BigFintechs & Sustainability: A necessary convergence

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Summary of Technical Papers – BigFintechs & Sustainability: A necessary convergence Prepared by Aiaze Mitha | Based on the Technical Papers authored by Aiaze Mitha, Douglas Arner, Katherine Foster and Sofie Blakstad, Martijn Bos, Sangita Gazi, Charlotte Melkun, Becky Shapiro, Alissa Kole, Artem Sergeev, Kuzi Charamba, Dirk Zetzsche, Ross Buckley :: AIIFL-UNDP-UNCDF Technical Papers Summary

Executive Summary: The rapid rise of global digital finance players (BigFintechs) in which technology has come to play a key role in driving an upsurge in growth, scale and diversification into financial services has taken many by surprise. From China’s Ant Group to India’s Paytm, Amazon, Facebook and Google in the US, Mercado Libre in Latin America, ride-hailing services in Southeast Asia, mobile money in Africa and many more, BigFintechs’ dominance and impacts on sustainable development are increasingly felt, both at home and internationally, and have only accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic. Download this summary to continue reading

BigFintechs and their impacts on sustainable development by Katherine Foster, Sofie Blakstad, Marijn Bos, Sangita Gazi, Charlotte Melkun and Becky Shapiro :: UNDP-UNCDF Technical Paper 1.1

BigFintechs and their impacts on macroeconomic policies by Katherine Foster, Sofie Blakstad, Sangita Gazi and Marijn Bos :: UNDP-UNCDF Technical Paper 1.1B

Digital Currencies and CBDC Impacts on Least Developed Countries by Katherine Foster, Sofie Blakstad, Sangita Gazi and Marijn Bos :: UNDP-UNCDF Technical Paper 1.2

Policymakers, BigFintechs and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by Artem Sergeev, Douglas Arner, Kuzi Charamba :: AIIFL-UNDP-UNCDF Technical Paper 3.1

BigFintechs and international governance, policymaking and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: the SDGs in the international governance of finance by Kuzi Charamba, Douglas Arner and Artem Sergeev :: AIIFL-UNDP-UNCDF Technical Paper 3.2

NOTE: Technical Paper 3.3 A principles-based approach to the governance of BigFintechs by Dirk Zetsche and Ross Buckley will be published on a later date.