FinTech as a Game Changer: Overview of Research Frontiers

Terrence Hendershott, Xiaoquan Zhang, J. Leon Zhao, Zhiqiang ZhengInformation Systems数字化转型UTD24

Information Systems Research2021-03-01University of California, Berkeley; Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; The University of Texas at DallasDOI

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This editorial review provides an overview on relevant technological, pedagogical, and managerial issues pertaining to FinTech teaching and research, with a focus on market trading, artificial intelligence, and blockchain in finance.

Technologies have spawned finance innovations since the early days of computer applications in businesses, most recently reaching the stage of disruptive innovations, such as mobile payments, cryptocurrencies, and digitization of business assets. This has led to the emerging field called financial technology or simply FinTech. In this editorial review, we first provide an overview on relevant technological, pedagogical, and managerial issues pertaining to FinTech teaching and research, with a focus on market trading, artificial intelligence, and blockchain in finance. And then we introduce the articles appearing in this special section. We hope that our discussions of potential research directions and topics in FinTech will stimulate future research in the fields of information systems and finance toward making their unique marks in the FinTech evolution and the associated business and societal innovations.

CryptocurrencyDigitizationPaymentEmerging technologiesField (mathematics)Disruptive innovationData scienceMarketingComputer scienceBusinessFinanceTelecommunications