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Beyond Financial Inclusion: Reshaping the Regulatory Landscape for Virtual Banks

By: Sau Wai Law  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/irfc-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2508-464X | Journal ISSN: 2508-3155
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 18
Submitted on: Nov 23, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 28, 2025
Published on: Jun 30, 2025
Published by: International Academy of Financial Consumers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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