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Financial technology (Fintech) in the Arab countries challenges and opportunities

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Economic topics.

Abstract

The modern financial technology market "Fintech" has witnessed remarkable growth in recent years, as the total investments in financial technologies worldwide increased from 19 billion dollars in 2013 to nearly 130 billion dollars during the first half of 2019.
This research aimed to shed light on one of the important topics, which is fintech in the Arab countries, focusing on Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and to identify the most important opportunities and challenges. the research presents the review of the previous studies in this field and make a positive contribution to understanding of Fintech and its importance and the future of it in Arab countries.
The research concluded that fintech is growing in Arab countries and has many opportunities although it faces some challenges, but the chances of proliferation depend on a number of initiatives by countries to encourage regulatory environment and encouraging SMEs not only to start but also to stay and grow.

DOI

10.21608/espesl.2022.155565.1020

Keywords

Financial Technology, FinTech, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Authors

First Name

Walaa

Last Name

Magdy Rezk

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Economics, Financial Sciences Department, The Applied College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O.BOX 1982 Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.

Email

walaa.magdy.rezk1982@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-6968-977X

First Name

Mona

Last Name

Halim

MiddleName

Aboul Atta

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Economics, Financial Sciences Department, The Applied College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O.BOX 1982Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.

Email

mahalim@iau.edu.sa

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-

Orcid

0000-0001-9075-2801

Volume

113

Article Issue

547

Related Issue

38250

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-08-13

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

33

Page End

62

Print ISSN

0013-239X

Online ISSN

2812-5606

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https://espesl.journals.ekb.eg/article_274562.html

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2,208

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Publication Title

L' Egypte Contemporaine

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https://espesl.journals.ekb.eg/

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Financial technology (Fintech) in the Arab countries challenges and opportunities

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Created At

23 Jan 2023