The 2008 global financial meltdown is considered as the primary reason behind the revolution of FinTech. Financial technology revenues are projected to grow sixfold from $245 billion to $1.5 trillion by 2030, according to a new report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The FinTech sector, which currently holds a 2% share of the $12.5 trillion in global financial services revenue, is estimated to grow up to 7%, of which banking FinTechs are expected to constitute almost 25% of all banking valuations worldwide by 2030. More than half the world's population remains unbanked or under banked, and technology continues to unlock unbanked and under banked people to access the financial and banking services in leaps and bounds.

At this juncture, the Department of Commerce (PG) has taken an endeavor to organize an International Conference on “Proliferation of Business & Commerce in the Light of FinTech: Growth, Opportunities & Challenges”. This International Conference aims to provide a comprehensive overview of FinTech's future landscape globally and explore the latest trends and opportunities in the global FinTech market. It also proposes to throw a light on the proliferation of business and commerce in general and finance, accounting, taxation and investment contexts in particular and provides a thought-provoking platform for academicians and practitioners to deliberate major issues, opportunities, trends, and challenges of business and commerce in the context of FinTech.

In order to throw an emphasis on the conference theme in the light of FinTech under the aegis of digital India, quality research papers on the main theme and the following sub themes are solicited from academicians / researchers / research scholars from various educational institutions and the corporate professionals.

- FinTech in Finance, Accounting, Investment and Taxation Services
- FinTech in Business and Financial Sectors
- Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy
- CSR & Business Sustainability
- Business Insights
- GST
- Direct Tax Code
- FDI and FII
- Micro Finance
- Green Capital
- Financial Analytics
- Financial Modeling
- Indian Economic Crisis
- Global Economic Crisis
- Behavioural Finance
- Stock, Forex, Derivatives Market
- Commodity Market
- Ind AS and IFRS
- Mutual Funds & ETFs
- International Taxation
- Social Accounting
- Responsibility Accounting
- Forensic Accounting
- Digital Marketing & Green Banking
- Crypto Currency
- Business Data Analytics
- FinTech, RegTech
- Sustainability Reporting
- Green FinTech
- Blockchain Technology

Apart from the above-mentioned scope and tracks, research articles are also invited from the broad areas of Sustainability, Business and Technology.

Papers accepted for the SJIC’2024 after the double-blind peer-review process will be published in the SJIC’2024 conference proceedings, which is indexed by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and Springerlink.

Additionally, selected papers that have been presented at the conference will also be considered for further development of a possible publication in the highly esteemed partner journals listed below. Note that journal editors are provided with the conference proceedings and will make selections if they feel the work is appropriate and of sufficient quality for the journal. If invited to publish in a journal authors will be expected to develop the work by 40-50%, including a change of title and abstract. Individual journal procedures will need to be followed and there is no guarantee of publication. Of course, this will include one or more of the following journals:

1. Competitiveness Review, Special Issue– Emerald Publishing, (Scopus, ABDC, Q1).
2. Journal of Strategic Marketing, Spacial Issue, Taylor & Francis, (Scopus, Q1).
3. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, Special Issue– Emerald Publishing, (Scopus, Q2).‎
4. FIIB Business Review, Regular Issue, SAGE Publications (ABS, Scopus, Q3).
5. Discover Sustainability Journal, Special Issue– Springer (Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), SCOPUS, and DOAJ).
6. Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development (JBSED), Special Issue– Emerald
7. The International Journal of Business Ethics and Governance (IJBEG), Special Issue-EMBAT.

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