Sustainability, Digital Transformation, and AI-Driven Innovation: Integrating ESG, FinTech, and AI to Reshape Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Authors

Mustafa Özyeşil (Editor), Havane Tembelo (Editor)

ISBN: 978-3-032-16197-0

Published: 7 April 2026

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Springer

Description

This Springer volume, part of the Sustainable Finance series, examines how ESG principles, financial technology, and artificial intelligence are converging to reshape global financial markets. Across 19 contributed chapters, finance scholars and practitioners explore blockchain-based instruments, algorithmic trading, AI-driven portfolio optimization, and the regulatory and ethical questions raised by AI in finance. The collection blends theoretical frameworks with empirical research, spanning sustainable wealth management, central bank digital currencies, and carbon finance.

Key Features

- A cross-disciplinary view of financial transformation through the lenses of sustainable finance and FinTech
- In-depth coverage of blockchain-based financial instruments, algorithmic trading, and AI-driven portfolio optimization
- Analysis of global financial regulation, ESG compliance, and the ethical dimensions of AI-driven finance

Coverage

Chapters span digital transformation in European and Turkish financial markets, AI-driven investment strategy and robo-advisory, ESG investment and sustainability funds, carbon finance bibliometrics, blockchain in the creative industries, financial distress through an ESG lens, volatility spillovers across digital assets, AI-personalised financial marketing, green banking, ESG ratings and firm performance, blockchain and crypto-asset criminal law, climate-related agricultural insurance, AI in healthcare financing, the economic cost of climate change, AI-driven airline demand forecasting, and the evolving role of FinTech in accounting and auditing.

About the Editors

Mustafa Özyeşil is a finance scholar at Haliç University (Türkiye) specialising in sustainable finance, financial technologies, and AI-driven investment strategy, with a background in investor relations and corporate finance. Havane Tembelo is a specialist at Türkiye's Ministry of Health who researches green finance, corporate finance, and cryptocurrencies, with a focus on financial resilience.

Table of Contents

1. Digital Transformation in Finance: Where Does Czechia Stand?
2. Digitalization and Household Finance: Evidence from Turkish Households
3. Algorithmic Intelligence: Redefining Financial Investment Strategies in the AI Era
4. Beyond Linear Models: How Machine Learning Advances Financial Development
5. ESG Investment and Sustainable Finance
6. The Power of ESG Sustainability Funds on Borsa Istanbul
7. Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on Carbon Finance
8. Blockchain in the Creative Industries
9. Sustainability and Financial Distress: An ESG Perspective
10. Volatility Spillovers and Structural Breaks Across Traditional and Digital Assets
11. AI-Driven Personalized Financial Marketing
12. Sustainability in Green Finance and Banking: Global and Türkiye Perspectives
13. ESG Rating and Firm Performance
14. Blockchain Technology and Crypto Assets from a Criminal Law Perspective
15. Climate Change and Agricultural Insurance in Türkiye
16. AI-Assisted Healthcare Applications and Health Financing
17. The Cost of Global Warming: Health and Economic Repercussions
18. AI-Powered Passenger Demand Forecasting for Airlines
19. The Evolving Landscape of FinTech for Accounting and Auditing

Why buy this book?

For institutions building or refreshing a sustainable finance and FinTech collection, this volume connects ESG, AI, and digital assets in a single current reference — three areas usually acquired separately. It also suits finance faculty teaching AI-in-finance modules and risk/compliance teams tracking how regulators are responding to algorithmic and AI-driven financial innovation.

Keywords

ESG, Sustainable Finance, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Algorithmic Trading, Investment Strategies, Financial Regulation, Digital Assets, Green Finance

Target Audience

Investors and financial analysts, accounting and finance professionals, financial advisors, academics and researchers in sustainable finance, ESG specialists

Genre

Finance, Business, Artificial Intelligence, Technology

Q&A

Where can I buy Sustainability, Digital Transformation, and AI-Driven Innovation?
You can order it directly from CLNZ Books, with secure worldwide shipping included in the listed price.

Does this book cover both ESG investing and AI-driven trading?
Yes — it brings ESG, FinTech, and AI together, including chapters on algorithmic trading, AI-driven portfolio optimization, and ESG fund performance.

Is this book suitable for an academic library collection in finance or economics?
Yes — it is a 2026 Springer edited volume in the Sustainable Finance series, with 19 peer-contributed chapters suited to graduate and faculty-level research collections.

Does the book address financial regulation around AI?
Yes — several chapters examine regulatory frameworks, ESG compliance, and the ethical dimensions of deploying AI in financial markets.

What format is this book available in?
This edition is hardcover, published by Springer in April 2026.

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