Project description
A framework for measuring the FinTech regulatory sandbox
The expansion of FinTech poses challenges to existing regulations. To address this, the FinTech regulatory sandbox (FRSB) aims to balance innovation, financial stability, and consumer protection. However, FRSB adoption and development vary across EU countries and require further exploration. With this in mind, the EU-funded FIRSA project will develop a comprehensive measurement framework for FRSBs in the EU. This framework will include de facto measures and will be organised in three stages. The project’s findings will be shared through a dedicated website, offering valuable information for policymakers, businesses, and researchers. This centralised information hub will improve market efficiency by providing insights into regulatory sandbox practices and characteristics, helping innovative firms make informed decisions.
Objective
The growth and spread of FinTech has created complex challenges that have placed a significant burden on current regulatory frameworks. In response to the need to balance the promotion of innovation with the maintenance of financial stability and the protection of consumers, one institutional innovation the FinTech regulatory sandbox (FRSB) has gained traction to meet these challenges. However, the trajectories of adoption and the level of development of FRSBs vary significantly among EU countries in ways that remain underexplored. The FIRSA project aims to fill this gap by offering a multidimensional measurement framework of FRSBs in the EU to develop a greater understanding of their differences, relative strengths and weaknesses, and the mechanisms that lead to their implementation. Whereas existing comparative studies on FRSBs have focused on their de jure characteristics, this project will include de facto measures and will be organized in three interlocked stages. Stage one will output a measurement framework of FRSB development in the EU. Stage two will create a typology of FRSBs and validate it through qualitative case studies. Finally, stage three will apply qualitative comparative analysis to explain the trajectories of the adoption of FRSBs and factors influencing them. All project results will be disseminated through a project-specific website, which will serve as a hub for all related activities and materials, such as a dashboard on FinTech Regulatory Sandboxes in the EU, academic publications, a webinar series and a policy brief. Its innovative framework and dataset will be made available for policymakers, businesses and researchers, and will improve market efficiency by offering a centralized information hub on regulatory sandbox practices and characteristics that can be used by innovative firms to inform their decisions on if, where and how to enroll in these programs.
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HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02
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01513 Vilnius
Lithuania
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