Arbeitspapier

Financial intermediation and technology: What's old, what's new?

We study the effects of technological change on financial intermediation, distinguishing between innovations in information (data collection and processing) and communication (relationships and distribution). Both follow historic trends towards an increased use of hard information and less inperson interaction, which are accelerating rapidly. We point to more recent innovations, such as the combination of data abundance and artificial intelligence, and the rise of digital platforms. We argue that in particular the rise of new communication channels can lead to the vertical and horizontal disintegration of the traditional bank business model. Specialized providers of financial services can chip away activities that do not rely on access to balance sheets, while platforms can interject themselves between banks and customers. We discuss limitations to these challenges, and the resulting policy implications.

ISBN
978-92-899-4081-8
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 2438

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Financial Institutions and Services: General
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Central Banks and Their Policies
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Thema
Financial Intermediation
Financial Innovation
Fintech
Information
Communication

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Boot, Arnoud W. A.
Hoffmann, Peter
Laeven, Luc
Ratnovski, Lev
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
European Central Bank (ECB)
(wo)
Frankfurt a. M.
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.2866/73816
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Boot, Arnoud W. A.
  • Hoffmann, Peter
  • Laeven, Luc
  • Ratnovski, Lev
  • European Central Bank (ECB)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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