The Transformation of Banking and Finance.
Abstract
This introduction to the special issue highlights how the challenges from regulation, digitalization, and sustainability transform banking and finance in the 21st century. Following a short review of the sociology of finance and banking within Swiss economic sociology, it presents the main contributions of the articles of the special issue, which examine changing financial elites in Switzerland, digital platforms’ and cryptocurrencies’ social effects, and the moralization of finance through impact and ethical investing.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Housing
Finance
and Neoliberalism
Banking Systems and Strategies
Digital Transformation in Financial Services
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Swiss Journal of Sociology
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 3
- Publication date
- 13 January 2026