IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/jecsur/v40y2026i2p839-860.html

Financial Technology in Transition: Trends, Development, and Ways Forward

Author

Listed:
  • Abhijit Ranjan Das
  • Abhijit Chakraborty
  • Nisha Goyal
  • Priyanka Roy

Abstract

FinTech has emerged as a transformative force, reshaping the financial landscape. Given the dearth of comprehensive summaries of FinTech research, this systematic literature review (SLR) is complemented by a bibliometric review that presents quantitative and qualitative insights into the existing knowledge in this domain. In this literature review, the study applied the Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Review (SPAR‐4‐SLR) methodology. After using the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the study considered 1016 published articles from the Scopus database from 2000 to 2024. To identify the most influential research articles in FinTech, the study used citation network, co‐citation network, and trend analysis. Applying bibliometric analysis, the study identified the most prolific journals, authors, countries, and themes in FinTech research. Additionally, content analysis was conducted on 187 highly cited articles and eight distinct clusters were identfied. In the content analysis, emerging themes were identified, including FinTech and its relation to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), financial inclusion, and sustainability. The study provides valuable insights for academics, policymakers, and regulators to gain a thorough understanding of the FinTech landscape and identify areas for further investigation.

Suggested Citation

  • Abhijit Ranjan Das & Abhijit Chakraborty & Nisha Goyal & Priyanka Roy, 2026. "Financial Technology in Transition: Trends, Development, and Ways Forward," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(2), pages 839-860, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecsur:v:40:y:2026:i:2:p:839-860
    DOI: 10.1111/joes.70029
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.70029
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/joes.70029?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:jecsur:v:40:y:2026:i:2:p:839-860. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0950-0804 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.