Fin-Cology or Tech-Nance?: Emergence of FinTech

Fin-Cology or Tech-Nance?: Emergence of FinTech

Swarnasree Vutharkar, Rajesh Kumar K. V.
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4246-3.ch008
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Abstract

The words “financial” and “technology” are combined to form the phrase “fintech.” Despite being a wide expression with numerous interpretations, it typically refers to the growth of a sector when new technology use-cases are developed and put into place to expedite more traditional-looking financial activities. When it first arose in the 21st century, the term “fintech” was used to describe the technology employed in the back-end systems of reputable financial organisations. Since then, nevertheless, there has been a shift toward more client-centered services, and thus, a more client-centric definition. Currently, the term “fintech” is used to describe a wide range of professions and businesses, including investment management, retail banking, education, and non-profit fundraising, to name a few. In this chapter you will be reading the relation between python and finance; SQL and finance; Tableau and finance; Power Bi and finance; and Block Chain and finance.
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Python And Finance

Python is one of the best general-purpose, high-level programming languages available today. With its straightforward grammar and close resemblance to the English language as a whole, this language aims to be user-friendly for beginners.

In addition, when it comes to employing Python for finance, its general application is a blend of English and mathematics. Thus, Python's syntax is not all that far from the standard format for expressing mathematical and financial methods.

The three primary components of financial analytics—data collection, sophisticated mathematical calculations, and result visualization—can be made simpler with Python. Finding the ideal module for your data analysis is simple thanks to the large number of Python packages available.

The most popular computer language for undertaking quantitative and qualitative analysis in finance is Python. This language is used for construct payments and internet banking systems, analyse the status of stock market, lower financial risks, calculate the rate of return on stocks, and much more.

Regular data analysts find it expensive, time-consuming, and difficult to grasp and base statistical computations on massive amounts of data. Analysts can streamline these processes and create illuminating visualisations of the outcomes by utilising Python. Financial and data analytics is the idea of gathering, processing, and analysing data using technology, programmes with complex algorithms, and mathematical calculations. The obtained data can be used to make judgments, forecast future trends, and find other useful information. When developing risk management strategies or forecasting prospective changes in financial markets, such projections are important.

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Ideal image of Python Programming Language

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Python is a famous choice for finance because it has a good foundational of building neural networks and artificial intelligence. These machine learning models are capable of making predictions based on the collected data. When it comes to stock market investing, Python in finance can assist you get to a calculated and lower-risk decision. You must download the financial information from particular interest-bearing time periods in order to perform such an analysis. To interface with the financial data from Google Finance, Quandl, Enigma, or other databases, you must utilise the Pandas online data reader extension.

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