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13. Blockchain for Financial Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for India

Authors : Anup Kumar Saha, Suborna Barua, Shobod Deba Nath

Published in: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Governance, Economics and Finance, Volume I

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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The chapter explores the challenges and opportunities of Blockchain-based Financial Technology applications from the Indian perspective. Blockchain has a recent hype worldwide and India responds to it making itself open to both the challenges and opportunities. India has niche societal characteristics, which makes its Blockchain confrontation unique than the other countries exposed to this technology. This chapter contributes to the understanding of these niche characteristics to identify the unique challenges and opportunities of implementing the Blockchain technology from the Indian perspective.

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Title: Blockchain for Financial Technology: Challenges and Opportunities for India
Authors: Anup Kumar Saha
Suborna Barua
Shobod Deba Nath
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Governance, Economics and Finance, Volume I
Print ISBN: 978-981-336-810-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-336-811-8

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6811-8_13

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