How Green FinTech Can Alleviate the Impact of Climate Change—The Case of Switzerland

Thomas Puschmann, Christian Hugo Hoffmann and Valentyn Khmarskyi
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Thomas Puschmann: Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
Christian Hugo Hoffmann: Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
Valentyn Khmarskyi: Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, Department of Banking and Finance, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-30

Abstract: The financial services industry is currently undergoing a major transformation, with digitization and sustainability being the core drivers. While both concepts have been researched in recent years, their intersection, often conceived as “green FinTech,” remains under-determined. Therefore, this paper contributes to this important discussion about green FinTech by, first, synthesizing the relevant literature systematically. Second, it shows the results of an empirical, in-depth analysis of the Swiss FinTech landscape both in terms of green FinTech startups as well as the services offered by the incumbents. The research results show that literature in this new domain has only emerged recently, is mostly characterized by a specific focus on isolated aspects of green FinTech and does not provide a comprehensive perspective on the topic yet. In addition, the results from the literature and the market analysis indicate that green FinTech has an impact along the whole value chain of financial services covering customer-to-customer (c2c), business-to-customer (b2c), and business-to-business (b2b) services. Today the field is predominantly captured by startup companies in contrast to the incumbents whose solutions are still rare.

Keywords: sustainability; FinTech; InsurTech; green FinTech; climate change; digital transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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