01883cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF019145 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498303248 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Berkmen, Pelin. Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean : Stocktaking / Pelin Berkmen, Kimberly Beaton, Dmitry Gershenson, Javier Arze del Granado. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (53 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financial technology has been growing rapidly and is on the agenda of many policy makers. Fintech provides opportunities to deepen financial development, competition, innovation, and inclusion in the region but also creates new and only partially understood risks to consumers and the financial system. This paper documents the evolution of fintech in LAC. In particular, the paper focuses on financial development, fintech landscape for domestic and cross border payments and alternative financing, cybersecurity, financial integrity and stability risks, regulatory responses, and considerations for central bank digital currencies. Mode of access: Internet Arze del Granado, Javier. Beaton, Kimberly. Gershenson, Dmitry. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/071 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/071/001.2019.issue-071-en.xml IMF e-Library