K. Thomas Liaw is a Professor of Finance in the Economics and Finance Department at St. John's University, New York, USA.

Part 1: Fintech Innovations and Trends Chapter 1: Fintech Innovations and Financial Markets: An Introduction Chapter 2: Fintech Venture Capital Chapter 3: The Future of Finance: Why Regulation Matters Chapter 4: Digital Currencies: What Role in Our Financial System? Part 2: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Chapter 5: Decentralized Autonomous Risk Transfer on the Blockchain Chapter 6: Distributed Ledger Technologies for FinTech: Principles and Applications Chapter 7: Initial Coin Offerings: A Statistical Analysis of the Main Characteristics Chapter 8: Initial Coin Offerings: a New Trend in the Market Chapter 9: Price Discovery in the Bitcoin Futures and Cash Markets Chapter 10: Trading and Regulation of Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins and other Cryptoassets Chapter 11: Cryptoassets and Financial Crime: a European Union Perspective Part 3: Fintech in Banking Chapter 12: Fintechs: Unbundling to Rebundling in the Open Industry of Banking Chapter 13: Is Fintech a Threat or a Promise to Banks? Chapter 14: Virtual Rush: The Race for Virtual Banks in the Asia-Pacific Region Chapter 15: The Restructure of China's Banking Industry by Artificial Intelligence and Fintech Part 4: Fintech in Payments and Lending Chapter 16: Consumer Payment Preferences and the Impact of Technology and Regulation: Insights from the Visa Payment Panel Study Chapter 17: Meet People Where They Are: Buidling Formal Credit Using Informal Financial Traditions Chapter 18: Peer-to-Peer Lending Risk Management Part 5: Fintech in Other Financial Services Chapter 19: Rethinking Automated Investment Adviser Disclosure Chapter 20: Market Risk for Robot Advisory Chapter 21: Financial Technology in the U.S. Municipal Fixed Income Market Chapter 22: Proptech: The Real Estate Industry in Transition Part 6: Fintech Regulatory Issues Chapter 23: Machine Learning Implications for Banking Regulations Chapter 24: Regulating Fintech in Canada and the United States: Comparison, Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 25: Cryptocurrency Market Reactions to Regulatory News