The Impact of Technology on Microfinance

Roberto Moro-Visconti ()
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Roberto Moro-Visconti: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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Chapter Chapter 4 in MicroFinTech, 2021, pp 105-163 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract After the microfinance background, examined in Chapter 1 , and the microfinance issues, illustrated in Chapter 2 , this chapter analyzes the impact of technology on microfinance. Technological instruments include the digital scalability of lending networks, crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending, or blockchains for data validation.

Keywords: Scalability; M-Banking; Geolocation; Cloud computing; Social networks; Crowdfunding; Peer-to-Peer lending; Big data; Artificial intelligence; Agency banking; Biometrics; Blockchains; Internet of value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80394-0_4

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