About the Journal

Aims

The Journal of Financial Ecosystems advances research on the relationships among financial institutions, markets, technology providers, regulators, businesses and users of financial services. It examines how these relationships shape financial intermediation, access to finance, resource allocation and the resilience and inclusiveness of financial systems.

The journal adopts an ecosystem perspective that connects institutional behaviour and financial innovation with the wider arrangements in which they operate. It welcomes research across established and emerging financial systems, including comparative studies that explain how regulatory, technological and institutional conditions influence financial outcomes.

Scope

Topics of interest include:

  • Banking systems, financial intermediation and relationships among financial institutions.
  • Fintech, open banking, digital payments and financial platforms.
  • Financial regulation, supervision, systemic risk and financial stability.
  • Financial inclusion, microfinance, financial literacy and the use of financial services.
  • Sustainable finance, climate-related financial risks and the financing of transition.
  • Islamic financial institutions, instruments and market relationships.
  • Capital markets, market infrastructure and the allocation of finance.
  • Corporate financing, access to capital and relationships between businesses and financial providers.
  • Data, AI and digital innovation in financial decision-making and service provision.

Contributions and Scope Boundaries

The journal welcomes original empirical research, theoretical and conceptual contributions, rigorous reviews and comparative or policy-oriented studies. Contributions should identify a financial mechanism or outcome and explain its relationship to the institutions, markets, networks or regulatory arrangements under investigation. Research on a single institution is appropriate when it establishes a meaningful connection to this wider context.

A financial-sector setting alone does not establish suitability. Studies of bank employees, organisational culture or technology adoption must make a substantive contribution to financial intermediation, financial behaviour, financial risk, access or system functioning. Purely technical models should demonstrate financial relevance beyond predictive accuracy or computational performance.

Publication and editorial information

Published by CalbisPress. Editor-in-Chief: Tamer Aksoy.

Gold Open Access; quarterly publication in January, April, July and October, with the first issue scheduled for January 2027. No submission or article processing charges currently apply. Articles are published under CC BY 4.0; authors retain copyright.

Submissions undergo editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two independent reviewers.

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