Abstract
In this paper, we identify the ways in which the existing literature has examined financial technology (FinTech). Using the frame of the ‘FinTech Cube’, we examine how FinTech unfolds through the intersections of key actors, technologies and institutions. We demonstrate the relevance of FinTech for two areas of geographical enquiry: i) the reshaping of global production and financial networks, and ii) financial inclusion and poverty reduction in poorer countries. In doing so, we accord particular attention to the significance of FinTech for theoretical and empirical research in economic geography.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-8-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132520938461
Repository Citation
Lai, Karen P. Y. and Samers, Michael, "Towards an Economic Geography of FinTech" (2020). Geography Faculty Publications. 37.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/geography_facpub/37
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Progress in Human Geography, v. 45, issue 4.
Lai, K. P. Y., & Samers, M. (2021). Towards an economic geography of FinTech. Progress in Human Geography, 45(4), 720-739. © 2020 The Authors. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132520938461
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