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How Green FinTech Can Alleviate the Impact of Climate Change - The Case of Switzerland

Puschmann, Thomas; Hoffmann, Christian Hugo; Khmarskyi, Valentyn (2020). How Green FinTech Can Alleviate the Impact of Climate Change - The Case of Switzerland. Sustainability, 12:10691.

Abstract

The financial services industry is currently undergoing a major transformation, with digitization and sustainability being the core drivers. While both concepts have been researched in recent years, their intersection, often conceived as “green FinTech,” remains under‐determined. Therefore, this paper contributes to this important discussion about green FinTech by, first, synthesizing the relevant literature systematically. Second, it shows the results of an empirical, in‐ depth analysis of the Swiss FinTech landscape both in terms of green FinTech startups as well as the services offered by the incumbents. The research results show that literature in this new domain has only emerged recently, is mostly characterized by a specific focus on isolated aspects of green FinTech and does not provide a comprehensive perspective on the topic yet. In addition, the results from the literature and the market analysis indicate that green FinTech has an impact along the whole value chain of financial services covering customer‐to‐customer (c2c), business‐to‐customer (b2c), and business‐to‐business (b2b) services. Today the field is predominantly captured by startup companies in contrast to the incumbents whose solutions are still rare.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:03 Faculty of Economics > Department of Finance
Dewey Decimal Classification:330 Economics
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Geography, Planning and Development
Physical Sciences > Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Physical Sciences > Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Scope:Discipline-based scholarship (basic research)
Language:English
Date:21 December 2020
Deposited On:19 Jan 2021 10:41
Last Modified:24 Jan 2025 02:40
Publisher:MDPI Publishing
ISSN:2071-1050
OA Status:Gold
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410691
Official URL:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/24/10691
Other Identification Number:merlin-id:20415
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