capital raising, access to energy, fintech, solar power,

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Harnessing Potential: The Asia-Pacific Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report

Number of pages: 96 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Kieran Garvey, Bryan Zheng Zhang, Luke Deer, Robert Wardrop, Andrew R. Grant, Susan Thorp, Tania Ziegler, Ying Kong, Xinwei Zheng, Eva Huang, John Burton, Hung-Yi Chen and Alexis Lui
University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, University of Sydney, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Sydney Business School - Discipline of Finance, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Tsinghua University, Department of Finance, University of Sydney Business School - Discipline of Business Law, Independent, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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FinTech, Alternative Finance, Crowdfunding, P2P Lending, Asia Pacific, China, Regulation

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Harmonising form and Function for Actionable Intelligence Roundtable Summary from Japan FinTech Festival

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Jul 2025
Matt Grasser and Robert Wardrop
Digital Transformation Solutions and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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suptech, regtech, fintech, computational regulation, financial supervision, financial regulation, innovation, digital transformation, public sector, govtech

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2018 Global FinTech Hub Report

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Research Paper No. 24
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 18 Mar 2026
Shenglin Ben, Rui Hao, Bryan Zheng Zhang and Robert Wardrop
Zhejiang University, University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
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global fintech hubs and ecosystems, innovation clusters, fintech industry mapping, ecosystem maturity, growth drivers