Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

The challenge of regulating alternative forms of finance

Eugenia Macchiavello (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

322 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-65279-8 (ISBN)

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Following the recent global financial crisis there is a growing interest in alternative finance – and microfinance in particular – as new instruments for providing financial services in a socially responsible way or as an alternative to traditional banking. Nonetheless, correspondingly there is also a lack of clarity about how to regulate alternative financial methods particularly in light of the financial crisis’ lessons on regulatory failure and shadow banking’s risks.

This book considers microfinance from a legal and regulatory perspective. Microfinance is the provision of a wide range of financial services, particularly credit but also remittances, savings, to low-income people or financially excluded people. It combines a business structure with social inspiration, often resorts to technological innovations to lower costs (Fintech: e.g. crowdfunding and mobile banking) and merges with traditional local experiences (e.g. financial cooperatives and Islamic finance), this further complicating the regulatory picture. The book describes some of the unique dimensions of microfinance and the difficulties that this can cause for regulators, through a comparative analysis of selected European Union (EU) countries’ regimes. The focus is in fact on the EU legal framework, with some references to certain developing world experiences where relevant. The book assesses the impact and validity of current financial regulation principles and rules, in light of the most recent developments and trends in financial regulation in the wake of the financial crisis and compares microfinance with traditional banking. The book puts forward policy recommendations for regulators and policy makers to help address the challenges and opportunities offered by microfinance.

Eugenia Macchiavello is a Lecturer/Adjunct Professor in Banking Law at the University of Genoa and Senior Research Fellow at the Genoa Centre for Law and Finance.

Introduction and executive summary. Microfinance and its "dimensions" Part I. Description of Microfinance: a creature of chameleonic nature 1. New frontiers and objectives of financial regulation 2. Microcredit and Microfinance: general characteristics Part II. Analysis of Microfinance "Dimensions" from a regulatory point of view 3. Dimension I: Microfinance as multi-facets creature: the legal enigma and different levels of regulation 4. Dimension II: the social objective within the business structure and social effectiveness 5. Dimension III: economic sustainability/effectiveness 6. Dimension IV: Microfinance as an alternative to traditional banking with "peculiar" instruments. The fundamental problem of regulating microfinance 7. Dimension V: Microfinance as an innovative chameleon: the ability to take advantage of new technologies 8. Dimension VI: Microfinance as a responsible activity: client protection without curtailing access 9. Final Conclusions

Erscheinungsdatum	24.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law
Zusatzinfo	4 Tables, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	566 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Bank- und Kapitalmarktrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
ISBN-10	1-138-65279-2 / 1138652792
ISBN-13	978-1-138-65279-8 / 9781138652798
Zustand	Neuware