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Three Waves of FinTech Innovations and Their Implications for Financial Frauds and Anomalies

By:
Man Cho  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/irfc-2024-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2508-464X | Journal ISSN: 2508-3155
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 18
Submitted on: Nov 26, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 17, 2025
Published on: Apr 4, 2025
Published by: International Academy of Financial Consumers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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