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20 Eur. Bus. Org. L. Rev. 1 (2019)

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European Business Organization Law Review (2019) 20:1-4
https://doi.org/1 0.1007/s40804-019-00140-4

EDI TORIAL


Editorial


Emilios Avgouleas'   '2,3,4 Iris H-Y Chiu5 - Pierre Schamma6

Published online: 19 February 2019
©T.M.C. Asser Press 2019



Since the great financial crisis in 2008 and the near collapse of the global financial
system, two  themes  have  dominated  policy-making,  law reform  and  the academic
debate: taming  systemic risk and harnessing technological innovation. Both  themes
have been  incredibly complex and multi-faceted and to some  extent inter-linked. The
promise  of technological innovation  in terms of more  efficient, speedier and more
cost-effective markets has been great from the outset. Even more  so since the recent
emergence   of financial technology firms (Fintechs) which have  made  great inroads
in the payments  sector. The same  applies to the application of new  technology  in
the sphere of financial intermediation by means  of new business  models/techniques
such  as peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, crowdfunding   platforms, or the emergence   of
initial coin offerings (ICOs) as part of the controversial cryptoassets industry. Great
are also the risks and perils emanating  from  these rapid developments,  especially
risks to the consumer, the integrity of financial markets, and the protection of finan-
cial user data from commercial  exploitation or worse, e.g., behavioural profiling in
the context of loan approvals.
   Today, the combination  of financial and technology innovation is experienced by
consumers  and  markets mainly  in the form of: (a) the provision of automated invest-
ment  advice (or robo-advice); (b) the use of algorithmic  and artificial intelligence


E   Pierre Schammo
    pierre.schammo@durham.ac.uk
    Emilios Avgouleas
    emilios.avgouleas@ed.ac.uk
    Iris H-Y Chiu
    hse-yu.chiu@ucl.ac.uk

    Chair in International Banking Law and Finance, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2   Member, Stakeholder Group, European Banking Authority, London, UK

3   Visiting Research Professor, Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong,
    People's Republic of China
4   Senior Fellow and Visiting Professor, School of European Political Economy, LUISS, Rome,
    Italy
5   Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, University College London, London, UK
6   Reader in Law, Durham University, School of Law, Durham, UK


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