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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2025

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Carola Westermeier ,
Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn  and
Barbara Brandl
Carola Westermeier
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn
Affiliation:
University of Groningen
Barbara Brandl
Affiliation:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

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The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure , pp. 401 - 404
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1987 US stock market crash, 15, 268
accounting, 26, 28, 38, 42, 52, 53, 54, 155, 174, 194, 200, 253, 278, 286, 289, 290, 291, 293, 313, 329, 389, 393
Africa, 3, 7, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56–58, 65, 71, 95, 104, 106–107, 109, 110, 155, 182, 232, 276, 324, 325–326, 329, 332, 333, 352
algorithms, 29, 30, 50, 80, 92, 204, 289, 309, 310, 343, 354, 387, 388, 390, 394, 395, 396
Alipay, 365, 366, 367, 368, 381–382
alternative infrastructures, 250, 251, 255
anti-money laundering, 96, 97, 217, 220, 224, 225, 228–229, 230–232, 242, 349
Argentina, 52, 210, 212, 213, 215–217, 218, 219, 221
artificial intelligence, 186, 217, 343, 344, 380, 386, 387, 389, 393
Asia, 7, 173, 174, 181, 344
assetization, 13, 53, 75, 76, 77–79, 81, 82, 83
Bank for International Settlements, 180, 229, 367, 375, 376
Bank of Russia, 139, 140, 141, 145, 250, 256
banks, 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 33, 41, 42, 43–45, 50, 51, 52–53, 55, 56–57, 66, 67, 69, 71, 92, 94, 95, 96, 103, 106–107, 109, 111, 118, 129, 131, 132, 135, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145–147, 155, 157, 159, 162, 183, 185, 193, 194, 195–196, 197, 198–199, 200, 201, 203, 210–211, 212, 213, 214, 217, 218–220, 221, 224–225, 226–227, 230–233, 237, 238, 239, 240–242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 250, 251, 253–257, 258, 259, 266, 267, 269, 304, 305, 328, 336, 340, 348, 349, 350, 354, 356–357, 367, 377, 378, 379, 389
Banque de France, 45, 267
big data, 186, 302, 349, 380–381, 382, 387, 389, 390, 393
Bitcoin, 304, 309, 365
blockchain, 6, 57, 71, 227, 246, 301, 367, 369, 380, 381, 392
bonds, 18, 42, 43, 57, 81, 82, 168, 169, 180, 183, 184, 185, 187, 193, 194, 196, 199, 200, 265, 269, 277, 278
Brazil, 173, 180–181, 182, 183, 184–185, 187, 210, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219
British pound, 39
Callon, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31–32, 33, 34, 54, 193, 286, 287, 289, 293, 323
Canada, 53, 280, 324
CBDC, 3, 55, 68, 69, 139, 145, 148, 220, 221, 256, 258, 305, 367, 368, 369
central bank of Lebanon, 154–155, 156, 160, 161, 162
central banks, 14, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 193, 197, 212, 213, 219, 220, 243, 246, 305, 356, 357
Chicago, 15, 17, 18, 131, 264, 268
China, 54, 95, 168, 171, 173, 174, 176, 182, 250, 252, 255, 257–258, 292, 347, 363, 365, 367, 368, 369, 374–381
clearing, 29, 31, 45, 81–82, 167, 168, 172, 175, 179, 184, 194, 195, 198, 199, 201, 203, 205, 237, 246, 250, 252, 253–254, 256, 257, 263–265, 266–267, 303, 375–376, 377, 382
clearing houses, 26, 33, 45, 81, 82, 168, 172, 184, 194, 195, 239, 253, 263, 265, 267, 268, 367
colonial, 7, 52, 57, 65, 66, 83, 92, 93, 94, 96, 103–106, 108, 109–110, 111–113, 154–157, 158–162, 210, 225, 226, 305, 329, 332, 337–339, 341, 343
commodities, 14, 17, 23, 57, 79, 81, 110, 167, 168
correspondence banks, 255, 256, 258
credit, 3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 32, 41, 51, 52, 53, 58, 70, 71, 78, 96, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110–112, 153, 157, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 192, 193, 195–199, 200, 202, 203, 204–206, 211, 213, 218, 220–221, 239, 242, 243, 256, 263, 266, 267, 300–301, 303–304, 323, 324, 327, 328, 329, 347, 351, 353, 356, 357, 374, 376, 377–378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 389
credit cards, 96, 239, 256, 303–304, 377
cryptocurrencies, 57, 64, 77, 78, 96, 186, 246, 304, 305, 362, 365, 367
DCash, 3
decentralized finance, 71, 227
de-risking, 78, 224–225, 227, 228–229, 230–232, 242
digital identity, 53, 341, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353
digital ruble, 139, 145, 147–148
digital technology, 326, 328, 347, 351, 380, 382
digital yuan, 258, 366–367, 368–369
digitalization, 2, 68, 79, 182, 186, 194, 322, 323, 324, 327, 328, 363–364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 379, 383, 387, 391
DLT, 246
Eastern Caribbean, 3, 233
ECB, 17, 41, 68, 193, 199, 200, 201, 203–204, 268
e-commerce, 352
e-Naira, 3
England, 40, 41, 44, 45, 88, 120, 132, 196, 394
ESG, 176, 274–276, 277–282, 287–289, 292
European Commission, 41, 201, 204, 232, 277, 288, 290
European Union, 3, 67, 68, 143, 192, 193, 201, 204, 267, 288, 344
exchange traded funds, 80, 81, 184, 186, 276, 279, 280, 281
Facebook, 1, 173, 300, 302, 304, 305, 310
Federal Reserve, 41, 43, 44, 95, 141, 197, 317
financial crisis, 5, 20, 41, 44, 70, 71, 134, 142, 143, 154, 161, 181, 183, 185, 204, 228, 230, 231, 263, 266–267, 280, 301, 304, 386
financial exclusion, 350, 351, 375
financial governance, 4, 38, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 277, 281, 387
financial inclusion, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 145, 246, 323, 326, 327, 328, 329, 337, 347, 348–349, 350, 351, 352–353, 354, 355, 356–357, 374–375, 376–381, 383
financial literacy, 332
financial sanctions, 1, 68, 148, 154, 174, 176, 251, 256
financial subordination, 49, 50, 93, 209, 211
fintech, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 108–109, 130, 187, 245, 246, 254, 347, 348, 349, 351, 352, 353, 354, 365, 389
geopolitics, 1, 2, 68, 117, 125, 246, 252, 258
Ghana, 53, 56, 106, 326
global finance, 1–2, 5, 7, 43, 50, 66, 68, 83, 93, 103, 132, 169, 171, 225, 232, 238, 245, 264, 269, 280, 347, 387
Global North, 16, 50, 51, 53, 58, 83, 210, 225, 227, 231, 251, 332, 351, 353
Global South, 50, 51–52, 53, 58, 75, 83, 162, 224, 227, 231, 255, 351, 352, 353
Google, 49, 280, 340
governance, 4, 16, 38, 40, 42, 43–44, 45, 46, 50, 67, 81, 94, 104, 144, 169, 172, 180, 184, 193, 205, 206, 226, 238, 239, 243, 245, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 281, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 293, 332, 337, 338, 343, 348, 349, 351, 354, 358, 387, 390, 392
government aid, 1, 3
green finance, 285, 286, 289, 290, 291
hegemony, 37, 58, 64, 68, 69, 71, 89, 90, 93, 142, 173, 176, 245, 246, 252, 363, 367
India, 40, 52, 53, 71, 88, 105, 155, 168, 173, 174, 182, 250, 256, 336–344, 347–348, 353, 354–356, 357
infrastructural power, 4, 15, 16, 17, 27, 30, 31, 34, 38–46, 49, 51, 68, 81, 83, 90, 94, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148–149, 169, 210, 211, 220, 221, 225, 226, 227, 251–252, 254, 258
innovation, 2, 30, 37, 40, 43, 51, 67, 117, 123, 125, 131, 139, 140, 142, 180, 186, 187, 202, 220, 221, 226, 244, 254, 301, 304, 310, 327, 332, 341, 353, 365, 375, 392
institutions, 14, 16, 19, 22, 39–40, 45, 50, 51–53, 55, 58, 67, 68, 69, 70, 90, 92, 103, 105, 116–118, 119, 125, 131, 140–141, 143, 144, 147, 159, 170, 171, 174, 180, 181, 183, 194–195, 198, 204, 206, 211, 212, 218, 219, 220, 224, 227–228, 231, 237–238, 239–240, 242, 244–245, 252–253, 254–255, 256, 257, 264, 266, 267, 268, 299, 301, 310, 323–324, 328, 333, 338–339, 347, 348–350, 353, 354, 356–358, 365–366, 374–376, 378–379, 382, 389, 391, 392
insurance, 1, 3, 16, 17, 45, 55, 66, 81, 130, 133, 142, 144, 183, 220, 268, 357, 375, 380, 388
intermediation, 57, 183, 357, 365
international organizations, 3, 45, 340, 343, 351, 352, 367
Kenya, 52–53, 56, 58, 106–108, 110, 112, 155, 301, 326, 329–332, 344, 352, 353
Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations, 96, 228, 341, 348–350, 354–355, 357
Latin America, 104, 181, 187, 210, 230, 344
Lebanon, 152–162
Liberia, 54
Libra, 305
liquidity, 13–14, 17, 18–19, 20–23, 31, 41, 42, 43, 50, 56, 57, 70, 77, 90, 119, 120, 145, 171, 175, 179, 180, 181–182, 184, 186, 187, 193, 194, 197, 200, 203–204, 206, 231, 232, 267, 268–269
London, 45, 58, 88, 105, 109, 117, 118–122, 123–125, 128, 130, 132, 134, 135, 172, 186, 195
market concentration, 266
Mastercard, 139, 141, 142–143, 147–148, 256, 322–326, 328, 332, 353, 356
Middle East, 156
mobile money, 50, 51, 52–53, 54–55, 56–57, 108, 301, 327, 328, 343, 352, 357
nation-state, 366
Nigeria, 3, 52, 54, 106, 110, 326
payments, 1, 3, 20, 43, 56–57, 67, 69, 81, 95, 96–97, 106, 108, 139, 141–142, 144, 146, 168, 175, 181, 185, 193, 194, 196–198, 200, 203, 209, 212, 213, 215, 218, 226, 229, 237, 238, 240–243, 244, 245–246, 252–254, 257–258, 299, 301–302, 303–306, 327, 328, 336, 339–340, 343, 347, 348–349, 352, 354, 355, 356–357, 363, 365–366, 367, 368–369, 375, 376, 381–382, 388
PayPal, 301–302
People’s Bank of China, 362, 375
performativity, 243
platform economy, 49
platforms, 31, 49–52, 53–54, 55, 56–58, 92–93, 135, 167, 168, 169, 173, 175, 186, 187, 232, 289, 299, 301, 303, 310–311, 312, 313, 316, 318, 322–323, 327–328, 332, 336, 340, 344, 351–352, 354, 364, 382
power, 2, 4–5, 16, 19, 23, 27, 31, 37–46, 49, 51, 54, 58, 67, 68, 69, 76, 78, 80–81, 83, 84, 88–91, 93, 95, 97, 103, 105, 117, 118–119, 125, 128, 129, 130, 132, 135, 140–148, 154, 155, 157–159, 160–162, 168–169, 171, 173, 174, 175, 183, 195, 199, 202, 206, 210, 217, 225, 226–227, 231–233, 237, 238, 239–240, 243, 246, 251–252, 254, 275, 276, 286, 287, 291, 293, 301, 302, 317, 323–324, 325, 329–333, 337, 339–340, 343, 347, 353, 358, 365–367, 383, 389
practices, 2, 4, 5, 8, 27, 29, 31, 32–33, 41, 42, 49–50, 51, 52, 56, 67, 70–71, 76, 80, 88, 89, 91–92, 93, 96, 97, 103, 105, 117, 129, 135, 174, 180, 182, 220, 239, 243, 265–267, 275–276, 277, 278–279, 281–282, 287, 288–289, 322–325, 327–329, 332, 348, 351, 353, 364, 379, 394
privatization, 146
regulation, 4, 28, 30, 45, 55–56, 70–71, 96, 130, 156–157, 159–161, 195, 202, 224–225, 227, 228, 231, 254, 266, 275, 281, 327, 365, 378, 393, 395
remittances, 54–56, 67, 78, 103, 116, 153, 215, 224, 227, 230, 246, 357
renminbi, 209, 258, 259
risk, 13–14, 16, 17, 18–20, 22, 33, 45, 46, 66, 70–71, 72, 77, 78, 81–82, 83, 92, 93, 97, 106, 109, 129, 145, 146–147, 155, 168, 180, 183–184, 187, 196–197, 198, 200, 203, 206, 211, 212–213, 214, 217–218, 220, 224, 228, 230–231, 232, 237, 239, 253, 263–269, 275, 276–277, 278–279, 281, 302–303, 310, 311, 349–350, 382, 387, 389–390, 392, 393–395
Russia, 1, 67–68, 93, 95, 139–148, 174, 176, 182, 227, 246, 251–252, 255–258, 259
securities, 18, 20, 22, 29, 43, 77, 82, 116, 118, 157, 167, 172, 175, 181, 183, 184, 185, 187, 193–195, 197–204, 237, 241, 244, 246, 253–254, 263, 278, 365, 375, 386
security policy, 149
Senegal, 54, 326
September 11, 2001 attacks, 15, 16, 90–93, 95, 96, 228, 231, 245, 349
social inequality, 70
social media, 44, 299–300, 302–303, 304–305, 309–310, 311, 314, 315–318, 327, 343, 390
socio-material, 79
South Asia, 352
South Sudan, 54
sovereignty, 65, 67, 68, 89, 97, 142, 146–147, 148, 210, 211, 213, 215, 220–221
state-owned banks, 377–378
Stock Exchange, 70, 75, 80, 82, 117, 118–122, 123–125, 167, 168, 170, 172–175, 180–181, 182–187, 192, 194–195, 200, 201, 202, 226, 382
sub-Saharan Africa, 50, 54, 56, 106–107, 324, 326
swap lines, 241
SWIFT, 6, 29, 57, 68, 69, 90, 93, 94–95, 96, 97, 139, 210, 227, 232, 237–246, 250–259
Tanzania, 56
TARGET2, 29, 192–194, 197–199, 200, 203–206, 257
tax, 17, 37, 40, 41, 53, 66–67, 183, 203, 229, 254, 348, 349
technology, 26, 29, 37, 89, 90–91, 92, 93, 117, 125, 131, 133–134, 155, 172, 181, 187, 199, 200, 205, 219, 227, 238, 242, 246, 254, 300–301, 304, 323, 325, 326, 327–328, 337, 341, 348–349, 351–353, 355, 364, 365, 368, 382–383, 387, 388, 390, 394
Uganda, 107, 326
Ukraine, 1, 67–68, 82, 93, 95, 141, 143, 147, 174, 252, 255–256, 259
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 246, 277, 351, 352, 353
unbanked, 51, 52, 55, 56–57, 304, 328, 333, 347–348, 352, 375
United Kingdom, 3, 78, 128, 131, 133, 203, 255, 292, 330, 356
United States, 57, 58, 90, 93, 95, 158, 228–231, 252, 253, 254, 264, 276, 299, 300, 301, 303, 349, 367
US dollar, 39, 57, 81, 95, 153–154, 155, 159, 160, 162, 210, 212–213, 214, 218, 219–220, 252
Visa, 139, 141, 142–143, 147–148, 256, 304, 356
West Africa, 52, 54, 110, 332

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