This paper aimed at a systematic review of the role of FinTech in enhancing the digital transformation of Saudi Arabian banks. Google Scholar was searched with related search terms to finally select ...28 papers using the PRISMA process of screening and selection. There were very few papers directly dealing with the use of FinTech as a tool for digital transformation in banks, not specifically in traditional banks. There were a few papers on digital tools used in FinTech. Overall, the digital transformation of any kind of bank using FinTech tools had been slow and a small percentage of the total. The situation was worse in the case of Saudi banks despite the large amounts of budgetary allocations for technologies in banking as a part of its Vision 2030. This was because of the late entry of Saudi Arabia into these concepts. The need for Islamic banks to follow Sharia rules was not found to be a great problem. All these points indicate to the need for greater acceleration of using FinTech tools for the digital transformation of Saudi traditional banks. Some limitations of this review are the low rigour of the available papers due to methodological limitations, discussion papers without empirical data dominating and a wide range of aims provided in the papers. The need for substantially more work on Saudi banks has been highlighted. The validity of the conclusions from this review needs to be verified using empirical research.
Purpose: The issuance of green banking guidelines in 2017 has opened the door of a new banking horizon for Islamic banks because the objective of Islamic banks, objective of Shariah, objective of ...Islamic economic system and objective of green banking are linked. Banking, especially Islamic banking based on products and one of the main components of green banking guidelines is the development of green banking products. Since green banking is in the infancy stage, therefore, the objective of the study is to explore the issues and challenges in green banking products in Islamic and traditional banks of Pakistan. Methodology: Semi-Structured interview technique is utilized for data collection. The green operation managers and Shariah scholars of sample banks selected as interviewees. Interviews are conducted through telephonic recorded calls and email-interviewing. Total of 26 interviews are conducted. Findings: The results indicate that lack of skills, knowledge, identification of the target market with the appropriate mode of financing and convincing the people are some main obstacles in green banking product formulation and implementation. Implications: At one-point, green banking is an opportunity for Islamic banks to achieve Maqasid-e-Shariah on the other side, it may become an obstacle because it further limits the financing areas for Islamic banks. The situation needs serious attention from policymakers to act at earliest.
Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of adopting neobanking on the market share of traditional banks in the UAE and test the influence of financial performance indicators on the ...banks’ market share after the digital transformation.
Theoretical framework: The financial service sector has been undergoing major transformation due to technological developments and innovations in terms of operating efficiency, client acquisition and organizational structure. Banks are accelerating digital transformation in an attempt to enhance digital presence, lower costs and gain market share. Neobanking is a recent innovation in the Fintech space that has disrupted the financial services sector.
Design/methodology/approach: This study employs published data of quarterly financial statements from 2012- 2021. Chow Test was applied, with known structural breaks in the data, based on the implementation of neobanking and our results are based on pooled regression.
Findings: The results reveal that neobanking has influenced the bank specific factors and those factors have affected the market share. NPL, ROE and NIM are critical for the market share with each variable affecting all banks contrarily. This paper further identifies that NPL and NIM has a favourable impact on the market share of only one bank. Cost efficiency has no effect on the market share of the banks in the period after launching neobanking.
Research, Practical & Social implications: The study has important implications for the management of banks as the results affirm that structural changes made to adopt digital transformation by firms is the key to derive the favorable effects in terms of increased revenue, profitability and lower credit risk.
Originality/value: Neobanking is the most recent disruptor in the financial services sector and effect of digitalization in banking sector is becoming the focus of literature of commercial banks. This paper provides insights into bank specific variables that impact financial performance after its digital transformation.
The development of Financial Technology (FinTech) in areas such as mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data, search engines, and blockchain technology have significantly changed the financial ...industry. FinTech is expected to overturn the traditional banking business model, forcing banks to upgrade and transform. This study adopts a comparative case study method to contrast and analyze the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Citibank. It analyzes the strategies, organizations, HR systems, and product innovations adopted by these two banks in response to the impact of FinTech. This paper proposes an 'electric vehicle' mode for ICBC and an 'airplane mode' for Citibank. Further, it describes the difficulties encountered by the Chinese banking industry and proposes some feasible ways to upgrade. 'Technology power' will become the core competitive concept for the financial institutions of the future.
Abstract This article aims to analyze the characteristics, limitations and contradictions involving financial technology companies (fintechs) and traditional banks in Brazil. The paper describes the ...two new categories aimed at regulating fintechs in Brazil: the so-called Direct Credit Company (Sociedade de Crédito Direto) and the Personal Loan Company (Sociedade de Empréstimo entre Pessoas). The paper challenges the idea that financial technology inevitably introduces competition into the financial market, as it describes relevant mechanisms of cooperation between financial technology companies and traditional banks, with potentially high gains for both of them. Finally, using the data provided by the Central Bank, we compare interest rates charged by a local fintech and by its major shareholders, which are traditional banks. Although our analysis is still exploratory, it shows that the fintech controlled by large traditional banks charges higher interest rates than their controllers, suggesting a fruitful research agenda to investigate whether this occurs systematically or not.
Resumo Este artigo tem o objetivo de analisar as características, as limitações e as contradições que envolvem fintechs e bancos tradicionais no Brasil. Descreve as duas novas categorias destinadas a regular as fintechs no Brasil - a Sociedade de Crédito Direto (SCD) e a Sociedade de Empréstimo entre Pessoas (SEP) -, e questiona a noção de que as fintechs necessariamente introduzem competição no mercado financeiro, ao descrever relevantes mecanismos de cooperação entre fintechs e bancos tradicionais, com ganhos potencialmente elevados para ambos. Por fim, utilizando dados disponibilizados pelo Banco Central, são comparadas as taxas de juros praticadas por uma fintech nacional e por seus acionistas, que são bancos tradicionais. Embora nossa análise seja ainda exploratória, ela revela que a fintech controlada pratica juros mais elevados do que seus bancos controladores, sugerindo uma proveitosa agenda de pesquisa para investigar se isso ocorre sistematicamente.
Banking industry plays a vital role in the for economic development of a country. This research aims at identifying which banking regime proves to be more efficient and its significance using ...Financial Ratio Analysis (FRA), composed of cost efficiency, revenue efficiency and profit efficiency ratios along with the One-way ANOVA test. The traditional banking system governs the financial sector by dealing with the majority of financial transactions of a country and the existence of Islamic and conventional banks has contributed for the development of the economy. The present study focuses on the comparative analysis of financial performance of Islamic and traditional banks in terms of cost and income in Bahrain. The study uses financial tools like profitability, liquidity and solvency, commitment to economy and community, efficiency and productivity of both streams of banks. The findings indicate that the traditional banking system is superior in terms of cost, revenue and profit efficiencies, furthermore, the results of the multiple regression analysis on the banks’ return on assets and return on equity imply that the efficiency of Islamic banks have more influence on their profitability compared to their traditional counterparts. Inflation had minimal effect on the efficiency of both banking system
We empirically evaluate how accounting and financial variables affect the level of systemic risk in traditional and shadow banks, and in real estate finance services in China over the period ...2006–2019. We also conduct some stability analysis by evaluating the impact of crisis sub-periods. We find that systemic risk increases in the Size of large financial institutions, particularly shadow entities, while it is insensitive to the Size of real estate finance services. Real estate finance services are instead particularly sensitive to Maturity Mismatch and Leverage. Finally, systemic risk differs across state and non state owned banks.
The article considers the growing trends and specifics of digitalization of the banking sector. The main directions of digital transformation and the emergence of new financial market players due to ...the institutionalization/symbiosis of traditional banks with technology firms are studied. It is noted that this process can have far-reaching and ambiguous consequences and threats, such as moving away from the model of perfect competition and transition to platform-based competition, monopolizing markets by displacing some firms and creating favorable conditions for others, financial and reputational risks for banking structures, which provide payment cards, increase advertising prices, etc.
The identified problems of traditional (classical) banks — sluggishness, impossibility of prompt adjustment of strategies, the use of outdated development tools, in particular, the closure of branches and the use of outdated technologies, loss of control over the payment system;the thesis is substantiated according to which the mechanisms of their functioning and management need cardinal corrections and innovations, first of all in approaches to interaction with clients and realization of e-business.
Outlined strategies for the operation of new digital banks — the introduction of digital operations with a focus on efficiency, accessibility, transparency and consumer protection, increasing competition with traditional banks with the acquisition of customers of the latter.The consequences and prospects of the arrival of high-tech companies Apple and Google in the banking market are analyzed. Specific examples show the reasons for the bankruptcy of the previously prosperous companies Kodak (USA), Blockbuster (USA).
The authors argue that digital banking is gaining a global character and the effective operation of national financial structures requires taking into account the threats and lessons of the onset of high technologies in practice. The features of the development of a digital bank on the European continent and in the United States have been clarified.
Keywords: digital banking, digitalization, traditional banks, fintech, cashback, blockchain, smart contracts, cloud technologies.
JEL Classification G21, O33, F65
Formulas: 0; fig.: 0; tabl: 0; bibl.: 29.
PDF
