Fintech: Recent Advancements in Modern Techniques, Methods and Real-World Solutions
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 9352
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fintech; data science; Internet of Things; cloud/fog/edge computing and security with risk
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Information Retrieval, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence and Energy Efficient Communication Protocols
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Finance Technology (FinTech) is an advanced business model that adopts emerging technology to improve efficiency and manage risk in the finance field. These new technologies, such as Blockchain, Machine Learning, Big Data, and Cloud Computing, positively contribute to reform the process of the traditional finance industry and provide an optimal paradigm for finance enterprises. Meanwhile, there are several emerging companies focused on supplying fintech services, which fascinate investors with optimistic expectations about the firms' valuation and a promising future. The scientific procedure of appraising the effectiveness and practicability of FinTech has a crucial role because it could lead to a guideline for understanding and further improving the development of financial technologies.
Nowadays, the compositions of FinTech have been consistently increasing and a growing number of financial scenarios require the intervention of these advanced technologies in order to cut down costs and increase output. This Special Issue aims to seek original contributions demonstrating the significant advancements and innovations of FinTech, the successful implementation for new technologies in the finance industry, and effective valuation theories conducted in FinTech enterprises.
This Special Issue is focused on but not limited to the following topics:
- Financial modeling, financial process modeling, and financial risk analysis for FinTech
- Risk management and control for FinTech
- Algorithms, software engineering, and development for FinTech
- System design and implementation for FinTech
- Testing (software engineering; penetration; product development) for FinTech
- Proofs-of-concept for FinTech
- Risk Modeling, business process modeling, and analytics for FinTech
- Trust and privacy for FinTech
- Quantitative analysis and regression for FinTech
- Case studies for FinTech
Prof. Dr. Victor Chang
Prof. Rahat Iqbal
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- finance technology
- company valuation
- blockchain
- machine learning
- risk management
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.
