Overview
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance specialises in researching new and innovative financial channels, instruments and systems such as crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending, cryptoasset, blockchain and regtech.
On an annual basis, the Centre’s interdisciplinary research team collaborates with more than 200 researchers and 300 ecosystem partners to survey 3,500+ FinTech firms and platforms in over 185 countries.
Since its founding in January, 2015, the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance has published more than 30 high-profile and high-impact industry and policy reports to date, informing industry development, academic debate and evidence-based regulation and policymaking globally.
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance will continue engaging with national governments, supranational institutions, multilateral organisations to inform evidence-based policymaking and regulations.
CCAF’s research output has been cited, referenced and utilised widely by academic researchers around the world as well as global regulator and policymaker communities. Selected citations are listed on the pages below.
Policy
The CCAF’s research, data and findings have been widely cited by government, policy and regulatory bodies and international organisations. It has undertaken an array of commissioned work for regulators and policymakers including the following:
Commissioned by the UNSGSA and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to produce a report on Early Lessons on Regulatory Innovation to Enable Inclusive FinTech (2019)
Commissioned by the World Bank to create a Global Alternative Finance Market Volume Data Portal and conduct the Global Alternative Finance Regulator Survey (2018)
Commissioned by the World Bank to produce a report on innovative financing channels and instruments for off-grid solar power (2018)
Commissioned by FSD Uganda to produce a report FinTech in Uganda: Implications for Regulations in partnership with MicroSave.
Commissioned by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to produce a white paper on Guide to Promoting Financial & Regulatory Innovation (2018)
Commissioned by FSD Africa to organise a conference for African regulators on Regulatory Innovation in the Age of FinTech.
Commissioned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to conduct collaborative research and provide evidence for the review crowdfunding and P2P lending regulation in the UK (2017)
Partnering with the Inter-American Development Bank to review alternative finance market activity in Latin America (2017)
Partnering with the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), the financial regulator of Indonesia to review the national alternative finance industry and to publish a Bahasa Indonesia language version of the report for the local market (2017)
Conducting a review of crowdfunding regulation in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania engaging the Central Banks, Capital Market Authorities and Communications Authorities in the region (2016-2017)
Expert Advisor for the UK Department for International Development & Energy4Impact CrowdPower Programme to support crowdfunding for renewable energy across Africa (2016-2017)
Expert Advisor for the Monetary Authority of Singapore via the Singapore FinTech Expert Panel (2016-2017)
Academic Consultants to the UK Department for Energy & Climate Change to assess potential for crowdfunding for Smart Systems & Heating (2015-2016)
Expert Academic Advisor to the European Commission’s Crowdfunding Stakeholder Forum (2015-2016)
Academic Consultants to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and the British Business Bank for the UK alternative finance market (2014)
Academic impact and citations
Academic impact and citations from CCAF’s research.
Munoz, J.M., Frenkel, M. (2021) The Economics of Cryptocurrencies Routledge
Casanovas, P., Wishart, D., Chen, J. (2021) Editorial: The Digital World We Will Live By Law in Context
Inozemtsev, M.I. (2021) Engineering Economics: Decisions and Solutions from Eurasian Perspective Springer
Zameni, A., Alam, N. (2021) Fintech, Digital Currency and the Future of Islamic Finance Palgrave Macmillan
Ziegler, T., Shneor, R., Zhang, B. (2020) The Global Status of the Crowdfunding Industry from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Zhao, L., Shneor, R. (2020) Donation Crowdfunding: Principles and Donor Behaviour from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Zhao, L., Li, Y. (2020) Crowdfunding in China: Turmoil of Global Leadership from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Cai, W., Polzin, F., Stam, E. (2020) Legal Institutions, Social Capital, and Financial Crowdfunding: A Multilevel Perspective from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Kallio, A., Vuola, L. (2020) History of Crowdfunding in the Context of Ever-Changing Modern Financial Markets from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Zhao, L., Ryu, S. (2020) Reward-Based Crowdfunding Research and Practice from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Lukkarinen, A. (2020) Equity Crowdfunding: Principles and Investor Behaviour from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Shneor, R., Torjesen, S. (2020) Ethical Considerations in Crowdfunding from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Chao, E.J., Serwaah, P., Baah-Peprah, P., Shneor, R. (2020) Crowdfunding in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Wenzlaff, K., Odorović, A., Ziegler, T., Shneor, R. (2020) Crowdfunding in Europe: Between Fragmentation and Harmonization from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Shneor, R. (2020) Crowdfunding Models, Strategies, and Choices Between Them from Advances in Crowdfunding; Research and Practice Palgrave Macmillan
Hamledari, H., Fischer, M. (2020) The Application of Blockchain-Based Crypto Assets for Integrating the Physical and Financial Supply Chains in the Construction & Engineering Industry arxiv.org
Carletti, E., Claessens, S., Fatás, A., Vives, X. (2020) The Bank Business Model in the Post-Covid-19 World Centre for Economic Policy Research
Hasan, I., Kwak, B., Li, X. (2020) Financial Technologies and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Transmission IWH
Beck, T. (2020) Fintech and Financial Inclusion: Opportunities and Pitfalls think-asia.org
Gambacorta, L., Huang, Y., Li, Z., Qiu, H., Chen, S. (2020) Data vs Collateral BIS
Spoz, A., Niedzielski, P., Henhappel, S. (2020) Finance and Sustainable Development: Designing Sustainable Financial Systems Routledge
Vaznyte, E., Andries, P., Manigart, S. (2020) Are you part of the crowd? The role of sex and environmental characteristics for crowdfunding awareness Taylor & Francis
Wennker, P. (2020) Künstliche Intelligenz im Bereich Finanzen Springer
van den Berg, M., Kuiper, O. (2020) XAI in the Financial Sector Hogeschool Utrecht
Shen, H., Kurshan, E. (2020) Deep Q-Network-based Adaptive Alert Threshold Selection Policy for Payment Fraud Systems in Retail Banking arxiv.org
Cao, L. (2020) AI in FinTech: A Research Agenda arxiv.org
Munim, Z.H., Shneor, R., Adewumi, O.A., Shakil, M.H. (2020) Determinants of crowdfunding intention in a developing economy: ex-ante evidence from Bangladesh International Journal of Emerging Markets
Potts, J., Davidson, S., Berg, C. (2020) Blockchain Innovation and Public Policy Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Valpītere, M. (2020) “Right to erasure” and private blockchain in the European Union: legal requirements and technical possibilities Latvijas Universitate
Strehle, E. (2020) Public Versus Private Blockchains Blockchain Research Lab
Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Davidson, S. (2020) The New Technologies of Freedom American Institute for Economic Research
Lee, K. (2020) Large versus Small Nominal value Cryptocurrencies : The Impact of the Nominal Value based Product Valuation in Cryptocurrency on Consumer’s Willingness to Spend S-Space
McCurdy, D. (2020) The Role of Collaborative Governance in Blockchain Enabled Supply Chains: A Proposed Framework gsu.edu
Strehle, E. (2020) Blockchain for Supply Chain: From Promise to Practice Blockchain Research Lab
Berg, C., Davidson, S., Potts, J. (2020) Commitment Voting: A Mechanism for Intensity of Preference Revelation and Long-Term Commitment in Blockchain Governance RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub
Kostić, N., Sedej, T. (2020) Blockchain Technology, Inter-Organizational Relationships and Management Accounting: A Synthesis and Research Agenda Copenhagen Business School
Malešević, S., Lustenberger, M., Spychiger, F. (2020) Applying Distributed Ledger Concepts to a Swiss Regional Label Ecosystem MDPI
Pimentel, E., Boulianne, E. (2020) Blockchain in Accounting Research and Practice: Current Trends and Future Opportunities Wiley
Wójcik, D. (2020) Financial geography II: The impacts of FinTech – Financial sector and centres, regulation and stability, inclusion and governance Sage Journals
Aarvik, P. (2020) Blockchain as an anti-corruption tool: Case examples and introduction to the technology Chr. Michelsen Inst.
Ba, S., Chen, Z., Zhu, Y. (2020) Application and Practice of Supervision Technology in the Field of Data Management China Financial Forum
Cornelli, G., Doerr, S., Gambacorta, L., Merrouche, O. (2020) Inside the regulatory sandbox: effects on fintech funding BIS
Campino, J., Brochado, A., Rosa, A. (2020) Dynamic Strategic Thinking for Improved Competitiveness and Performance: Digital Business Transformation in the Banking Sector IGI Global
Lambert, T., Liebau, D., Roosenboom, P. (2020) Security Token Offerings SSRN
Cong, L.W., Li, X., Tang, K., Yang, Y. (2020) Crypto Wash Trading SSRN
Ankenbrand, T., Bieri, D., Cortivo, R., Hoehener, J., Hardjono, T. (2020) Proposal for a Comprehensive (Crypto) Asset Taxonomy arxiv.org
Novak, M. (2020) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics Springer
Fernandez-Herraiz, C., Esclapes-Membrives, S., Prado-Dominguez, A.J. (2020) Emerging Tools and Strategies for Financial Management IGI Global
Alekseenko, A. (2020) Cryptocurrency as a Digital Representation of Value: The Singapore Experience Actual Problems of the Russian Law Journal
Liebi, L. (2020) Is There a Value Premium in Cryptoasset Markets? Duke University School of Law
Lucas, M.D. (2020) Deciphering the European Financial Regulatory Framework of Cryptoassets SSRN
Burns, M., Kenett, D.Y., Sokobin, J.S. (2020) In the Eye of the Beholder: Regulatory Versus Industry Risk Perception Henry Stewart Publications
Lee, J. (2020) Law and Regulation for a Crypto-Market: Perpetuation or Innovation? Routledge
Zhang, J. (2020) Do Cryptocurrency Markets React to Issuer Sentiments? Evidence from Twitter SSRN
Ni, X. (2020) A Machine Learning Based Regulatory Risk Index for Cryptocurrencies arxiv.org
Quintanero López, J., Santos Sanz, R., Fernández Bedoya, A., Moreno Blasco, M.A. (2020) Fintech: panorama y retos en la obtención de información Banco de España
Pettazzoni, R. (2020) Equity crowdfunding: an analysis of Italian start-ups case-studies UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Martín, P., Manuel, J. (2020) Plataformas de financiación participativa y su potencial de crecimiento en España comillas.edu
Amrein, S., Dietrich, A. (2020) Crowdfunding und Fundraising Springer
Borisova, O.V. (2020) Factors of Successful Collection of Funds For Crowdfunding Project elibrary.ru
Martínez-Climent, C., Guijarro-García, M., Carrilero-Castillo, A. (2020) The motivations of crowdlending investors in Spain Emerald Insight
Bergmann, A., Burton, B., Klaes, M. (2020) European perceptions on crowdfunding for renewables: Positivity and pragmatism nih.gov
Shneor, R., Vik, A.A. (2020) Crowdfunding success: a systematic literature review 2010–2017 Emerald Insight
Rykkja, A., Munim, Z.H., Boney, L. (2020) Varieties of cultural crowdfunding: The relationship between cultural production types and platform choice Emerald Insight
Mitręga-Niestrój, K., Klimontowicz, M. (2020) Equity Crowdfunding as a Socio-Technological Innovation Supporting Entrepreneurship ECIE
Maula, M.V.J., Lukkarinen, A. (2020) Attention Across Borders: Investor Attention as a Driver of Cross-Border Equity Crowdfunding Investments SSRN
Adena, M., Huck, S. (2020) Voluntary “donations” versus reward-oriented “contributions”: Two experiments on framing in funding mechanisms Econstor
Sanchís-Pedregosa, C., Berenguer, E., Albort-Morant, G., Sanz, J.A. (2020) Guaranteed Crowdlending Loans: A Tool for Entrepreneurial Finance Ecosystem Sustainability EDITURA ASE
Karpouzis, E., Daskalakis, N., Psillaki, M., Staikouras, C. (2020) Peer-to-Peer Lenders’ Motivations and Risk Perceptions in Cross-Border Investments in Europe EBSCO
Ciechan-Kujawa, M., Górnowicz, J. (2020) Success determinants of sports projects financed with donation crowdfunding efsupit.ro
Odorović, A., Wenzlaff, K. (2020) The joint production of confidence – self-regulation in European crowdfunding markets Emerald Insight
Hudcová, T. (2020) Does Language Drive the Crowd? Case of Czech Reward-Based Crowdfunding cuni.cz
Shneor, R., Maehle, N. (2020) Editorial: Advancing crowdfunding research: new insights and future research agenda Baltic Journal of Management
Zhao, Y., Harris, P., Lam, W. (2020) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs – Crowdfunding Springer
Leonelli, S., Di Pietro, F., Masciarelli, F. (2020) Narcissism, Machiavellianism and Psychopathy: How Do Displayed Entrepreneurs’ Personality Dark Traits Influence Crowdfunding Success? Emerald Insight
Di Pietro, F. (2020) Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs: Developing Strategic Advantage Through Entrepreneurial Finance Routledge
Astebro, T.B., Fernández Silva, M., Lovo, S., Vulkan, N. (2020) Herding in Equity Crowdfunding HEC Research Papers
Carballo, I.E. (2020) Fintech: desafío para la regulación y la educación financiera Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
Appaya, S., Gradstein, H.L. (2020) How Regulators Respond to Fintech Evaluating the Different Approaches—Sandboxes and Beyond World Bank – Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice
Kavuri, A.S., Milne, A.K.L. (2020) Evolution or Revolution? Distributed Ledger Technologies in Financial Services CAMA Working Paper No. 4/2020
Østbye, P. (2020) Who is Liable for Cryptocurrency Consensus Mechanism (Mis)Representations? Norge Bank
Chahed, Y. (2020) Words and Numbers: Financialization and Accounting Standard Setting in the UK Contemporary Accounting Research
Pagnotta, E. (2020) Decentralizing Money: Bitcoin Prices and Blockchain Security Review of Financial Studies
Benetton, M., Compiani, G. (2020) Investors’ Beliefs and Asset Prices: A Structural Model of Cryptocurrency Demand Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2020-107
Gong, J., Krishnan, J., Liang, Y. (2020) Securities-Based Crowdfunding by Startups: Does Auditor Attestation Matter? SSRN
Schena, C., Tanda, A., Arlotta, C., Potenza, G., Giuseppe, D., Munafò, P. (2020) The Development of FinTech. Opportunities and Risks for the Financial Industry in the Digital Age – With Preface to the FinTech Series CONSOB Fintech Series No. 1
Breidbach, C. (2020) Fintech: Research Directions to Explore the Digital Transformation of Financial Service Systems Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 30(1), 79-102, 2020
Juma, H., Shaalan, K., Kamel, I. (2019) A Survey on Using Blockchain in Trade Supply Chain Solutions IEEE
Østbye, P. (2019) Who is Liable if a Cryptocurrency Protocol Fails? SSRN
Allen, D.W.E., Berg, C., Markey-Towler, B., Novak, M., Potts, J. (2019) Blockchain and the Evolution of Institutional Technologies: Implications for Innovation Policy Elsevier
Østbye, P. (2019) Who is Liable for an Attack on Cryptocurrency Consensus? Kryptografen.com
Perlman, L. (2019) Regulation of the Financial Components of the Crypto-Economy Columbia SIPA
Rossi, E., Sørensen, C. (2019) Towards a Theory of Digital Network De/centralization: Platform-Infrastructure Lessons Drawn from Blockchain LSE
Cantalapiedra, M. (2019) Crowdlending: Análisis del caso español iefweb.org
Skotte, R.F., Juvik, H.S.A. (2019) Localization of Crowdfunding Platforms : The Influencing Role of Culture, Institutions and Geography University of Agder
Bukhari, F.A.S., Usman, S.M., Usman, M., Hussain, K. (2019) The effects of creator credibility and backer endorsement in donation crowdfunding campaigns success Emerald Insight
Navarová, T. (2019) Crowdfunding: What makes a project desirable? cuni.cz
Løken, M.H. (2019) Marketplace lending: An analysis of the opportunities for lenders and borrowers in the Scandinavian market NTNU Open
Kavuri, A.S., Milne, A.K.L., Wood, J.A. (2019) What is New about Cryptocurrencies? A Visual Analysis CAMA Working Paper 79/2019
Landoni, M., Pieters, G.C. (2019) Taxing Blockchain Forks SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No.19-18
Saiedi, E., Broström, A., Ruiz Lopez, F. (2019) Global Drivers of Cryptocurrency Infrastructure Adoption Small Business Economics
Østbye, P. (2019) Who is Casually Responsible for a Cryptocurrency? Norges Bank
Omane-Adjepong, M., Alagidede, P. and Akosah, N. (2019) Wavelet time-scale persistence analysis of cryptocurrency market returns and volatility. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. Elsevier. vol. 514(C). 105-120.
Spillan, J.E., Ramsey, J.R. (2019) Navigating Commerce in Latin America: Options and Obstacles. Routledge.
Gibilaro, L. (2019) Trade Credit and Financing Instruments. New York. Business Expert Press.
De Rossi, L., Abbatemarco, N. and Salviotti, G. (2019) Towards a Comprehensive Blockchain Architecture Continuum. Hawaii. 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.
O’Dair, M. and Owen, R. (2019) Financing new creative enterprise through blockchain technology: Opportunities and policy implications. Strategic Change, 28(1), 9-17.
Park, S. and Park, H. (2019) Diffusion of cryptocurrencies: web traffic and social network attributes as indicators of cryptocurrency performance. Springer. Quality & Quantity.
Demertzis, M., Merler, S. and Wolff, G. (2018) Capital Markets Union and the Fintech Opportunity. Journal of Financial Regulation, 4(1), 157-165
Yermack, D. (2018) Fintech in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Has Worked Well, and What Hasn’t NBER Working Paper No. w25007
Gendron, Y. (2018) Beyond conventional boundaries: Corporate governance as inspiration for Critical accounting research Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Elsevier, vol. 55(C)
Lissowska, M. (2018) Crowdfunding – the Interplay between Evolving Organization and Embedding Institutions. Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium. p.5
Balboni, B., Gualandri, E., Kocollari, U., Pedrazzoli, A. and Venturelli, V. (2018) A Multidimensional Approach to Equity Crowdfunding: Bridging the Equity Gap and Boosting Social Capital. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, 389-407.
Firek, A.M., Warszawska, P. (2018) Real Estate Crowdfunding– Crowd as an alternative source for real estate financing .Rynek – Społeczeństwo – Kultura, Numer 3(24), 44-51.
Rubanov, P. (2018) Use of crowdfunding to finance the investment needs of small and medium-sized. Ukraine. Development of Small and Medium Enterprises: The Eu And East-Partnership Countries Experience. 38-47
Havrylchyk, O., Verdier, M. (2018). The Financial Intermediation Role of the P2P Lending Platforms. Comparative Economic Studies, 60(1).
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Kostal, K., Krupa, T., Gembec, M., Veres, I., Ries, M. and Kotuliak, I. (2018) On Transition between PoW and PoS. 2018 International Symposium ELMAR.
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Balleste, R., Hanlon, M. (2018) How blockchain technology can track humanity’s lunar heritage sites. The Space Review.
Jain, A., Tripathi, S., Dwivedi, H.D., Saxena, P. (2018) Forecasting Price of Cryptocurrencies using Tweets Sentiment Analysis. India. International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3).
Gjesvik, J.T., Hestmann, O. (2018) Facing the crowd – An assessment of credit quality in crowdlending platform portfolios. Norwegian School of Economics.
Havrylchyk, O. (2018) Regulatory framework for the loan-based crowdfunding platforms. OECD Economics Department Working Papers. p.11,12,13,16-19.
Čermáková, J. (2018) Credit Risk of P2P Lending on the Czech Market. Czech Republic. Charles University.
Novak, I., Knežević, B., Škrobot, P. (2018) SPORT AS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AND POSSIBILITY OF SELFINANCING THROUGHOUT CROWDFUNDING PLATFORMS. International Journal Vallis Aurea, 4(1).
Rijanto, A. (2018) Donation-based crowdfunding as corporate social responsibility activities and financing. Journal of General Management, 43(2), 79-88.
Lowies, B., Whait, R., Viljoen, C. and McGreal, S. (2018) Fractional ownership – an alternative residential property investment vehicle. Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 36(6), 513-522.
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Nigam, N., Mbarek, S., Benetti, C. (2018) Crowdfunding to finance eco-innovation: case studies from leading renewable energy platforms. Dans Journal of Innovation Economics & Management 2018/2(26). 195-219.
Masciandaro, D. (2018) Central Bank Digital Cash and Cryptocurrencies: Insights from a New Baumol-Friedman Demand for Money. Australian Economic Review, 51(4), 540-550.
Stratopoulos, T. (2018) Blockchain Technology Adoption. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Reinsberg, B. (2018) Blockchain technology and the governance of foreign aid. Journal of Institutional Economics, 1-17.
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Ito, K. and O’Dair, M. (2018) A Critical Examination of the Application of Blockchain Technology to Intellectual Property Management. Business Transformation through Blockchain, 317-335.
Vermeulen, E., Fenwick, M., Kaal, W. (2018) Why Blockchain will Disrupt Corporate Organizations – What Can be Learned from the Digital Transformation.The JBBA, 1(2), 91-100.
Yanik, S. and Kiliç, A. (2018) A Framework for the Performance Evaluation of an Energy Blockchain. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 521-543.
Walther, M. (2018) EU General Data Protection Regulation and Distributed Ledgers (Blockchain): Solutions to a Worst Case Scenario. Faculty of Economics, DHBW Stuttgart.
Sobey, A. (2018) Blockchain policy inertia: Where’s the disruption?. CUSPE Communications.
Masciandaro, D., Cillo, A., Borgonovo, E., Caselli, S. and Rabitti, G. (2018) Cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Digital Cash, Traditional Money: Does Privacy Matter?. BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 2018-95.
Kouhizadeh, M. and Sarkis, J. (2018) Blockchain Practices, Potentials, and Perspectives in Greening Supply Chains. Sustainability, 10(10), 3652.
Mosakheil, J.H. (2018) Security Threats Classification in Blockchains. St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. p.40.
Wibowo, S. and Hw, E. (2018). Blockchain Implementation Assessment Framework, Case Study of IoT LPWA Licensing in Indonesia. 2018 International Conference on ICT for Smart Society (ICISS).
O’Dair, M. (2018) Distributed Creativity. p.55-79,95-112.
Borgonovo, E., Cillo, A., Caselli, S. and Masciandaro, D. (2018) Between Cash, Deposit and Bitcoin: Would We Like a Central Bank Digital Currency? Money Demand and Experimental Economics. BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 2018-75.
Pastor, I.G., Olaso, J.R., Fuente, F. (2018) Unveiling the Opportunities of Using Blockchain in Project Management. 1st International Conference on Research and Education in Project Management – REPM 2018. 22-25.
Dunphy, P., Garratt, L., Petitcolas, F. (2018) Decentralizing Digital Identity: Open Challenges for Distributed Ledgers. Innovation Center, VASCO Data Security.
Tasca, P. (2018) Token-Based Business Models. Palgrave-Macmillan. Disrupting Finance: FinTech and Strategy in the 21st Century. 135-148.
Zīle, K. and Strazdiņa, R. (2018). Blockchain Use Cases and Their Feasibility. Applied Computer Systems, 23(1), 12-20.
Adams, W. (2018) Strategic Implications of Blockchain. BYU Marriott School.
Fenwick, M., Kaal, W. and Vermeulen, E. (2018) Why ‘Blockchain’ Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations. Lex Research Topics in Corporate Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2018-3.
KAFOL, C., BREGAR, A., TRILAR, J. (2018) Blockchain for Energy Utilities. DAAAM International Scientific Book, p.159-174.
Romero Ugarte, J. (2018) Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT): Introduction. Banco de Espana Article 19/18.
Brilliantova, V. and Thurner, T. (2018) Blockchain and the future of energy. Technology in Society.
Serrano-Calle, S. and Delarue, E. (2018) Smart Technologies Applied to the Energy Sector. Renewable Energy Expansion Strengthened by Digital Communications and Distributed Ledger Technologies?. Trento. 29th European Regional ITS Conference.
Temelkov, Z., Boshkov, T., Zezova, A. (2018) Alternative Financing Sources Supporting Smes Growth. SocioBrains, 2018(52), p. 232,233.
Garriga, M., Arias, M. and De Renzis, A. (2018) Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: A comparative framework of the main Architectural Drivers. Argentina. National Scientific and Technical Research Council.
Kukurba, M. and Waszkiewicz, A. (2018) Crowdfunding as a Form of Funding for Businesses in the Culturally-Changing Global Economy: A Literature Review. Journal of Intercultural Management, 10(2), 99-137.
Masciarelli, F., Pietro, F., Prencipe, A. (2018) Believe or not believe? The effect of local religion on individuals’ participation on crossregional reward-based crowdfunding projects. Copenhagen, DRUID18, Copenhagen Business School.
England, C., Fratrik, C. (2018) Where to Bitcoin?. The Journal of Private Enterprise, 33(1), 9–30.
Guzman, R.M. (2018) How Financial Tech Can Aid Financial Inclusion in Mexico. Cornell Policy Review.
Huang, Z., Chiu, C., Mo, S. and Marjerison, R. (2018) The nature of crowdfunding in China: initial evidence. Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 12(3), 300-322.
Jan, C. (2018) The Evolution of the Online Marketplace, and its Viability as an Institutional Asset Class. Harvard Kennedy School. p.19,28,30.
Saric, M.S., Pepur, S., Viskovic, J. (2018) State of the Early Stage Market in Croatia. International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development, 254-263.
MOLNÁR, J. (2018) What does financial intermediation theory tell us about fintechs?. Budapest Management Review.
Campbell-Verduyn, M. (2018) Bitcoin and Beyond: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchains, and Global Governance. Taylor & Francis.
Truby, J. (2018) Decarbonizing Bitcoin: Law and policy choices for reducing the energy consumption of Blockchain technologies and digital currencies. Energy Research & Social Science, 44, 399-410.
Demertzis, M., Merler, S. and Wolff, G. (2018) Capital Markets Union and the Fintech Opportunity. Journal of Financial Regulation, 4(1), 157-165.
Wu, K., Wheatley, S., Sornette, S. (2018) Classification of cryptocurrency coins and tokens by the dynamics of their market capitalisations. ETH Zurich.
Saad, M., Khormali, A. and Mohaisen, A. (2018) End-to-End Analysis of In-Browser Cryptojacking. University of Central Florida.
Tu, C., Odorico, P.D., Suweis, S. (2018) Critical slowing down associated with critical transition and risk of collapse in cryptocurrency. University of California, Berkeley.
Saad, M. and Mohaisen, A. (2018) Towards characterizing blockchain-based cryptocurrencies for highly-accurate predictions. IEEE INFOCOM 2018 – IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS).
Brown, K. (2018) Bitcoin and Ethereum: Empirical Evidence on Node Distribution. University of Colorado, Boulder.
Gao, W., Hatcher, W. and Yu, W. (2018) A Survey of Blockchain: Techniques, Applications, and Challenges. 2018 27th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN).
Alessandretti, L., ElBahrawy, A., Aiello, L. and Baronchelli, A. (2018) Anticipating Cryptocurrency Prices Using Machine Learning. Complexity, 2018, 1-16.
Paul, K. (2018) Ancient Artifacts vs. Digital Artifacts: New Tools for Unmasking the Sale of Illicit Antiquities on the Dark Web. Arts, 7(2), p.12.
Morency, D.S. (2018) Regulatory Implications of Cryptocurrency on The Bank Of England. Lehigh University.
Lustig, C. (2018) Algorithmic Authority of the Bitcoin Blockchain. UC Irvine.
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Regulatory and policy impact and citations
Regulatory and policy impact and citations from CCAF’s research.
Asian Development Bank Institute (2021) Digital transformation poses potential risks for stability and the financial industry
Asian Development Bank (2021) ADBI-Cambridge University Online Course on Fintech & Regulatory Innovation
The Government of the Bahamas (2020) The Digital Assets and Registered Exchanges Bill, 2020
Bank for International Settlements – Bank of England – Centre for Economic Policy Research (2020) Workshop on “Financial innovation: implications for competition, regulation and monetary policy”
Ministry of Finance, Japan (2020) An Overview of Online Alternative Finance: Public Policy Review, Vol.16, No. 4 [p.5/6/18]
Bank of England (2020) The impact of Covid on machine learning and data science in UK banking – Quarterly Bulletin 2020 Q4
World Bank (2020) Promoting Digital and Innovative SME Financing [p. vi/23-25/30-33/48-58/103-104]
Inter-American Development Bank (2020) Reporte Global de Benchmarking para Crowdfunding y Finanzas Alternativas: Una Visón Para América Latina y el Caribe
IFC Report No 10 (2020) Central banks and fintech data issues [p. 3/23]
IMF (2020) Filling the Gap: Digital Credit and Financial Inclusion [p. 2/4/7/29]
Bank for International Settlements (2020) The economic forces driving fintech adoption across countries [p. 3/4/7/11]
IFC Report No 12 (2020) Towards monitoring financial innovation in central bank statistics [p. iv/4/16/46/125]
Parliament of Australia (2020) Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology – Interim Report [p. 10/11/112]
CBI (2020) Reimagining regulation – Creating a framework fit for the future [p. 42]
Asian Development Bank Institute (2020) Macroeconomic Stabilization in the Digital Age [p. x/71/84]
Bank for International Settlements (2020) The dawn of fintech in Latin America: landscape, prospects and challenges [p. 31]
IMF (2020) FinTech in Europe: Promises and Threats WP/20/241 [p. 9-10/20/34-35]
European Parliament (2020) Regulatory Sandboxes and Innovation Hubs for FinTech: Impact on Innovation, Financial Stability and Supervisory Convergence [p. 5/20/24/56]
Financial Stability Board (2020) BigTech Firms in Finance in Emerging Market and Developing Economies: Market developments and potential financial stability implications [p. 9]
IMF (2020) Malaysia: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 20/58 [p. 21]
OECD (2020) Taxing Virtual Currencies: An Overview of Tax Treatments and Emerging Tax Policy Issues [p. 9/12/17/46-47/53/59]
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FSD Africa (2020) FinTech and Regulation: Thinking outside the (sand)box
Financial Stability Board (2020) Regulating fintech financing: digital banks and fintech platforms [p.4/5/34/35]
OECD (2020) Alternative Financing Instruments for ASEAN SMEs [p. 92-100/108-112/148-149/162]
IMF (2020) The Promise of Fintech: Financial Inclusion in the Post COVID-19 Era [p. v/vii/50/67]
Bank for International Settlements (2020) Leveraging technology to support supervision: challenges and collaborative solutions [p. 4]
Asian Development Bank Institute (2019) Regulating FinTech: Objectives, Principles and Practices [p. 6/7/8/9]
Bank of Greece (2019) A new European landscape towards a unified credit market and the role of the credit bureau
World Economic Forum (2019) As Big Tech gets into banking, these are the risks to watch out for
Financial Stability Board (2019) Global Monitoring Report on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation 2018 [p. 68]
Bank of France (2019) Financial regulation and supervision issues raised by the impact of tech firms on financial services [p. 6]
Deutsche Bundesbank (2019) Digitalization, competition and financial stability [p. 11]
HM Government UK (2019) Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches collaboration network in Chile
IMF – Asia and Pacific Department (2019) Strategy for Fintech Applications in the Pacific Island Countries [p. 53]
OECD (2019) Cryptoassets in Asia: Consumer attitudes, behaviours and experiences [p. 43-44]
World Bank (2019) Regulating Alternative Finance: Results From a Global Regulator Survey
Financial Stability Board (2019) BigTech in Finance: Market developments and potential financial stability implications [p. 13]
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (2019) Financial Stability Report, Volume 28 [p. 17]
Asian Development Bank Institute (2019) Optimal Regulation of P2P Lending for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [p. 2/6/12]
Nigeria SEC (2019) Report of the FinTech Roadmap Committee of the Nigerian Capital Market [p.13/14/52]
SUERF (2019) Towards a European Governance Framework for Cryptoassets [p. 3]
Financial Stability Board (2019) Evaluation of the effects of financial regulatory reforms on small and medium-sized enterprises: Consultative document [p. 17]
OECD (2019) Global Blockchain Policy Forum: The Policy Environment for Blockchain Innovation and Adoption
FCA UK (2019) FCA proposes ban on sale of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers
World Bank (2019) Keeping pace with alternative finance
Financial Stability Board (2019) FinTech and market structure in financial services: Market developments and potential financial stability implications [p. 24-25]
European Commission (2019) Creating a more competitive and innovative financial market
Institution of Civil Engineers (2019) ICE reponse to HM Treasury and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority consultation: Infrastructure Finance Review [p.7]
Bank for International Settlements (2019) Central banking and innovation: partners in the quest for financial inclusion [p. 7]
Deutsche Bundesbank (2019) Gathering Fintech Data Outside Statistical Departments: Summary of the IFC WG stock-taking exercise [p.10]
Financial Stability Board (2019) Decentralised financial technologies: Report on financial stability, regulatory and governance implications [p.15-19]
UNSGSA (2019) Early Lessons on Regulatory Innovations to Enable Inclusive FinTech: Innovation Offices, Regulatory Sandboxes, and Reg
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International Finance Corporation – World Bank (2019) Blockchain: opportunities for Private Enterprises in Emerging Markets [p.36,54]
European Commission (2018) Banking and Finance Newsletter: Crowdfunding
Bank for International Settlements, (2018) Defining and measuring fintech credit
House of Commons Treasury Committee, (2018) Government and Financial Conduct Authority Responses to the Committee’s Twenty-Fourth Report: SME Finance [p. 1/8]
Bank for International Settlements (2018) Fintech credit markets around the world: size, drivers and policy issues [p.31-32, 34-38, 40, 46]
National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association, Canada (2018) Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Launches Global Research to Provide the Most Comprehensive Research on Fintech Available Today
HM Treasury, UK (2018) Explanatory Memorandum on European Union Legislation [p.1]
House of Commons, Treasury Committee (2018) SME Finance Twenty-Fourth Report of Session 2017–19
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria (2018) A primer on peer-to-peer lending: immediate financial intermediation in practice [p.37-39, 48, 50]
United States Agency for International Development (2018) Primer On Blockchain [p.13, 19, 21]
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Center for Financial Innovation and Stability (2018) Consumer Credit, Blockchains, and Machine Learning
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2018) The Roles of Alternative Data and Machine Learning in Fintech Lending: Evidence from the Lending Club Consumer Platform
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2018) Do Fintech Lenders Penetrate Areas That Are Underserved by Traditional Banks?
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2018) Potential of financial technology in East and North-East Asia [p.1-2]
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2018) Financing for development in Asia and the Pacific [p.19, 44]
World Bank (2018) Crowdfunding’s Potential in The Caribbean A Preliminary Assessment [p.7, 19, 31, 33, 117-118]
World Bank (2018) Crowdfunding Has Potential for the Caribbean – Under the Right Conditions
ASEAN (2018) Handbook for MSME Access to Alternative Sources of Finance in ASEAN [p.14, 72]
UNSGSA (2018) Seizing Fintech’s Potential for Financial Inclusion
OECD (2018) Recent Trends in SME and Entrepreneurship Finance [p.58-59]
OECD (2018) Regulatory Framework for the Loan-Based Crowdfunding Platforms [p.12-13, 16-19, 27, 41]
OECD (2018) Blockchain Technology and Corporate Governance [p.12-13, 30]
Bank of Finland (2018) Crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending
ADBI-Bank of Thailand Conference on Innovative Finance for Future Growth (2018) Trends in P2P Consumer Lending
CMVM-I Conference of Crowdfunding (2018) Alternative Finance Market Data
Alliance for Financial Inclusion (2018) Arab policymakers and regulators, AMF, GIZ, AFI, World Bank Group to launch FinTech Symposium and Arab FinTech Agenda
OECD (2018) Workshop on Digital Financial Assets: Opportunities and Challenges
OECD, Greg Medcraft, Director, Financial & Enterprise Affairs (2018) The Global Forces Shaping Finance – Keynote address by Greg Medcraft
British Embassy Santiago and Department for International Trade Chile (2018) UK Cambridge fintech experts visit Chile to share regulatory expertise
OECD, (2017) Boosting Productivity in Switzerland; Economics Department Working Papers No. 1443 [p. 48]
World Bank, (2017) Crowdfunding’s Potential in The Caribbean: A Preliminary Assessment [p.6-7/19/31-33/117-118]
Federal Reserve – USA (2017) Report to the Congress on the Availability of Credit to Small Businesses [p.49]
Financial Stability Board-BIS (2017) Regulatory and Supervisory Issues from FinTech
Reserve Bank of Australia (2017) The Availability of Business Finance
Governor of the Central Bank of Chile (2017) FinTech and the Future of Central Banking: A Latin American Perspective
Financial Stability Board-BIS (2017) FinTech credit – Market structure, business models and financial stability implications [p.6-10, 16, 18-19, 21, 41-42]
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (2017) Asia’s Fintech Revolution
SEACEN (2017) Policy Summit on Shadow Banking and its Financial Stability Implications
FSD Africa (2017) Enterprise Finance in Africa: Learning from New Trends Opportunities and Challenges in Europe and the United States
Australian Government, Treasury (2017) Australia grows to become Asia-Pacific’s second largest alternative finance market
IFC, SME Finance Forum (2017) Africa and Middle East Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) (2017) Research Report on Financial Technologies (Fintech) [p.10, 12, 14, 16, 67]
BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation (2017) The Never-Ending European Credit Data Mess [p.74]
European Investment Bank Institute (2017) Alternative Finance Forum: Fintech, Social Finance and More
Bank of Israel (2017) What is Marketplace Lending? How is it Different from Banks?
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Alliance for Financial Inclusion (2017) Sharing AFI’s lessons on FinTech and de-risking through peer-learning in the Caribbean
IMF (2017) Linkages between Financial Services and Economic Activity in Rwanda [p.15]
OECD (2017) Reviving Productive Investment in Estonia [p.23]
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Mark Carney, Bank of England (2017) The promise of FinTech – something new under the sun?
UK Parliament (2016) Financial Technology (FinTech) [p.5]
OECD (2016) E-Platforms – Conceptual and Measurement Issues [p.12]
World Bank (2016) Global symposium for financial inclusion
Inter-American Development Bank (2016) Alternative finance (crowdfunding) regulation in Latin America and the Caribbean [p. 1-2, 16, 24-25]
FCA UK (2016) Call for input to the post-implementation review of the FCA’s crowdfunding rules
US Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy – Economic Research Series (2016) What is alternative finance?
European Commission (2016) Crowdfunding in the EU capital markets
FSD Africa (2016) Crowdfunding on the move: approaching P2P market regulation in East Africa
Bank of England – Staff Working Papers, No.598 (2016) Peer-to-peer lending and financial innovation in the United Kingdom
European Credit Research Institute (2016) The business models and economics of peer-to-peer lending [p.7,14]
Reserve Bank of India (2016) Consultation on P2P lending [p.15-16]
UNDP (2016) UNDP Alternative Financing Lab – the next big thing is a lot of small (and smart things)!
UK Parliament (2016) Parliamentary Business [p.78]
Reserve Bank of New Zealand (2016) Disruption or distraction? How digitisation is changing New Zealand banks and core banking systems [p.10]
Jonathan Bone and Peter Baeck, Nesta (2016) crowdfunding Good Causes Opportunities and challenges for charities, community groups and social entrepreneurs
HM Treasury, UK (2015) ISA qualifying investments: consultation on whether to include investment-based crowdfunding
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) (2015) Crowdfunding (2015 survey responses report)
Working Party No.2 on Competition & Regulation, OECD (2015) Hearing on disruptive innovation in the financial sector [p.9]
Italian Ministry of Economic Development (2015) Annual report on innovative startups and SMEs [p.97, 104]
European Institute of Financial Regulation (2015) Moving mainstream – the European alternative finance benchmarking report
Department for Business Innovation and Skills, UK (2015) Small business investment: equity tracker
European Commission (2015) The European Crowdfunding Stakeholder Forum
FCA, UK (2015) A review of the regulatory regime for crowdfunding and the promotion of non-readily realizable securities by other media [p.3-5, 8]
British Business Bank (2015) Small business finance markets 2014 [p.54]
Managed Funds Association (2014) Understanding Alternative Finance: The UK Alternative Finance Industry Report (NESTA, University of Cambridge)
European Commission (2014) Exchange of good practice: encouraging female entrepreneurship
US Congress letter to SEC (2013) Crowdfunding, proposed rules, 78 Fed. Reg. 66,428
UK Parliament, Hansard (2013) Crowdfunding and the FCA, Column 246WH & Column 248WH
Citations to our work
Chicago Booth Future of Financial Services Initiative (2016) The future of financial services: marketplace lending: the challenges and opportunities posed by alternative lenders. London, June 2016
European Commission Crowdfunding in the EU Capital Markets Union, Brussels, May 2016
Bank of England Peer-to-peer lending and financial innovation in the United Kingdom, April 2016
European Commission European Crowdfunding Stakeholders Forum – third meeting, March 2015
Financial Conduct Authority A review of the regulatory regime for crowdfunding and the promotion of non-readily realisable securities by other media, Feb 2015
Financial Conduct Authority The FCA’s regulatory approach to crowdfunding over the internet, and the promotion of non-readily realisable securities by other media Feedback to CP13/13 and final rules, March 2014