Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

1992 - 2026

Current editor(s): Prof John Ashton

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2026, month July, vol 34

Multi-issuance stablecoins and MiCA’s first stress test: law, policy and global competition pp. 777-803

Judith Arnal

2026, month April, vol 34

Banking competition and credit risk in Ghana: exploring the moderating role of credit information sharing regime pp. 847-865

Baah Aye Kusi, Emmanuel Senanu Mekpor and Stephen Antwi

2026, month March, vol 34

Investigating the relationship between environmental and social disclosures and anti-corruption disclosure: the role of corporate governance. Evidence from France pp. 754-776

Roua Radhouani and Aymen Ajina

Factors influencing voluntary disclosure in small U.S. banks within a market discipline framework pp. 824-846

Khaldoon I. Al-Haddad and Ghassan H. Mardini

2026, month February, vol 34

Do regulations enhance governance quality and boost firm value? Insights from an emerging market pp. 677-697

Irfan Rashid Ganie and Tahir Ahmad Wani

Anti-money laundering ( AML ) effectiveness and cryptocurrency regulations: an empirical analysis of the introduction of virtual asset service providers (VASPs) licensing and AML crypto laws pp. 698-727

Albina Gaisina and Matthias Finger

Long-term asymmetric impact of financial fraud on financial inclusion in Nigeria: insight from non-linear ARDL approach pp. 728-753

Nurudeen Abu, Musa Abdullahi Sakanko and Nazatul Faizah Haron

Evaluating the case for mandated DRS disclosure in US Corporate SEC filings pp. 804-823

Daniel T. Lawson, Christopher Mueller and Henry Webb

2026, month November

Global decentralized stock exchange: an innovative permissioned-blockchain framework for integrated capital markets pp. 1-27

Abdullah M. Al-Awadhi, Humoud Alsabah, Saad Alnahedh and Omar Ali

2026, month October

Licence to mint: the geography of MiCAR passporting and emerging specialisations evidence from ESMA’s interim register pp. 1-19

Patrick Vanhoudt and Zoltan Horvath

The advice guidance boundary review and targeted support – the challenges of addressing the “advice gap” pp. 1-21

Patrick John Ring and Eleanore Hickman

From authorization to defensibility: enterprise stablecoin compliance readiness after the GENIUS Act pp. 1-18

Ray Aria

Designing a law–data–SupTech framework for crypto-asset supervision: a frontier-market blueprint from Vietnam pp. 1-18

Ngoc Mai Nguyen and Hoang Van Thanh

Sanctions enforcement and compliance in cryptocurrency markets: evidence from regulated and offshore exchanges pp. 1-26

Thu Thi Minh Vu

2026, month September

Shields or illusions? The role of deposit insurance in mitigating bank risk amid uncertainty across financial crises in Asia pp. 1-24

Linda Putri Nadia, Rozaq M. Yasin, Retno Tri Handayani and Sutono

Green growth and stability of the banking industry: empirical evidence from African economies pp. 1-21

Sarah Serwah Boateng and Elvis Kwame Agyapong

2026, month July

Incentivising compliance functions: regulatory design, enforcement practice and the public interest under the FCA framework pp. 1-23

Alon Kohalny and Gabriel Sayag

2025, month December, vol 34

A comprehensive review of literature on compliance function post-Basel III pp. 466-495

Federica Castro, Laura Leonori and Saverio Giorgio

2025, month October, vol 34

Digital finance, financial development and economic wealth in Africa pp. 305-335

Daniel Ofori-Sasu, Lordina Amoah, George Nana Agyekum Donkor and Joshua Yindenaba Abor

Synergies, minority shareholders and new guidance for business valuations pp. 372-384

Karsten Paetzmann

Regulatory technologies for enhancing sustainability compliance: a multivocal literature review pp. 385-415

Anita Golzarjannat and Robin Gustafsson

The South African financial education ecosystem pp. 416-437

Bernadene De Clercq

2025, month September, vol 34

Cryptocurrency market responses to the fed’s quantitative easing: an in-depth TVP-VAR model analysis pp. 259-286

Nabil Harir, Zakariae Bel Mkaddem, Hicham Es-Saadi, Imane Tesse and Oumaima Bouayad

Do financial socialization, financial behavior, and knowledge determine consumers’ attitude and behavioral intention toward buy-now-pay-later ( BNPL ) usages? pp. 336-371

Pankaj Kumar, Mahender Yadav, Pardeep Ahlawat, Vinay Sharma and Manisha Saini

Asymmetric effects of regulatory quality in bank risk-taking: the moderation effect of long-term interest rates pp. 438-465

Paula Ortega Perals, Fabrizio Maturo, Salvador Cruz Rambaud and Javier Sánchez García

2025, month August, vol 34

Geopolitical shocks, capital outflows, financial inclusion and digital financial inclusion pp. 132-159

Peterson K. Ozili

Effect of regulation on corporate governance practices and the quality of justifications of Brazilian companies pp. 177-197

Sabrina Roncato, Leticia Martins Medeiros and Arthur Frederico Lerner

Fintech-driven resilience amid pandemic: a text mining analysis of the banking industry with ESG dynamics pp. 198-217

Yosuke Kakinuma and Danai Likitratcharoen

The effect of intellectual capital and fintech on financial stability: evidence from property-liability insurance industry pp. 218-236

Chen-Ying Lee

Analysis of credit risk in the GCC banking sector: a dynamic panel data analysis pp. 237-258

Muna Ahmed Al-Romaihi and Mukesh Kumar

Informational asymmetries in US private equity: regulation in a changing regulatory environment pp. 287-302

Ernest N. Biktimirov and Mohammed H. Dore

2025, month July, vol 34

The role of financial institutions in enforcing export restrictions in Switzerland pp. 100-113

Francesco Gaetano Fazzi

External governance in the form of market competition and its impact on the bank liquidity: an analysis under the influence of profitability pp. 114-131

Shailesh Rastogi, Bhakti Agarwal and Jagjeevan Kanoujiya

Legal liability risk and CEO compensation pp. 161-176

Dupinderjeet Kaur and Carolyn Reichert

2025, month June, vol 34

Governance quality, regional integration and African banking sector stability pp. 38-59

David Jnr Sarpong, Nicholas Addai Boamah and Joseph Oscar Akotey

Directing compliance realities: the determinants of compliance officer effectiveness in Cypriot organizations pp. 81-99

Mulko Asaad Ado, Ahmad Ali and Kawar Mohammed Mousa

2025, month May, vol 34

Risk-driven profitability: the role of bank capital, liquidity and credit in frontier banking markets pp. 60-80

Muhammad M. Ma’aji, Casey Barnett, Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan, Nur Hafizah Roslan and Rahima Abas Ali

2025, month April, vol 34

Systematic and bibliometric reviews of cryptocurrency market regulation: trends, influential contributions, and future directions pp. 1-37

Mohammad Zakaria AlQudah and Aurelio Fernandez Bariviera

2025, month June, vol 33

Examining the nexus between climate change risks and bank liquidity in China: evidence from the method of moment quantiles pp. 760-783

Hatem Brik and Asma Houcine

Enterprise creation for sustainable environment: the criticality of financial development in African economies pp. 808-828

James Temitope Dada, Folorunsho M. Ajide, Mosab I. Tabash, Samrat Ray and Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan

2025, month May, vol 33

Ponzi schemes in the Hajj and Umrah business: causes, methods, consequences and prevention pp. 743-759

Nanang Setiawan

Foreign bank penetration, banking sector regulations and banking sector stability in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 784-807

Mac Junior Abeka, Michael Owusu Appiah, Zangina Isshaq and Comfort Ama Akorfa Anipa

2025, month April, vol 33

Value information perspective of fair value accounting and performance of licensed commercial banks: evidence from an emerging market pp. 616-641

Sisira Dharmasri Jayasekara, K.L. Wasantha Perera and A. Roshan Ajward

Protecting financial consumers from authorized push payment fraud: is reimbursement an optimal solution? pp. 642-653

Chen Yang

And when the government innovates? An analysis of Brazilian banks’ efficiency after the Pix pp. 657-672

Natália Alves Duarte Barbosa, Mathias Tessmann, Gustavo José de Guimarães e Souza and Rodrigo Della-Savia Fonseca

History of sustainable finance regulation: the European Odyssey pp. 673-694

Clara Fuster-Navarro, Lorena Pérez-Alfonso and María Pallarés-Renau

Business bribery, corruption and fraud: audit committee and external auditor’s attributes in GCC countries pp. 695-725

Laila Mohamed Alshawadfy Aladwey and Ahmed Diab

Profitability determinants in Turkish banking: comparing Islamic and conventional banks under inflation and bond rate effects pp. 726-742

Hasan Kazak, Ahmet Tayfur Akcan, Cuneyt Kilic and Abdullah Kiliçarslan

2025, month March, vol 33

Blue finance, investment choice and optimal portfolio allocation pp. 519-537

Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz

Banking regulation, central bank governor credentials and earnings quality of banks in East Africa pp. 538-565

David Mathuva and Moses Nyangu

How does FinTech affect the efficiency of non-performing loans? Evidence from China pp. 566-591

Wenhong Li and Xiaohui Luo

A systematic literature review of financial resilience: antecedents, consequences and future research agenda pp. 592-615

Muhammad S. Tahir and Daniel W. Richards

2025, month February, vol 33

Banking and financial regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review and multiple regression approach pp. 359-385

Oluwatoyin Esther Akinbowale, Mulatu Fekadu Zerihun and Polly Mashigo

Shadow banking interconnectedness in South Africa: Toda and Yamamoto (T-Y) Granger causality test pp. 386-405

Lawrence Mashimbye and Ashenafi Beyene Fanta

Sanctions and cryptocurrency: a catalyst for digital adoption? pp. 406-424

Nga Phan Thi Hang

Compliance control systems in financial institutions: a contingency approach pp. 425-450

Fatima Zahra El Arif and Amal Tahiri

The implementation of Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act: the legal exposure of banking pp. 453-476

Arthur M. Tran and Drew B. Winters

Effects of restricted bank activity and stringent capital regulation on bank operating efficiency in Sub-Saharan African countries pp. 477-493

Kidist Jiffar Dessalegn, Demissew Diro Ejara and Habtamu Berhanu Abera

Do changes in interest rate regulation affect stock returns? An event study approach on the Kenyan banking sector stocks pp. 494-518

Jane Ngaruiya, David M. Mathuva and Pat Obi

2025, month January, vol 33

Transaction monitoring in search of professional money launderers – a microeconomic model pp. 265-279

Kalle Johannes Rose and Rasmus Ingemann Tuffveson Jensen

Evaluating the influence of digital financial inclusion on financial crises and economic cycles: a Bayesian logistic regression insight pp. 280-301

Dinh Le Quoc, Huy Nguyen Quoc and Hai Nguyen Van

Beyond complexity: do alms tax (zakat) law intricacies justify non-compliance behaviour? pp. 307-325

Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan

Interest rate regulation and bank lending behaviour: evidence from Kenya pp. 326-346

Jane Ngaruiya, Pat Obi and David Mathuva

Is ownership structure effective in the relationship between ESG and bank performance? pp. 347-358

Berna Dogan Basar, İbrahim Halil Ekşi and Rizky Yudaruddin