Banking FinTech and stock market volatility? The BIZUM case

Abstract This paper investigates whether and how the adoption of FinTech by incumbent banks affects their stock price volatility. BIZUM, a Spanish FinTech real-time digital payment solution was adopted by incumbent banks in 2016 and therefore provides new evidence of real-world ex-post implementatio...

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Autores: Arenas, Laura, Vizuete Luciano, Emilio, Gil Lafuente, Anna Maria
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/221821
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221821
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pagament
Borsa de valors
Mercat financer
Payment
Stock-exchange
Financial market
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Sumario:Abstract This paper investigates whether and how the adoption of FinTech by incumbent banks affects their stock price volatility. BIZUM, a Spanish FinTech real-time digital payment solution was adopted by incumbent banks in 2016 and therefore provides new evidence of real-world ex-post implementation. The results indicate that the adoption of BIZUM by incumbent banks had a significant effect, reducing their stock price volatility after it was launched. This finding suggests that investors were informed of and acknowledged the advantages of BIZUM, thus, use their adoption of FinTech Start-up strategy to offset adverse market circumstances. This paper provides insights for investors and international institutions regarding the role of the pricing of banking related assets, implications for incumbent banks whose portfolios are exposed to investments in disruptive technology and for banking regulators and authorities vis-à-vis risk related considerations of the adoption by banks of FinTech strategies.