Papers by Antonios Kalaitzakis
During the past few years, with the use and availability of the internet exponentially increasing... more During the past few years, with the use and availability of the internet exponentially increasing, many sectors, including banking, undergo a rapid and often abrupt change in the way they operate. Technological innovations, along with changes to the preferences of the modern customer open up the way to a digitalised world. Banking services and delivery channels go through an enormous shift from traditional non-digitalised processes supported by bank employees, to fully online and self- serviced; rendering physical branches and employees vastly redundant. This research aims to examine this evolution by analysing the technological and sociological factors that have contributed to it, including advances in mobile telephony and online data management, as well as customer trends of reducing visits to physical branches and liaising with bank employees.
This thesis further illustrates how, with the use of cloud technology, big data analysis and internet of things devices, the transformation of financial institutions fostered the rise of tech-savvy start-ups, which are widely known as fintech companies. It also examines the effort made by traditional banking institutions to catch up with this new environment, by introducing mobile banking services that substitute their physical services. This thesis will also analyse some of the novel services provided by these start-ups including new ways of account management, mobile payments and wallets, cryptocurrency trading, P2P lending, AI robots, etc. Lastly, this research analyses the demographic characteristics of the customers adopting these novel services, as well as the regulations applied in the EU and UK in which financial and non-financial institutions operate in.
The research concludes that the future of banking is characterised by innovative services and products offered online which, however, would need to be supported by a regulatory framework, able to eliminate entry barriers for newcomers in the banking sector.
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Papers by Antonios Kalaitzakis
This thesis further illustrates how, with the use of cloud technology, big data analysis and internet of things devices, the transformation of financial institutions fostered the rise of tech-savvy start-ups, which are widely known as fintech companies. It also examines the effort made by traditional banking institutions to catch up with this new environment, by introducing mobile banking services that substitute their physical services. This thesis will also analyse some of the novel services provided by these start-ups including new ways of account management, mobile payments and wallets, cryptocurrency trading, P2P lending, AI robots, etc. Lastly, this research analyses the demographic characteristics of the customers adopting these novel services, as well as the regulations applied in the EU and UK in which financial and non-financial institutions operate in.
The research concludes that the future of banking is characterised by innovative services and products offered online which, however, would need to be supported by a regulatory framework, able to eliminate entry barriers for newcomers in the banking sector.
This thesis further illustrates how, with the use of cloud technology, big data analysis and internet of things devices, the transformation of financial institutions fostered the rise of tech-savvy start-ups, which are widely known as fintech companies. It also examines the effort made by traditional banking institutions to catch up with this new environment, by introducing mobile banking services that substitute their physical services. This thesis will also analyse some of the novel services provided by these start-ups including new ways of account management, mobile payments and wallets, cryptocurrency trading, P2P lending, AI robots, etc. Lastly, this research analyses the demographic characteristics of the customers adopting these novel services, as well as the regulations applied in the EU and UK in which financial and non-financial institutions operate in.
The research concludes that the future of banking is characterised by innovative services and products offered online which, however, would need to be supported by a regulatory framework, able to eliminate entry barriers for newcomers in the banking sector.