Praktische toepassingen van FinTech (FinTech=de digitale transformatie van, met name, de financieel-zakelijke dienstverlening)
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The rise of financial technology (fintech) driven business models in banking poses a challenge for financial regulators. While the positive effects on the banking sector in terms of greater diversity and competition are generally recognized and encouraged by regulators, the nature of fintech business models may increase the risk of financial instability. Regulators are exploring ways to resolve this dilemma. The paper in hand makes a contribution to the literature by providing a framework for resolving the dilemma that is evaluated in the context of the regulatory response to the rise of fintech credit in the Netherlands. The semi-structured interviews which we conducted with four senior Dutch regulators resulted in three areas that–from their perspective–required urgent action: fintech credit companies need to lower the risk of overlending, increase pricing transparency, and improve lending standards. These findings were confirmed by the results of they survey among fintech credit clients. The current regulatory response to the rise of fintech in banking in the Netherlands provides an interesting case study that delineates the features of the future regulation of fintech in banking.
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In light of increasing cashlessness, platform economies, Open Banking APIs, financial bots and cryptocurrencies, money is on the move - once inert, money is gaining agency, becoming programmable, automated, data-driven and part of 'more than human' infrastructures. These financial futures demand that designers engage with difficult questions of economy and value, while retaining a sensibility to the many subtle and social qualities of money and our everyday economic interactions. This one-day workshop will therefore bring together practitioners and researchers to explore design challenges related to four broad themes: Designing with Transactional Data; Designing Alternative Representations of Value; Money, Automation, Power, and Control; and Financial Futures with Vulnerable Users. Developing scenarios related to these themes, the workshop will cultivate a rich design space to establish the value of design-led research in shaping our financial futures.
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Door fintech verandert de financieringsmarkt voor het mkb. Er zijn nu veel niet-bancaire aanbieders tot de markt toegetreden en financieringsvormen kunnen makkelijker worden gecombineerd. Zo ontstaan er nieuwe kansen voor ondernemers en hun adviseurs. Zal ook de financieel adviseur daardoor in de nabije toekomst belangrijker worden?
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De rol van de financiële mkb-adviseur wordt bij toenemende keuzemogelijkheden en digitalisering belangrijker om de juiste keuzes voor ondernemers te maken. Onze bevindingen uit kwalitatief en kwantitatief onderzoek laten zien dat het verklaren van het gedrag van mkb-adviseurs om een behavioural finance-benadering vraagt. Op het eerste gezicht is dit gedrag niet in alle gevallen rationeel en nut-maximaliserend. De kennis en het gedrag van de adviseur lijken vooraf sterk bepaald te zijn door bestaande netwerken, traditionele partijen en beperkte standaardisering. Dit belemmert vernieuwingen en zorgt niet voor een optimale financieringsmix voor ondernemers. Als de voorlopers in ons onderzoek bij advisering qua alternatieve financieringsvormen een flinke bias hebben richting traditionele financieringsproducten (bankfinanciering, kortlopend krediet), wat zegt dit dan over de main-stream adviseurs? Daarnaast lijkt het zinvol om algemene financiële standaarden te ontwerpen, waar alle adviseurs gebruik van kunnen maken. Dit helpt bij het kiezen uit het grote aanbod en bij het vereenvoudiging van financieringsaanvragen.
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Door beter gebruikt te maken van nieuwe digitale technologieën zouden fintechs een dominante rol verwerven in het financieel-monetair systeem, zo luidde de prognose. Deze revolutie is echter tot dusver uitgebleven in Nederland. In de praktijk blijken Nederlandse fintechs tegen zeven hindernissen aan te lopen waardoor deze transitie onvoldoende slaagt, aldus Jeroen Haans en Martijn van de Linden.
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Since 2013, MoneyLab has explored questions around the design of money, the democratization of finance, and the new shifts in fintech. On 14 and 15 November, the 7th edition of MoneyLab was held in Amsterdam. At MoneyLab #7: Outside of Finance, we looked beyond the world of libertarian startups with their often masculine preoccupations. From hyperlocal cryptocurrencies at techno festivals to self-organized exchange systems in refugee communities, what are promising design strategies to counter the corporatization of money? Can we imagine a crypto economy that values care work and focuses on equity and solidarity?
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Over the past 10 years, different types of financing have become available in the Netherlands. It is now possible to combine bank loans, crowdfunding loans and risk capital. Moreover, fintech applications lower the threshold for applications and reduce response times from weeks to just days or even hours. Fraser, Bhaumik and Wright (2015) point out there is a lack of knowledge of the cognitive process involved in selecting SME financing. This paper looks into the selection process financial advisers use, against the backdrop of the growing range of funding possibilities. To assess this process, we try to understand dominant habits and related heuristics. Within our explorative study, 19 experienced and independent SME financial advisers were interviewed. The questions address their knowledge, skills, experiences and choices in the selection process on the financing or refinancing of working capital and growth. Taking a grounded theoretical approach, we use Atlas TI to label all answers and statements step by step. The findings suggest a strong bias of decision-making towards the more traditional banking products. Yet advisers state they are aware of, and familiar with, other solutions. We have also found that fintech solutions are hardly used to prepare financing solutions up front. Financial advisers estimate the likelihood of acceptance by a few financial providers they know well within their personal network. We suggest that there is a behavioural approach to financing in the day-to-day decisions made by financial advisers. As long as automated selections are not fully transparent and are unable to combine all types of financing up front, financial advisers will be guided by habit or by availability, confirmation and affect heuristics, rather than looking for new financing solutions and combinations.
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Over the past 10 years, different types of financing have become available in the Netherlands. It is now possible to combine bank loans, crowdfunding loans and risk capital. Moreover, fintech applications lower the threshold for applications and reduce response times from weeks to just days or even hours. Fraser, Bhaumik and Wright (2015) point out there is a lack of knowledge of the cognitive process involved in selecting SME financing. This paper looks into the selection process financial advisers use, against the backdrop of the growing range of funding possibilities. To assess this process, we try to understand dominant habits and related heuristics. Within our explorative study, 19 experienced and independent SME financial advisers were interviewed. The questions address their knowledge, skills, experiences and choices in the selection process on the financing or refinancing of working capital and growth. Taking a grounded theoretical approach, we use Atlas TI to label all answers and statements step by step. The findings suggest a strong bias of decision-making towards the more traditional banking products. Yet advisers state they are aware of, and familiar with, other solutions. We have also found that fintech solutions are hardly used to prepare financing solutions up front. Financial advisers estimate the likelihood of acceptance by a few financial providers they know well within their personal network. We suggest that there is a behavioural approach to financing in the day-to-day decisions made by financial advisers. As long as automated selections are not fully transparent and are unable to combine all types of financing up front, financial advisers will be guided by habit or by availability, confirmation and affect heuristics, rather than looking for new financing solutions and combinations.
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