Past, Present and Future of FinTech Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Bajwa, Ishtiaq Ahmad; Rehman, Shafiq Ur; Iqbal, Abid; Anwar, Zaheer; Ashiq, Murtaza; Khan, Muhammad Ajmal

doi:10.1177/21582440221131242

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“…The financial industries and regulators like Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) used FinTech for financial regulatory activities. Currently, FinTech and RegTech are used to optimize and analyze large volume of data to understand dynamic behavioral patent of users (Bajwa et al , 2022). Furthermore, the RegTech is used to detect and prevent financial crimes and meet due diligence requirements (Northern Trust, 2018).…”

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Laws on regulatory technology (RegTech) in Saudi Arabia: are they adequate?

Sarabdeen

2023

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Purpose The Regulatory Technology (RegTech) is said to be the use of information technology for regulatory monitoring, reporting and compliance. It is used to solve regulatory and compliance issues more effectively and efficiently. Regulators with the digitization of regulation and datafication of processes would get empowered to manage volumes of data. RegTech would assist them in understanding innovative products, transactions, risks, reporting and any market manipulation activities in real time. For successful use of RegTech, the regulatory framework of a country should be comprehensive to address issues that may arise in the use of RegTech. Thus, the purpose of this article is to analyze the adequacy of the Saudi Arabian legal framework to address RegTech adoption. Design/methodology/approach The researcher using logical analysis method analyzed the available laws and interpreted the law to see the applicability and the adequacy of laws to regulate the use of RegTech in Saudi Arabia. The content analysis was also used in this research to analyze the literature. This analysis helped to explain the available literature on the research topic and its relevancy and the gap in literature. Findings The analysis using the logical and content methodologies shows that Saudi Arabia has general law to address some of the issues that might arise in the adoption of RegTech. Nonetheless, amending some of the existing laws or introducing guidelines could help better uplift of RegTech and similar technologies in Saudi Arabia. Originality/value As businesses and regulatory authorities embrace technology for better and efficient delivery of services and products in Saudi Arabia, the research is timely to analyze the adequacy of the laws in Saudi Arabia for adoption of RegTech. In the use of RegTech, issues related to privacy, due diligence, accountability and transparency could arise, however, there is a dearth of literature in these areas relating to technology adoption.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Laws on regulatory technology (RegTech) in Saudi Arabia: are they adequate?

Sarabdeen

2023

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“…In spite of the rapid growth of academic papers on FinTech since 2015, literature review studies remain few (Dosso & Aysan, 2022;Takeda & Ito, 2021). The majority of current quantitative literature reviews have concentrated on highlighting the most in uential elements of the FinTech literature, including the leading articles, authors, sources, institutions, and countries (Bajwa et al, 2022;Li & Xu, 2021). Thematic analyses with further research trends and conversations investigations are rear (Bhatt et al, 2022;Varma et al, 2022).…”

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Discovering FinTech field evolution, international collaboration, thematic map, and future research directions: A bibliometric and content analyses

Duan

2024

Preprint

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Financial technology (FinTech) research has exploded globally over the last few years; therefore, this research aims to respond by conducting a bibliometric analysis. With an adoption of a hybrid approach combining the bibliometric method and content analysis, this study focuses on field evolution, international collaboration, and thematic analyses as well as future research direction forecasting. First, the study found that, between 1999 and 2022, the chronological evolution of FinTech has experienced three phases: initiation (1999–2016), development (2017–2019), and fast-growing (2020-now). Then, knowledge mapping showed three, thirteen and nine research themes for each phase, respectively. Furthermore, the analysis of thematic characteristics of clusters of fast-growing period, forecasted nine topics as future research direction: FinTech, blockchain, financial inclusion, artificial intelligence, innovation, trust, digitalization, regulation, and FinTech Innovation. Finally, the content analysis indicated three potential exploring areas: 1) FinTech research in emerging economies, 2) location- and culture-specific FinTech application and adoption studies, and 3) COVID-19 effects on FinTech from both positive and negative perspectives. Overall, the results theoretically enrich the FinTech literature and have substantial implications for scholars, policymakers and practitioners.

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“…Secinaro et al (2021) used bibliometric and coding analysis and they believe that the relationship between Blockchain and accountability has not yet been clear and validated and found that Blockchain is a promising and multidisciplinary field comprised of scholars, and qualitative research, particularly discourse analysis, is the most popular method among authors. Bajwa et al (2022) examined 360 FinTech articles published between 2006 and 2020, categorized them into four research categories, highlighted the top countries, organizations, journals, authors and articles and made recommendations for future research. However, Pizzi et al (2021) focused on performing a bibliometric analysis of managerial auditing response to digital transformation and found four distinct research areas, including technological innovation, continuous auditing, fraud detection and data analytics, whereas Alex et al (2022) used the Proknow-C methodology and the Scopus database to conduct a bibliometric and systemic analysis of the academic literature on blockchain in accounting and auditing and noted that relevant journals and authors who all highlighted the disruptive potential of blockchain in improving the transparency and standard of financial and sustainability reports in corporations.…”

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The tactician role of FinTech in the accounting and auditing field: a bibliometric analysis

Thottoli

2023

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Purpose This study aims to know the tactician role of financial technology (FinTech) in the field of accounting and auditing through contextualized systematic literature review by using bibliometric analysis. Design/methodology/approach The qualitative bibliometric analysis includes studies from 2017 to 2021 using the Scopus and Web of Science databases, which yielded 277 published papers with the keywords, FinTech accounting and auditing. The contextualized systematic literature review greatly helped in clarifying the content within each cluster. Findings The study identified the tactician role of fintech primarily in the accounting and auditing professional field. Fintech is still in its inception, with continual development and implementation taking place especially, in the auditing field. The findings also confirm that FinTech can produce a confluence between various research areas, including accounting, auditing, business finance, economics, management and business field. Research limitations/implications The study describes the tactician role of FinTech and its huge possibility for future study in the accounting and auditing field among professionals, academics and regulators. Practical implications This study be able to help accounting professionals, policymakers and government regulators to establish policy development, as this research emphasizes the tactician role of FinTech in the accounting and auditing field. Social implications FinTech in accounting and auditing might add to the existing field of FinTech in the IR4.0 era that give benefits to different players such as policymakers, governments, researchers, FinTech entrepreneurs and practicing professionals. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, little focus has been given about FinTech in the accounting and auditing field using bibliometric analysis. The insights of systematic literature review provide researchers on FinTech among practicing professionals and offer opportunities for further scientific endeavours.

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Past, Present and Future of FinTech Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

Cited by 29 publications

References 97 publications

Laws on regulatory technology (RegTech) in Saudi Arabia: are they adequate?

Laws on regulatory technology (RegTech) in Saudi Arabia: are they adequate?

Discovering FinTech field evolution, international collaboration, thematic map, and future research directions: A bibliometric and content analyses

The tactician role of FinTech in the accounting and auditing field: a bibliometric analysis

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