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Intersection of Investment and FinTech

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Financial Technology and Innovation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 1130

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jinghua Wang

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Martin Tuchman School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
Interests: financial economics; intersection of investment and FinTech; machine learning in finance; international finance
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Dr. Geoffrey Ngene

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Stetson School of Business and Economics, Mercer University, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, GA 31207, USA
Interests: climate change; investor sentiment; macro-finance analysis
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Dr. Yan Shi

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College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI 53818, USA
Interests: data engineering; software verification; smart fault localization; machine learning
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to explore the novel topic of the "Intersection of Investment and FinTech". It focuses on the dynamic impact of financial technology on investment strategies, decision making, trading behavior, and related government policies and regulations. In recent decades, financial technology has reshaped traditional financial markets by introducing innovative blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi), machine learning algorithmic trading, and artificial intelligence (AI) robo-advisors. Researchers have shed light on the dominance of Bitcoin in the cryptocurrency market (Wang and Ngene, 2020), feedback trading strategy in Bitcoin futures markets (Ngene and Wang, 2024), and the predictive power of Singapore’s economic policy uncertainty on Bitcoin returns (Wang et al., 2023), among others.

This Special Issue invites research articles utilizing either theoretical or empirical analyses. Topics of interest include the following: cryptocurrency, smart contracts, price behavior, portfolio management, asset pricing, market real effects, technology-based stock indexes, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

References

  • Wang, Jinghua, and Geoffrey M. Ngene. (2020). Does Bitcoin still own the dominant power? An intraday analysis. International Review of Financial Analysis, 71, 101551.
  • Ngene, Geoffrey M., and Jinghua Wang. (2024). Arbitrage opportunities and feedback trading in regulated bitcoin futures market: An intraday analysis. International Review of Economics & Finance. 89-B, 743-761.
  • Wang, Jinghua, Geoffrey M. Ngene, Yan Shi, and Ann Nduati Mungai. (2023). An Investigation of the Predictability of Uncertainty Indices on Bitcoin Returns. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16(10), 461.

Dr. Jinghua Wang
Dr. Geoffrey Ngene
Dr. Yan Shi
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Keywords

  • FinTech
  • machine learning
  • AI
  • cryptocurrency
  • price behavior

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Blockchain Technology in the Process of Financing the Construction and Purchase of Commercial Vessels
by Zoran Kunkera, Dragutin Lisjak, Nataša Tošanović, Ivan Sumić, Neven Hadžić and Robert Blažinović
J. Risk Financial Manag. 2025, 18(4), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm18040169 - 24 Mar 2025
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The share of European shipbuilding in the world market, with the constant exception of the cruise ship niche, has been in continuous decline for decades, while at the same time, state-supported Asian competitors are recording accelerated growth. With the already long-standing ban on [...] Read more.
The share of European shipbuilding in the world market, with the constant exception of the cruise ship niche, has been in continuous decline for decades, while at the same time, state-supported Asian competitors are recording accelerated growth. With the already long-standing ban on subsidizing the shipbuilding industry by EU member states, its shipyards can maintain their market position primarily by continuously improving business processes, including adopting Industry 4.0 doctrines. In order to contribute to the European shipyards’ competitiveness growth, the authors of this paper use the case study methodology to investigate the applicability of blockchain technology in the process of financing the construction and purchase of ships according to a bareboat charter model, which is recognized as risk-balanced for all parties involved in the process. The empirically analyzed implementation of the blockchain application of smart contracts, using the example of three ships built and purchased according to the proposed model, theoretically results in an almost one-year shortening of the financing process, with a significant reduction in the costs of legal activities. The originality of this study is also emphasized by the correlation of smart contracts and the process of early ship outfitting in the sense of the possible improvement in its level, thus achieving savings in working hours and energy and ultimately shortening the process of realizing the shipbuilding project. Full article
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