Digital Finance and Economic Transformation in the New Era
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: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1346
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Interests: commercial banking; micro-finance; rural finance; development economics; financial economics; Asian economy; banking; digital finance; cyber risk and cyber fraud
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to the International Conference on Economic and Business Development in the Digital Era (ICEBDDE 2025).
In an era of rapid technological advancement, digital finance has emerged as a transformative force reshaping global economies, redefining business paradigms, and challenging traditional financial systems. This Special Issue seeks to explore the pivotal role of digital finance—encompassing innovations in blockchain, cryptocurrency, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), AI-driven financial technologies, and decentralized finance (DeFi)—in driving structural economic transformation across industries and nations.
Contributions are invited to examine both the opportunities and challenges of this transformation, including (but not limited to) the following:
- Digital Financial Infrastructure: Blockchain applications, CBDC implementation, and smart contract ecosystems.
- Emerging Business Models: FinTech-driven lending platforms, tokenized assets, and algorithmic trading.
- Policy Frontiers: Regulatory frameworks for crypto-assets, cross-border payment systems, and cybersecurity in finance.
- Socioeconomic Impact: Digital finance’s role in reducing inequality, enabling SME access to capital, and fostering green investments.
By bridging theoretical rigor with actionable insights, this Special Issue aims to chart pathways for inclusive, resilient, and future-ready economies in the digital age.
Prof. Dr. Christopher Gan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- e-commerce
- digital finance
- green finance
- sustainability
- FinTech
- digital economy
- circular economy
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