Risk Management in FinTech
A Special Issue of Risks (ISSN 2227-9091).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 December 2026 | Viewed by 508
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid evolution of Financial Technology (FinTech) has fundamentally transformed the global financial landscape, reshaping how institutions manage capital, how corporations handle treasury operations, and how investors allocate assets. While FinTech innovations—ranging from blockchain and artificial intelligence to automated trading platforms—offer unprecedented efficiency and accessibility, they also introduce complex, systemic risks. As digital transformation accelerates, the boundary between traditional finance and technology blurs, necessitating advanced frameworks for identifying, measuring, and mitigating these emerging threats.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which seeks to explore the multifaceted challenges of risk management within the FinTech ecosystem. This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of how technological disruption impacts financial stability, corporate financial strategy, and investment decision-making. We specifically encourage research that bridges theoretical risk modeling with practical applications in digital finance. The aim is to amass a collection of at least 10 articles, and the Special Issue may be printed in book form if this number is reached.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Operational and cybersecurity resilience in digital banking and payment infrastructures.
- FinTech applications in liquidity management, treasury operations, and capital structure optimization.
- Risk assessment in robo-advisory, high-frequency trading, and algorithmic portfolio management.
- Assessment of climate risk through FinTech solutions and managing greenwashing risks in digital ESG products.
- Credit risk modeling using machine learning and alternative data sources.
- Digital fraud and bad actors with or due to FinTech.
- Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and compliance risks in cross-border transactions.
- Systemic risks associated with Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and crypto-asset markets.
- Ethical implications and bias in automated financial decision-making.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Blake Rayfield
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- FinTech
- risk management
- corporate finance
- investments
- cybersecurity
- artificial intelligence
- RegTech
- blockchain
- financial stability
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