Fintech: Current trends and challenges for monetary policy

Abstract

The article describes the features of the current stage of development of financial technologies. This process has become a reaction to the post-crisis tightening of regulatory requirements for traditional financial institutions and increasing credit risks. The introduction of financial technologies that broaden the availability of financial services not only creates conditions for increasing business activity, but also forms challenges for traditional banks and monetary authorities. The article discusses the risks of the evolving digital (cashless) society, as well as the possibility and consequences of the emergence of central banks’ digital money.