The 2026 State of Open Source in Financial Services
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Forensic Auditing and Money Laundering Prevention: Perceptions and Challenges in Professional Accounting Practice
A total of 70 out of 125 contacted professionals in the canton of Loja participated in the quantitative study on forensic auditing.
Money Laundering in Crypto-Assets: Ecuadorian Notarial Regulation Challenges
Property and mercantile registrars were incorporated as obliged entities under Resolution No. UAF-DG-2011-0062.
Financial Data Analytics Without Identification: A Structured Review of a Fragmenting Field
The systematic review analyzed a corpus of 224 in-scope studies on financial data analytics published between 2020 and 2026.
Examining the Digital Products and Technologies Currently Being Used by Commercial Banks in Resource-Constrained Environments: A Case of Uganda
Only 39% of the banking population in Uganda actively engages in digital banking services despite electronic banking being introduced in 1997.
Project Finance as a Tool for Mobilizing Private Capital into United States Power Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence Data Centers
Data centers in the United States consumed approximately 176 TWh in 2023, representing 4.4 percent of national electricity consumption.
Celebrity Investments in Start-ups and Their Implications: A Study of the Indian Context
Indian celebrities are actively transitioning from traditional brand ambassadors to strategic equity investors and co-founders in startups.
Sustainability Investing in Family Offices: Evidence from Singapore
Family offices globally manage an estimated US$10 trillion in assets, with total sector numbers ranging from 8,000 to 17,000.
Green Climate Fund and Eurasian Economic Union: Towards Convergent Interaction of Member States in Climate Finance Area
Kyrgyzstan committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by almost 16 % by 2030 under its Nationally Determined Contribution.
DealsFlow: An Evidence-Gated Agentic Harness for Venture Capital Deal Triage
DealsFlow is an agentic triage system for venture capital pitch decks built on the principle that the LLM reads and scores categories while deterministic code aggregates, caps, and only ever lowers scores.
Financing the Renewable Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of Investment Instruments, Market Models and Institutional Constraints
An initial database search yielded 198 records concerning renewable energy financing in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Islamic Financial Technology and Startup Financing
Islamic crowdfunding currently accounts for only 3-5% of total FinTech funding in the Arab Gulf region.
AI Investment and the UK Startup Ecosystem: Competing with Silicon Valley in the Age of Generative AI
UK AI venture financing registered a compounding annual growth rate exceeding 25% between 2016 and 2023.
Investor Transition Histories and the Timing of Follow-on Investor Entry in Early-Stage Healthcare Ventures
The study examines 744 early-stage healthcare ventures entering private financing between 2011–2024.
The Relationship between Venture Capital Dimensions and Innovation Performance among Start-Ups in the Eastern Cape
Formal venture capital investment in the Eastern Cape accounts for <5% of South Africa's total venture capital deal flow.
Islamic Venture Capital and Private Equity in Malaysia: Towards an Integrated Jurisprudential Framework
The global Islamic financial services industry reached USD 3.88 trillion in total assets according to the IFSB Stability Report 2025.
Debt Crowdfunding Growth and MSME Credit Risk in Indonesia's Sustainable Digital Economy
Outstanding P2P loans in Indonesia grew by 29.1% from Rp 59.64 trillion in December 2023 to Rp 77.02 trillion in December 2024.
Cryptocurrency Regulation: A Descriptive Case Study on the Policies of India, Vietnam, and the Republic of the Philippines
Cryptocurrency reached an estimated market capitalization of 3.9 trillion USD in 2025, driving high adoption in lower-middle income countries.
The Feasibility Study as a Financing Prerequisite in Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Review of Development-Fund Requirements and a Practical Framework for Investors
The Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) provides loan shares of 50%, 60%, and 75% based on city category, with loan tenors reaching up to 15 to 20 years.
Research on the Financing Status, Dilemmas, and Optimization Paths of Low-Altitude Economy Enterprises under the Digital Economy
China's low-altitude economy market reached 505.95 billion yuan in 2023 and expanded to 670.25 billion yuan in 2024, with projections of 1.5 trillion yuan in 2025 and over 3.5 trillion yuan by 2035.
The Legal Legitimacy of Cross-Border RWA Financing: Challenges and Responses
The research analyzes cross-border Real-World Asset (RWA) financing structures originating in Mainland China and issued via a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in Hong Kong.
Unbalanced Governance of Climate Funding Instruments: A Global South Perspective
The Baku to Belém Roadmap aims to mobilize at least $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 and triple adaptation finance.
From Digital Transactions to Formal Credit: A Review of FinTech-Enabled MSME Financing in India
The study gathers primary data using a structured questionnaire administered to a sample size of 100 respondents from MSMEs.
Dynamics and Fragilities of the Moroccan Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: From Seeding to Sustainable Growth
Morocco's National Entrepreneurship Context Index (NECI) score declined from 4.3 to 3.9 during the 2024–2025 period.
Financing the Energy Transition: Assessing the Macroeconomic Determinants of Carbon Finance Adoption in Emerging Markets
Global climate finance reached approximately USD 1.46 trillion in 2022 according to Climate Policy Initiative estimates.
What Makes Banks Approve Loans for Family Business Succession?
A study of 95 experienced bank loan officers across six major Belgian banks evaluated what drives approvals for family business succession loans.
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Subsidized Credit Facilities on Business Operating Capital and Production Growth in Selected Towns
The study surveyed 107 agribusiness respondents across Choma, Kalomo, and Lusaka to assess how subsidized credit facilities impact working capital and production growth.
The Effect of E-Wallet, QRIS, and Digital Accounting Utilization on the Financial Management Quality of MSMEs in Medan City 2024–2025
A survey of 150 MSME owners and managers in Medan City evaluated the adoption of digital financial tools and their effect on financial management quality across 2024–2025.
Current Strategies for Financing Enterprise Development: An Innovative and Harmonious Approach
Asset tokenization serves as a digital financing mechanism converting real asset rights into blockchain-based tokens (page 2).
The Role of Firm Age in Moderating the Effect of Underwriter Reputation and Firm Size on Underpricing in IPO Companies for the Period 2021-2024
Underpricing dominated Indonesian IPOs during 2021–2024 at 76.08% of companies, while overpricing accounted for 21.53% and fair pricing for 2.89%.