The Fintech Disruption

INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 1 Fintech and Banking: An Overview. SECTION I: FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY.- Chapter 2 Centralized and Decentralized Finance: Coexistence or Convergence?.- Chapter 3 Fintech and the Digital Transformation of the Banking Landscape.- Chapter 4 Shifting paradigms in banking: How new service concepts and formats enhance the value of financial services.- Chapter 5 Competitors and Partners at the Same Time: On the Role of Fintech Companies in the Latvian Financial Market.- Chapter 6 Non-Fungible Tokens.- SECTION II: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND REGULATIONS REGARDING FINTECH IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY.- Chapter 7 Open Banking: Opportunities and Risks.- Chapter 8 The Rise of Financial Services Ecosystems: Towards Open Banking Platforms.- Chapter 9 The Crypto-assets Market in the United Kingdom: Regulatory and Legal Challenges.- Chapter 10 A Preliminary Comparison of Two Ecosystems: Fintech Opportunities and Challenges for Financial Inclusion.- Chapter 11 Investigating Variables that Increase the Desire and Loyalty to Utilize Fintech After the COVID-19 Lockdown: A New Normal Habit.- SECTION III: EVIDENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.- Chapter 12 Fintech and Financial Inclusion in Developing Countries.- Chapter 13 The Cash Holdings of Fintechs and SMEs: Evidence from OECD Countries.- Chapter 14 Fintech Companies in Brazil: Assessing Their Effects on Competition in the Brazilian Financial System from 2018 to 2020.