Fintech and Banking: What Do We Know?

Thakor, Anjan V.

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Fintech and Banking: What Do We Know?

Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2019

46 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2019

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Anjan V. Thakor

Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School; Financial Theory Group; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Laboratory for Financial Engineering

Date Written: July 30, 2019

Abstract

This paper is a review of the literature on fintech and its interaction with banking. Included in fintech are innovations in payment systems (including cryptocurrencies), credit markets (including P2P lending), and insurance, with blockchain-assisted smart contracts playing a role. The paper provides a definition of fintech, examines some statistics and stylized facts, and then reviews the theoretical and empirical literature. The review is organized around four main research questions. The paper summarizes our knowledge on these questions and concludes with questions for future research.

Keywords: fintech, cryptocurrencies, P2P lending, banking, systemic risk

JEL Classification: G21, G22, G23, G24

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Thakor, Anjan V., Fintech and Banking: What Do We Know? (July 30, 2019). Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3429223