Area: Finance
Cashless Payments: Faster Transactions, Easier Borrowing and Increased Household Income
System provides digital record of payments for India’s vast self-employed ranks, satisfying lenders, and raising the likelihood of starting a business
Can Banks, Disrupted by Fintech, Adopt New Habits, Too?
In China, patent data shows commercial banks’ use of new technologies helps improve efficiency and reduce risk
Calculating a Value for the Government Support Banks Enjoy
Researchers’ model could quantify the risks in the growing movement to ease up on Dodd-Frank regulations
Bringing a Sharper Focus to the Study of the Decline of Investment Diversification
Research measures the impact of global economic factors on returns
Borrowings Suggest Small Company Owners Face Higher Risk
Analysis uses business credit card loans to gauge market perception
Boom of Intangible Assets Felt Across Industries and Economy
Rethinking issues around productivity, income inequality and industry concentration
Behind the Annuity Conundrum: The Belief They’re Unfair
Researchers find little commonality among haters of the difficult-to-sell retirement products, except when discussing fairness
Banks, Freed to Operate Across State Lines, Helped Stabilize the Economy
Lenders financed expansion in some markets, offsetting problems in others
Banks Transmit Financial Shocks, Including from Natural Disasters
How a localized flood may result in fewer loans to a far-off community
Banks Rent Out Their Balance Sheets — So Derivatives Cost More
Even before Dodd-Frank rules, the costs were significant
As Passive Investing Spreads, Overall Market Becomes Less Competitive
Active investors take up some — but not all — of the slack created by index funds
Are Interest Rates Really So Low?
Adjusting for inflation — and, crucially, for taxes — shows bond investors fare better than they might think
Addressing Its Lack of an ID System, India Registers 1.2 Billion in a Decade
Digital identity used in nearly every realm of life
Adapting Value Investing to the 21st Century
Including intangible assets in book value vastly improves the strategy’s returns
Across 145 Years and 17 Countries, a Common Thread in Risky Credit Booms
Do investors misprice assets, revise their risk appetite or make some other misjudgment?
A Solution to the Debate over Momentum’s Cause?
Investors may underreact when information arrives in small, continuous bits