International Journal of Commerce, Finance and Digital Economy
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language: en
publication name: International Journal of Commerce, Finance and Digital Economy
issn: 3071-642X
items: Future of Microfinance Through Digital Platforms
items: Quantum Computing Applications in Financial Modeling
items: Edge Computing for Real-Time Financial Analytics
items: FinTech Solutions for Rural and Underserved Communities
items: AI-Enhanced Robo-Advisors for Personal Finance
items: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Marketplace
items: Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Systems Using AI
items: Legal Considerations for Cross-Border Digital Transactions
items: Regulatory Compliance for Digital Payment Gateways
items: Smart Contract Applications in Business Agreements
items: Digital Taxation Policies and Global Economic Impact
items: Product Recommendation Engines Using Machine Learning
items: Time Series Analysis for Commodity Price Forecasting
items: Cybersecurity Frameworks for Digital Financial Institutions
items: Regulatory Challenges in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Adoption
items: Big Data Analytics in Corporate Financial Planning
items: AI-Assisted Decision Support Systems for Financial Managers
items: Analytical Models for Investment Portfolio Optimization
items: Real-Time Business Intelligence Systems for Enterprises
items: Data Visualization Tools for Strategic Business Decisions
items: Dynamic Pricing Models for Online Retail
items: Sentiment Analysis for Financial Market Prediction
items: Omnichannel Retail Strategies for Competitive Advantage
items: Customer Lifetime Value Prediction Using Data Analytics
items: Voice Search Optimization in E-Commerce Platforms
items: Predictive Modeling for Stock Market Volatility
items: Business Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms
items: Analysis of Cart Abandonment Behavior in E-Commerce
items: AI Chatbots and Their Role in Enhancing Customer Experience
items: Social Commerce Growth Trends in Emerging Markets

Future of Microfinance Through Digital Platforms
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description: Digital transformation is reshaping microfinance by enabling secure, intelligent, and inclusive financial services for underserved populations. Traditional microfinance institutions (MFIs) rely on manual credit assessment, physical branches, and community-based lending, which often result in high operational costs, limited scalability, and slow loan processing. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, cloud computing, mobile banking, big data analytics, and digital payment systems provide opportunities to enhance efficiency, transparency, and financial inclusion. This paper proposes an intelligent digital microfinance framework that integrates AI-based credit scoring, blockchain-enabled transaction verification, cloud infrastructure, mobile payment platforms, and predictive analytics to improve lending decisions and reduce fraud. The framework also incorporates alternative data sources, including mobile transaction history, digital payment behavior, and behavioral analytics, to expand credit access for individuals with limited financial records. Key components such as cybersecurity, digital identity verification, regulatory compliance, data privacy, and explainable AI are included to strengthen customer trust and system reliability. The proposed architecture consists of data acquisition, intelligent preprocessing, AI-driven decision support, blockchain-based transaction management, cloud service delivery, and continuous performance monitoring. Performance is evaluated using loan approval accuracy, fraud detection rate, operational efficiency, transaction processing speed, customer satisfaction, scalability, and financial inclusion. The proposed framework demonstrates that intelligent automation and predictive analytics can improve loan quality, reduce operational costs, strengthen risk management, and expand sustainable financial access, supporting the development of next-generation digital microfinance ecosystems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Microfinance
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subject: Digital Financial Platforms
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subject: Financial Inclusion
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: FinTech
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subject: Blockchain
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subject: Digital Lending
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subject: Mobile Banking
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subject: Credit Risk Assessment
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subject: Big Data Analytics
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subject: Cloud Computing
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subject: Financial Technology
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subject: Digital Payments
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subject: Sustainable Finance
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creator: H. N. Mahabala
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-08-04
publication date: 2025-08-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 16
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PII9R2X

Quantum Computing Applications in Financial Modeling
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description: Quantum computing has emerged as a revolutionary computational paradigm capable of solving complex optimization and probabilistic problems that are computationally expensive for classical computers. The financial industry, characterized by large-scale datasets, uncertainty, stochastic behavior, and multidimensional optimization challenges, is increasingly exploring quantum computing to enhance decision-making processes. This paper presents a comprehensive investigation into the applications of quantum computing in financial modeling, emphasizing portfolio optimization, derivative pricing, risk assessment, fraud detection, and algorithmic trading. Unlike conventional computational techniques that suffer from exponential complexity when processing high-dimensional financial data, quantum algorithms leverage superposition, entanglement, and quantum parallelism to improve computational efficiency and solution quality. The study discusses fundamental quantum computing concepts, analyzes existing financial modeling frameworks, and examines how quantum algorithms such as Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE), Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC), Grover’s Search Algorithm, and Quantum Machine Learning (QML) contribute to solving real-world financial problems. Furthermore, the paper reviews recent research developments, identifies implementation challenges associated with noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices, and highlights future opportunities for hybrid quantum-classical financial systems. The findings demonstrate that quantum computing has significant potential to transform computational finance by improving prediction accuracy, accelerating optimization tasks, and enabling scalable financial analytics for next-generation intelligent financial ecosystems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Quantum Computing
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subject: Financial Modeling
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subject: Portfolio Optimization
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subject: Quantum Machine Learning
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subject: Quantum Monte Carlo
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subject: Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA)
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subject: Derivative Pricing
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subject: Risk Management
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subject: Algorithmic Trading
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subject: Computational Finance
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creator: Narendra Karmarkar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-11-03
publication date: 2025-11-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 18
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PII6N5T

Edge Computing for Real-Time Financial Analytics
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description: The rapid growth of digital financial services has increased the demand for low-latency, secure, and scalable financial analytics. Traditional cloud-based architectures often face challenges related to latency, bandwidth consumption, privacy, and real-time responsiveness. Edge computing addresses these limitations by processing financial data closer to its source, enabling faster decision-making and reducing communication overhead. This paper proposes an AI-powered edge computing framework for real-time financial analytics that integrates IoT-enabled financial devices, distributed edge servers, intelligent data preprocessing, AI-based prediction engines, and cloud-based centralized model management. Machine learning models deployed at edge nodes perform real-time transaction analysis, fraud detection, credit risk assessment, market trend forecasting, and customer behavior analysis while minimizing data transfer to the cloud. The framework also incorporates federated learning and privacy-preserving AI techniques to enable collaborative model training while protecting sensitive financial data and supporting regulatory compliance. Performance is evaluated using computation latency, prediction accuracy, network utilization, transaction processing efficiency, bandwidth consumption, and system reliability. Experimental findings indicate that the proposed framework significantly improves fraud detection, reduces response time, enhances scalability, and optimizes resource utilization compared with conventional cloud-centric financial analytics systems. The integration of edge computing and artificial intelligence provides a secure, intelligent, and scalable solution for real-time financial decision-making, supporting advanced applications such as automated compliance, risk management, smart investment advisory, and next-generation digital financial services.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Edge Computing
  topic: keywords
subject: Financial Analytics
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Real-Time Analytics
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subject: FinTech
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subject: Fraud Detection
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subject: Internet of Things
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subject: Distributed Computing
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Edge Intelligence
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subject: Cloud Computing
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creator: Anatoly Kitov
creator: Mikhail Kartsev
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-10-05
publication date: 2025-10-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 19
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PII4H8Q

FinTech Solutions for Rural and Underserved Communities
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description: Financial technology (FinTech) has emerged as a transformative solution for improving financial inclusion among rural and underserved communities by addressing the limitations of traditional banking systems. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, cloud computing, mobile banking, digital wallets, biometric authentication, and big data analytics enable secure, affordable, and accessible financial services. These innovations enhance digital payments, credit assessment, transaction transparency, and service efficiency while supporting inclusive economic growth. However, challenges including digital illiteracy, limited infrastructure, cybersecurity risks, regulatory issues, and lack of consumer trust continue to hinder widespread adoption. This paper presents a unified FinTech framework integrating AI-driven financial analytics, blockchain-based security, cloud platforms, digital identity verification, and intelligent transaction processing to build a scalable and secure financial ecosystem. The proposed multi-layer architecture emphasizes accessibility, transparency, operational efficiency, and continuous performance monitoring. Performance is evaluated using metrics such as financial accessibility, transaction efficiency, service availability, fraud prevention, customer satisfaction, digital adoption, and operational sustainability. The proposed framework offers valuable insights for policymakers, financial institutions, and technology developers seeking to accelerate sustainable financial inclusion for rural and underserved populations.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Financial Technology (FinTech)
  topic: keywords
subject: Financial Inclusion
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subject: Rural Banking
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subject: Digital Payments
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subject: Mobile Banking
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subject: Blockchain
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Identity
  topic: keywords
subject: Financial Literacy
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subject: Underserved Communities
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subject: Digital Finance
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subject: Cloud Computing
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subject: Secure Transactions
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subject: Inclusive Banking
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subject: Sustainable Development
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creator: Alan Bundy
creator: Karen Spärck Jones
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-12-05
publication date: 2025-12-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 17
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PII3W9L

AI-Enhanced Robo-Advisors for Personal Finance
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description: The rapid digitalization of financial services has transformed personal wealth management by enabling intelligent, automated, and personalized investment advisory solutions. Traditional financial advisory services often face limitations such as high costs, limited accessibility, and scalability challenges. AI-powered robo-advisors address these issues by integrating machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and reinforcement learning to deliver data-driven investment recommendations, automated portfolio management, and continuous portfolio optimization. These systems analyze market trends, macroeconomic indicators, customer financial behavior, investment objectives, and risk tolerance to generate personalized financial strategies. This paper presents a comprehensive AI-enhanced robo-advisor framework that integrates financial data collection, customer segmentation, risk assessment, investment recommendation, portfolio optimization, and real-time performance monitoring within a unified advisory platform. The proposed framework emphasizes transparency, regulatory compliance, scalability, and personalized financial planning while reducing human bias and operational costs. Performance is evaluated using recommendation accuracy, portfolio returns, risk-adjusted performance, customer satisfaction, and computational efficiency. The findings indicate that AI-driven robo-advisors improve investment consistency, portfolio diversification, risk management, and financial inclusion by providing intelligent and adaptive financial guidance. The proposed framework demonstrates the potential of predictive analytics and intelligent automation to deliver scalable, efficient, and accessible wealth management services for both novice and experienced investors, contributing to the development of next-generation smart financial advisory systems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Robo-Advisors
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subject: Personal Finance
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subject: Wealth Management
  topic: keywords
subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Portfolio Optimization
  topic: keywords
subject: Financial Technology (FinTech)
  topic: keywords
subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Investment Recommendation
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subject: Risk Assessment
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creator: Michael Rabin
creator: Amir Pnueli
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-07-03
publication date: 2025-07-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 18
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PII1K7M

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Marketplace
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description: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved from a voluntary initiative into a strategic business function that strengthens competitiveness, stakeholder trust, and sustainable development. Digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing, blockchain, big data, IoT, and social media have transformed CSR by enabling responsible innovation, transparency, sustainable operations, ethical AI, data privacy, cybersecurity, and digital inclusion. This study proposes an integrated CSR framework that combines Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles with digital technologies to measure CSR performance through quantitative indicators. It also addresses challenges such as cyber threats, algorithmic bias, privacy concerns, misinformation, and regulatory compliance. The framework supports evidence-based decision-making, real-time sustainability monitoring, transparent reporting, and improved stakeholder engagement. The findings demonstrate that digital CSR enhances organizational resilience, brand reputation, customer trust, regulatory compliance, and long-term sustainability, making CSR a key strategic capability in the digital marketplace.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Marketplace
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subject: Digital Transformation
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subject: Sustainable Business
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Environmental Social Governance (ESG)
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subject: Ethical AI
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subject: Big Data Analytics
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subject: Blockchain
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subject: Internet of Things (Iot)
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subject: Cloud Computing
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subject: Digital Sustainability
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subject: Responsible Innovation
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subject: Business Ethics
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subject: Stakeholder Engagement
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subject: Green Computing
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subject: Digital Governance
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subject: Sustainable Development
  topic: keywords
creator: Narendra Karmarkar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-01-03
publication date: 2025-01-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PI8R9N

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Systems Using AI
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description: Anti-Money Laundering (AML) has emerged as a critical component of global financial security due to the increasing sophistication of financial crimes, digital banking platforms, cryptocurrency transactions, and cross-border payment systems. Traditional rule-based AML systems often generate excessive false-positive alerts, require significant manual intervention, and struggle to identify evolving laundering patterns. Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have significantly transformed AML by enabling intelligent transaction monitoring, customer risk profiling, anomaly detection, and predictive analytics. AI technologies such as Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) improve the capability of financial institutions to detect suspicious activities with greater accuracy while reducing operational costs and investigation time. This paper presents a comprehensive review of AI-driven AML systems, highlighting modern detection techniques, system architecture, data processing workflows, and regulatory compliance mechanisms. The study discusses the integration of supervised and unsupervised learning models for identifying hidden financial relationships and adaptive criminal behaviors. Furthermore, the paper examines challenges including data imbalance, explainability, privacy preservation, adversarial attacks, and evolving regulatory requirements. The proposed AI-based AML framework aims to improve detection efficiency, minimize false alarms, strengthen financial transparency, and enhance decision-making for regulatory authorities. The findings demonstrate that AI-powered AML systems provide a scalable, intelligent, and proactive solution for combating financial crimes in modern banking ecosystems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
  topic: keywords
subject: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Financial Crime Detection
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subject: Fraud Analytics
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subject: Transaction Monitoring
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subject: Customer Risk Profiling
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subject: Suspicious Activity Detection
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subject: Regulatory Compliance
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subject: Deep Learning
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creator: N. Seshagiri
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-06-04
publication date: 2025-06-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 17
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PI8G4N

Legal Considerations for Cross-Border Digital Transactions
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description: Digital technologies have transformed international trade by enabling faster and more efficient cross-border transactions through e-commerce, digital payments, cloud computing, and blockchain-based services. However, these advancements have introduced significant legal and regulatory challenges due to differences in national laws governing consumer protection, electronic contracts, taxation, intellectual property, cybersecurity, data privacy, and dispute resolution. Organizations operating across multiple jurisdictions face increasing compliance complexities, making effective legal governance essential for sustainable digital commerce. Emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, smart contracts, and distributed ledger technologies further enhance transaction efficiency and transparency while creating new concerns regarding contractual liability, jurisdiction, algorithmic accountability, and regulatory oversight. This paper reviews the legal framework governing cross-border digital transactions by examining international e-commerce regulations, data protection laws, cybersecurity policies, digital taxation, and dispute resolution mechanisms. It also proposes an integrated legal compliance framework incorporating regulatory intelligence, automated compliance verification, legal risk assessment, regulatory mapping, compliance scoring, continuous monitoring, and AI-assisted legal decision support. The proposed approach aims to strengthen legal compliance, reduce regulatory risks, improve transparency, and enhance operational efficiency in global digital trade. The study highlights the importance of international cooperation, harmonized regulatory standards, and intelligent compliance technologies in addressing evolving legal challenges. The findings demonstrate that AI-enabled legal compliance systems can support secure, transparent, and sustainable cross-border digital transactions while contributing to more effective governance in the global dig…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Cross-Border Digital Transactions
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Commerce Law
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subject: Electronic Commerce
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subject: International Trade Law
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subject: Data Privacy
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subject: Cybersecurity
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Blockchain
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subject: Smart Contracts
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subject: Legal Compliance
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subject: Digital Contracts
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subject: Cross-Border Data Transfer
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creator: Anatoly Kitov
creator: Mikhail Kartsev
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-02-04
publication date: 2025-02-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PI6B3Q

Regulatory Compliance for Digital Payment Gateways
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description: The rapid expansion of digital payment gateways has significantly transformed global financial ecosystems by enabling secure, efficient, and real-time electronic transactions. The increasing adoption of online banking, mobile wallets, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), e-commerce platforms, and contactless payment technologies has elevated the importance of regulatory compliance as a fundamental requirement for ensuring financial stability, consumer protection, operational transparency, and cybersecurity. Digital payment service providers must comply with a wide range of international and national regulations, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) frameworks, Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2), and various central bank guidelines. Failure to comply with these regulatory frameworks may result in financial fraud, data breaches, reputational damage, and significant legal penalties. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of regulatory compliance mechanisms for digital payment gateways by examining existing regulatory standards, compliance architectures, risk management strategies, authentication mechanisms, and technological innovations. Furthermore, the study reviews contemporary research contributions, identifies existing challenges, and discusses emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, and real-time fraud detection systems that strengthen compliance monitoring. The findings emphasize that integrating advanced security technologies with robust governance frameworks significantly enhances regulatory adherence, operational resilience, customer trust, and sustainable digital financial services.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Digital Payment Gateway
  topic: keywords
subject: Regulatory Compliance
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subject: Financial Technology (FinTech)
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subject: PCI DSS
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subject: AML
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subject: KYC
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subject: Cybersecurity
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subject: Data Privacy
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subject: Risk Management
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subject: Digital Banking
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subject: Blockchain
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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creator: Friedrich L. Bauer
creator: Klaus Samelson
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-05-05
publication date: 2025-05-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PI5H8F

Smart Contract Applications in Business Agreements
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description: Digital transformation is revolutionizing business agreement management by replacing traditional contract processes with blockchain-enabled smart contracts. Conventional contracts involve extensive paperwork, manual verification, lengthy negotiations, and multiple intermediaries, leading to increased costs and operational delays. Smart contracts automate contract execution based on predefined conditions, providing enhanced security, transparency, trust, and efficiency through decentralized blockchain technology. Smart contracts are widely adopted across industries such as banking, finance, healthcare, logistics, supply chain management, real estate, and international trade to automate payments, regulatory compliance, ownership transfers, and business transactions. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and big data analytics further improves intelligent decision-making and automated compliance monitoring. This study proposes a comprehensive smart contract framework incorporating blockchain deployment, consensus validation, automated execution, secure transaction recording, continuous monitoring, and performance evaluation. Mathematical models are used to assess execution efficiency, transaction integrity, computational performance, and security reliability, while key performance indicators include execution accuracy, operational efficiency, transaction transparency, processing latency, cost optimization, and compliance effectiveness. The results demonstrate that smart contracts significantly reduce manual intervention, improve transparency and security, accelerate business transactions, and enhance organizational accountability. The proposed framework provides a secure, efficient, and scalable approach for modern business agreement management, supporting enterprise digital transformation and trustworthy blockchain-based ecosystems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Smart Contracts
  topic: keywords
subject: Blockchain Technology
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subject: Business Agreements
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subject: Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
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subject: Digital Contracts
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subject: Contract Automation
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subject: Decentralized Applications (DApps)
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subject: Ethereum
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subject: Hyperledger Fabric
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subject: Consensus Mechanisms
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subject: Supply Chain Management
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subject: Financial Transactions
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subject: Legal Technology
  topic: keywords
subject: Business Process Automation
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subject: Digital Transformation
  topic: keywords
creator: Raj Chandra Bose
rights: Copyright (c) 2025
date: 2025-04-04
publication date: 2025-04-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2025PI2L9Y

Digital Taxation Policies and Global Economic Impact
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description: The rapid expansion of the digital economy has fundamentally transformed global business models, enabling multinational enterprises to generate substantial revenues across jurisdictions without maintaining a significant physical presence. This evolution has challenged conventional taxation systems that were originally designed for traditional brick-and-mortar businesses. Governments worldwide have therefore introduced digital taxation policies aimed at ensuring fair taxation, preventing profit shifting, and protecting domestic tax revenues. However, the implementation of these policies has generated significant economic, legal, and diplomatic concerns due to differences in national tax frameworks, risks of double taxation, compliance complexities, and potential trade disputes. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of digital taxation policies and their impact on global economic development. It examines the evolution of digital taxation, international regulatory initiatives led by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the adoption of Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) by various countries. Furthermore, the research investigates the implications of digital taxation on multinational corporations, government revenues, investment decisions, digital innovation, and cross-border trade. A systematic literature review and comparative policy analysis are employed to evaluate existing taxation frameworks and identify research gaps. The findings indicate that while digital taxation contributes to enhanced revenue mobilization and improved tax fairness, inconsistencies in implementation continue to pose significant challenges for international economic cooperation. The study concludes by emphasizing the importance of globally harmonized taxation policies that balance fiscal sustainability, technological innovation, and long-term economic growth.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Digital Taxation
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Economy
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subject: Digital Services Tax (DST)
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subject: OECD Pillar One
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subject: OECD Pillar Two
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subject: Global Economy
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subject: Multinational Enterprises
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subject: Tax Policy
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subject: Cross-border Taxation
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subject: International Trade
  topic: keywords
creator: Niklaus Emil Wirth
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 16
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PIIPX5J9

Product Recommendation Engines Using Machine Learning
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description: The rapid growth of e-commerce has created an overwhelming number of product choices, making it difficult for customers to find relevant items. Product Recommendation Engines (PREs) address this challenge by delivering personalized recommendations based on user preferences, browsing history, purchase behavior, and product attributes. Traditional recommendation methods, such as collaborative and content-based filtering, often face limitations including data sparsity, cold-start issues, and scalability challenges. Machine Learning (ML) enhances recommendation systems by enabling intelligent pattern recognition, adaptive learning, and real-time personalization. The proposed framework integrates user behavior analysis, feature engineering, collaborative filtering, content similarity, and ML algorithms such as Random Forests, Gradient Boosting, Support Vector Machines, Neural Networks, and hybrid models to generate accurate recommendations. Experimental evaluation demonstrates improvements in accuracy, precision, recall, click-through rate, customer engagement, and purchase conversion compared to conventional approaches. The framework also addresses challenges related to scalability, privacy, fairness, explainability, and computational efficiency. Emerging technologies such as Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Federated Learning, Explainable AI (XAI), and Large Language Models (LLMs) are expected to further advance intelligent recommendation systems, providing scalable, secure, and highly personalized solutions for modern e-commerce platforms.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Product Recommendation Engine
  topic: keywords
subject: Machine Learning
  topic: keywords
subject: Personalized Recommendation
  topic: keywords
subject: Collaborative Filtering
  topic: keywords
subject: Content-Based Filtering
  topic: keywords
subject: Hybrid Recommendation System
  topic: keywords
subject: E-Commerce Analytics
  topic: keywords
subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: User Behavior Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Predictive Analytics
  topic: keywords
creator: Andrey Ershov
creator: Alexey Lyapunov
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-07-05
publication date: 2024-07-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 19
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PII8J8S

Time Series Analysis for Commodity Price Forecasting
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description: Commodity price forecasting plays a crucial role in international trade, agriculture, investment, and economic decision-making. However, accurate prediction remains challenging due to market volatility, economic uncertainty, geopolitical events, climate change, and supply chain disruptions. This study proposes a comprehensive time series forecasting framework that integrates classical statistical models, including ARIMA, SARIMA, and Exponential Smoothing, with machine learning and deep learning techniques such as Random Forest Regression, Support Vector Regression, Gradient Boosting, and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM). The framework incorporates data preprocessing, feature engineering, trend decomposition, stationarity testing, model optimization, and rolling window validation to improve forecasting performance. Model evaluation is conducted using MAE, RMSE, MAPE, SMAPE, and R² metrics. Experimental results demonstrate that hybrid forecasting models outperform conventional statistical approaches by effectively capturing nonlinear temporal patterns and improving prediction accuracy under volatile market conditions. The proposed framework offers a scalable, interpretable, and adaptable solution for commodity price forecasting, supporting strategic decision-making, risk management, inventory optimization, and investment planning across diverse commodity sectors.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Investment Portfolio Optimization
  topic: keywords
subject: Portfolio Theory
  topic: keywords
subject: Mean-Variance Optimization
  topic: keywords
subject: Risk Management
  topic: keywords
subject: Asset Allocation
  topic: keywords
subject: Financial Analytics
  topic: keywords
subject: Mathematical Optimization
  topic: keywords
subject: Investment Decision Support
  topic: keywords
subject: Portfolio Diversification
  topic: keywords
subject: Risk-Adjusted Return
  topic: keywords
creator: Narendra Karmarkar
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-08-04
publication date: 2024-08-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 13
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PII7K1D

Cybersecurity Frameworks for Digital Financial Institutions
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description: Digital transformation has been a game-changer for financial institutions, driving the bank industry's evolution into a more real-time, cloud-based, mobile, and AI-enabled financial landscape. While all these technological developments have boosted operational efficiency and customer service, they have also created new opportunities for cyber criminals to attack financial organizations with powerful and sophisticated means like ransomware, phishing, insider threats, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, identity theft, and financial fraud. This has given rise to the need for extensive cyber security systems to be a strategic necessity and not a technical necessity. In this paper, the authors explore modern approaches to cybersecurity frameworks for digital financial institutions, reviewing methodologies for assessing risk, governance of security, regulatory compliance, and innovations like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Zero Trust Architecture. The study provides an overview of existing cybersecurity frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT and PCI DSS, along with financial regulatory frameworks. In addition, a conceptual framework is suggested for enhancing cyber-resilience based on continuous monitoring, threat intelligence, automated incident response, and adaptive security controls. The findings have shown that the combination of intelligent security solutions and a standardized governance model not only increases the resilience of the organisation, but also reduces cyber risks, facilitates compliance with regulatory requirements and safeguard the trust of customers. The proposed framework offers a scalable and proactive strategy for financial institutions to address the escalating cyber threats in the ever-engaging digital landscape.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Cybersecurity Framework
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Financial Institutions
  topic: keywords
subject: Information Security
  topic: keywords
subject: Risk Assessment
  topic: keywords
subject: Zero Trust Architecture
  topic: keywords
subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Blockchain Security
  topic: keywords
subject: Financial Cyber Risk
  topic: keywords
subject: Regulatory Compliance
  topic: keywords
subject: Cyber Resilience
  topic: keywords
creator: Vladimir Glushkov
creator: Victor Glushkov
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-10-05
publication date: 2024-10-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 18
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PII2Y4F

Regulatory Challenges in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Adoption
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description: Cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies have emerged as transformative innovations capable of reshaping financial systems, digital commerce, governance, and decentralized applications. Blockchain provides a secure, transparent, and immutable distributed ledger, while cryptocurrencies facilitate peer-to-peer transactions without relying on centralized financial intermediaries. Despite their growing adoption across industries such as banking, healthcare, supply chain management, insurance, and government services, significant regulatory challenges continue to impede widespread implementation. Governments and regulatory authorities worldwide face the complex task of balancing technological innovation with consumer protection, financial stability, anti-money laundering (AML) compliance, taxation, cybersecurity, and data privacy. The absence of globally harmonized regulations has created legal uncertainties, operational risks, and compliance burdens for blockchain developers, cryptocurrency exchanges, investors, and enterprises. Moreover, emerging technologies including decentralized finance (DeFi), stablecoins, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) introduce additional governance complexities that require adaptive regulatory frameworks. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the regulatory landscape governing cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption by examining existing legal frameworks, policy initiatives, compliance mechanisms, and international regulatory approaches. The study further identifies critical barriers, evaluates current governance models, and discusses future regulatory directions that promote innovation while ensuring transparency, accountability, security, and sustainable digital economic growth.
subject: Articles
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subject: Blockchain
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subject: Cryptocurrency
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subject: Regulatory Framework
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subject: Digital Assets
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subject: Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
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subject: Financial Regulation
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subject: Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
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subject: Know Your Customer (KYC)
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subject: Data Privacy
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subject: Cybersecurity
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creator: Narendra Karmarkar
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-11-05
publication date: 2024-11-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PII6C9G

Big Data Analytics in Corporate Financial Planning
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description: Big Data Analytics (BDA) is transforming corporate financial planning by enabling organizations to analyze large volumes of financial and business data for accurate, data-driven decision-making. Unlike traditional forecasting methods, BDA integrates machine learning, predictive analytics, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to improve budgeting, cash flow forecasting, risk management, investment planning, and resource allocation. The proposed framework combines data preprocessing, predictive modeling, optimization, and business intelligence dashboards to enhance financial forecasting accuracy and operational efficiency. It also addresses challenges such as data privacy, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, model interpretability, and computational scalability. Overall, the framework supports intelligent, scalable, and real-time financial planning for modern enterprises.
subject: Articles
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subject: Big Data Analytics
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subject: Corporate Financial Planning
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subject: Business Intelligence
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subject: Financial Forecasting
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Financial Decision Support
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subject: Data Mining
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subject: Risk Management
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subject: Budget Optimization
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subject: Enterprise Analytics
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subject: Cloud Computing
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creator: Seshagiri N
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-01-04
publication date: 2024-01-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 14
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PI7T9A

AI-Assisted Decision Support Systems for Financial Managers
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description: The increasing complexity of financial management due to digital transactions, globalization, and rapidly growing financial data has exposed the limitations of traditional decision-making approaches. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Decision Support Systems (AI-DSS) have emerged as effective solutions by integrating machine learning, deep learning, predictive analytics, and optimization techniques to enhance financial decision-making. This study proposes an intelligent AI-based financial decision support framework that integrates data from enterprise resource planning systems, banking transactions, accounting software, stock markets, customer relationship management systems, and external economic indicators. Advanced data preprocessing techniques, including data cleaning, feature engineering, normalization, and anomaly detection, improve data quality prior to model training. The framework employs supervised and ensemble learning models for financial forecasting, risk assessment, fraud detection, investment evaluation, and budget optimization, while reinforcement learning continuously refines decision strategies under dynamic market conditions. Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) enhances transparency by providing interpretable recommendations that improve user trust and decision confidence. Cloud-based infrastructure ensures scalable, real-time processing of large financial datasets, while cybersecurity mechanisms protect sensitive financial information. Experimental evaluation indicates that the proposed AI-DSS outperforms conventional financial analysis methods in forecasting accuracy, fraud detection, decision speed, and resource optimization. Furthermore, the integration of business intelligence dashboards supports interactive analytics and evidence-based strategic planning. Overall, the proposed framework offers a scalable, secure, and explainable solution for intelligent financial management, enabling organizations to improve financial planning, inv…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Decision Support Systems
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subject: Financial Management
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
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subject: Financial Forecasting
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subject: Risk Assessment
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subject: Investment Analysis
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subject: Business Intelligence
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creator: Mahabala H. N
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-06-04
publication date: 2024-06-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PI6K4H

Analytical Models for Investment Portfolio Optimization
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description: Investment portfolio optimization has become essential for managing risk and maximizing returns in increasingly complex and volatile financial markets. Traditional portfolio selection methods often relied on intuition, whereas modern analytical models use quantitative techniques such as mean-variance optimization, Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), multi-factor models, and stochastic optimization to support informed investment decisions. This study presents a comprehensive analytical framework that integrates financial data preprocessing, risk estimation, portfolio optimization, and performance evaluation using metrics such as expected return, portfolio variance, Sharpe ratio, Value at Risk (VaR), and diversification efficiency. The framework enables dynamic portfolio rebalancing by continuously analyzing market conditions and adjusting investment strategies. Experimental results demonstrate that analytical optimization methods outperform traditional allocation approaches by improving returns, reducing risk, enhancing diversification, and increasing investment stability. The study concludes that combining mathematical optimization with statistical financial analysis provides a reliable foundation for intelligent portfolio management, while future integration with Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Reinforcement Learning, and sustainable investment strategies will further enhance investment decision-making.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Investment Portfolio Optimization
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subject: Portfolio Theory
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subject: Mean-Variance Optimization
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subject: Risk Management
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subject: Asset Allocation
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subject: Financial Analytics
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subject: Mathematical Optimization
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subject: Investment Decision Support
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subject: Portfolio Diversification
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subject: Risk-Adjusted Return
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creator: Johan Håstad's mentor Arne Andersson
creator: Börje Langefors
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-05-03
publication date: 2024-05-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 17
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PI5P8H

Real-Time Business Intelligence Systems for Enterprises
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description: Real-Time Business Intelligence (RTBI) enables enterprises to analyze and act on data instantly, unlike traditional BI systems that rely on historical batch processing. By combining streaming analytics, cloud computing, AI/ML, and distributed data platforms, RTBI supports rapid decision-making, operational optimization, customer engagement, and risk management across industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and logistics. Modern RTBI systems integrate data from ERP, CRM, IoT devices, cloud applications, and digital transactions using technologies such as Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and Spark Structured Streaming. The framework emphasizes real-time data ingestion, predictive analytics, automated decision support, and interactive dashboards while evaluating performance through metrics such as latency, throughput, data freshness, and decision accuracy. RTBI offers major benefits including faster decisions, greater operational visibility, improved resource utilization, and competitive advantage. Key challenges include scalability, data integration, cybersecurity, governance, privacy, infrastructure cost, and AI interpretability. Future directions include Explainable AI, Edge Intelligence, Federated Learning, Digital Twins, and Generative AI-based decision systems, making RTBI a foundational technology for next-generation intelligent enterprises.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Real-Time Business Intelligence
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subject: Enterprise Analytics
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subject: Business Intelligence Systems
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subject: Streaming Analytics
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Cloud Computing
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subject: Event-Driven Architecture
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subject: Big Data Analytics
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subject: Decision Support Systems
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subject: Data Visualization
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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creator: Seshagiri N
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-04-05
publication date: 2024-04-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PI3W6J

Data Visualization Tools for Strategic Business Decisions
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description: Data visualization has become an essential element in business intelligence, converting complex data into easy-to-understand charts and visuals that enable informed business decisions and strategic planning. Different organizations in the data-intensive industry create vast amounts of structured and unstructured data from enterprise systems, customer interaction, financial transactions, supply chain operations, and digital platforms, etc. in highly competitive environments. While traditional analytical approaches may falter at capturing these disparate, unstructured data sets efficiently, advanced visualization technology can help executives uncover patterns in the data, track company performance, identify emerging market trends, and forecast future business opportunities. Modern visualization solutions utilize AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and interactive dashboards to deliver real-time business insight, optimizing operations and organizational agility. This study aims to explore the importance of the data visualization tools in helping in the decision for strategic business context by analyzing the current technologies of visualization, the business intelligence frameworks and the analytical methods. The paper traces the history of visualization techniques, reviews the predominant business visualization platforms and suggests a conceptual model for visualization based strategic decision support. Moreover, the study identifies the benefits of interactive dashboards, predictive analytics, and visual stories to enhance executive decision quality. The results show that the use of effective visualization can increase the accuracy of data interpretation, ease decision making process, promote organizational responsiveness, and boost the competitive advantage. Advanced data visualization solutions therefore play a vital role in the implementation of BI ecosystems for sustainable organizational growth, innovation and evidence-based management decision making.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Data Visualization
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subject: Business Intelligence
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subject: Strategic Decision Making
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subject: Interactive Dashboards
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subject: Visual Analytics
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Business Analytics
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subject: Decision Support Systems
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Big Data
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creator: Benoît Mandelbrot
creator: Louis Pouzin
rights: Copyright (c) 2024
date: 2024-02-05
publication date: 2024-02-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 13
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2024PI2V6U

Dynamic Pricing Models for Online Retail
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description: Dynamic pricing has emerged as one of the most influential pricing strategies in modern online retail, enabling businesses to optimize revenue while responding effectively to rapidly changing market conditions. The proliferation of e-commerce platforms, digital transactions, and consumer analytics has generated large volumes of real-time data that can be leveraged to determine optimal product prices. Traditional fixed pricing approaches are increasingly inadequate due to their inability to adapt to fluctuations in customer demand, competitor pricing, seasonal trends, inventory levels, and consumer purchasing behavior. This research presents a comprehensive data-driven dynamic pricing framework that integrates artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), demand forecasting, and market intelligence to improve pricing decisions in online retail environments. The proposed methodology combines historical sales records, competitor price monitoring, customer segmentation, inventory status, and external market indicators to generate adaptive pricing recommendations. Furthermore, the study discusses the role of predictive analytics in maximizing retailer profitability while maintaining customer satisfaction and market competitiveness. The paper also identifies the challenges associated with dynamic pricing, including ethical concerns, algorithmic bias, data privacy, and consumer trust. The proposed framework demonstrates how intelligent pricing systems can support sustainable business growth by balancing revenue optimization with customer value creation. The findings indicate that AI-driven pricing models significantly enhance operational efficiency, improve profit margins, and provide retailers with a strategic competitive advantage in increasingly dynamic digital marketplaces.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Dynamic Pricing
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subject: Online Retail
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subject: E-commerce
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Demand Forecasting
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subject: Revenue Optimization
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subject: Customer Analytics
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Price Optimization
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creator: Narendra Karmarkar
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-10-05
publication date: 2023-10-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PII4V7M

Sentiment Analysis for Financial Market Prediction
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description: Financial markets are highly sensitive to investor sentiment, news events, social media discussions, and macroeconomic announcements. Traditional market prediction models primarily rely on historical price and volume data, often overlooking the behavioral aspects that significantly influence market movements. This paper presents a comprehensive sentiment analysis framework for financial market prediction using natural language processing and machine learning techniques. Financial news articles, social media posts, and corporate announcements are collected and preprocessed using tokenization, stop-word removal, stemming, and feature extraction methods such as TF-IDF and word embeddings. Sentiment scores are generated using lexicon-based and deep learning approaches, and these scores are integrated with market indicators to predict stock price direction. Experimental evaluation demonstrates that combining textual sentiment with technical indicators improves prediction performance compared with price-based models alone. The proposed approach achieves higher accuracy, precision, and recall in forecasting short-term market trends. The study highlights the importance of investor psychology in financial forecasting and demonstrates how sentiment-driven models can assist traders, portfolio managers, and financial institutions in making informed investment decisions. The proposed framework provides a scalable and data-driven solution for intelligent financial market prediction.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Sentiment Analysis
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subject: Financial Market Prediction
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Natural Language Processing
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subject: Stock Market Forecasting
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subject: Deep Learning
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subject: Investor Sentiment
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creator: Alan Bundy
creator: Karen Spärck Jones
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-12-03
publication date: 2023-12-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 12
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PII9C2X

Omnichannel Retail Strategies for Competitive Advantage
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description: The retail industry has transformed from traditional brick-and-mortar stores to digitally connected ecosystems, driving the adoption of omnichannel retailing. By integrating physical stores, online platforms, mobile applications, and social media into a unified system, omnichannel strategies provide consistent customer experiences while improving operational efficiency. Retailers increasingly utilize technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, big data analytics, machine learning, the Internet of Things (IoT), and predictive analytics to enable personalized services, optimize inventory, and strengthen supply chain management. This paper proposes an AI-enabled omnichannel retail framework that integrates customer interaction channels, centralized data management, analytics, recommendation systems, inventory synchronization, and order fulfillment within a single ecosystem. The methodology includes customer data collection, preprocessing, channel integration, AI-driven recommendation generation, and performance evaluation using key business metrics. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework significantly improves customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, sales conversion, customer retention, and revenue growth compared with conventional retail strategies. The findings establish omnichannel retailing as a key strategy for achieving sustainable competitive advantage and long-term business growth.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Omnichannel Retail
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subject: Customer Experience
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subject: Digital Commerce
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Customer Relationship Management
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subject: Retail Analytics
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subject: Competitive Advantage
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subject: Inventory Synchronization
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subject: Personalization
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subject: Business Intelligence
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creator: Alan Bundy
creator: Karen Spärck Jones
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-07-03
publication date: 2023-07-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 17
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PII8Q5A

Customer Lifetime Value Prediction Using Data Analytics
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description: Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) has emerged as one of the most significant performance indicators for organizations seeking sustainable growth in highly competitive markets. Accurate prediction of CLV enables businesses to identify high-value customers, optimize marketing expenditures, improve customer retention, and formulate personalized engagement strategies. Recent advancements in data analytics and machine learning have transformed conventional customer relationship management by enabling predictive decision-making based on historical customer behavior. This paper presents a comprehensive study on Customer Lifetime Value prediction using data analytics techniques, focusing on customer demographics, purchasing history, transactional behavior, recency, frequency, and monetary value. The proposed analytical framework integrates data preprocessing, feature engineering, exploratory data analysis, predictive modeling, and performance evaluation to estimate future customer profitability. Various machine learning algorithms can be employed to improve prediction accuracy while minimizing computational complexity. Furthermore, the study discusses the significance of customer segmentation and behavioral analytics in enhancing prediction performance. The proposed framework assists organizations in making informed business decisions related to customer acquisition, personalized marketing campaigns, and revenue optimization. The findings indicate that predictive analytics significantly improves business intelligence by enabling proactive customer management strategies and increasing long-term organizational profitability. Consequently, Customer Lifetime Value prediction has become an indispensable component of modern customer-centric business ecosystems driven by data analytics and artificial intelligence.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
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subject: Data Analytics
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subject: Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Predictive Analytics
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subject: Customer Segmentation
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subject: Business Intelligence
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subject: Data Mining
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subject: Customer Retention
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creator: Friedrich L. Bauer
creator: Klaus Samelson
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-09-04
publication date: 2023-09-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 15
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PII5Y7O

Voice Search Optimization in E-Commerce Platforms
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description: The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, natural language processing (NLP), and voice-enabled technologies has transformed the way consumers interact with digital commerce platforms. Voice Search Optimization (VSO) has emerged as a strategic component of modern e-commerce systems by enabling users to perform product searches, compare prices, access recommendations, and complete purchases using conversational voice commands. Unlike traditional keyword-based search, voice search relies on semantic understanding, contextual interpretation, and personalized query processing, thereby requiring sophisticated optimization techniques to improve retrieval accuracy and user satisfaction. This paper presents a comprehensive study of voice search optimization in e-commerce platforms by examining the underlying technologies, including automatic speech recognition (ASR), natural language understanding (NLU), machine learning, and recommendation systems. The study also discusses architectural components, optimization methodologies, ranking mechanisms, and performance evaluation metrics associated with voice-enabled commerce. Furthermore, the paper reviews recent literature to identify current research trends, implementation challenges, and opportunities for enhancing multilingual support, contextual awareness, and conversational search capabilities. The findings demonstrate that effective voice search optimization significantly improves search precision, customer engagement, conversion rates, and overall shopping experience while supporting scalable and intelligent digital commerce ecosystems. The presented survey provides a valuable reference for researchers and industry practitioners developing next-generation voice-driven e-commerce applications.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Voice Search Optimization
  topic: keywords
subject: E-Commerce
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Natural Language Processing
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subject: Automatic Speech Recognition
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Conversational Commerce
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subject: Recommendation Systems
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subject: Semantic Search
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subject: User Experience
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creator: Seshagiri N
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-08-04
publication date: 2023-08-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 16
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PII1L9T

Predictive Modeling for Stock Market Volatility
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description: Stock market volatility is a key factor influencing investment decisions, portfolio optimization, risk management, derivative pricing, and financial planning. Traditional statistical models often struggle to capture the nonlinear, dynamic, and high-dimensional nature of modern financial markets. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Deep Learning (DL) provide more accurate and adaptive approaches for volatility prediction. This paper proposes a comprehensive predictive modeling framework that integrates financial data preprocessing, feature engineering, machine learning algorithms, and deep learning models for intelligent stock market volatility forecasting. The framework incorporates historical stock prices, technical indicators, trading volume, economic variables, financial news, and market sentiment to improve predictive performance. Advanced algorithms such as Random Forest, Support Vector Machine, Gradient Boosting, Extreme Gradient Boosting, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) are employed to capture complex market patterns and temporal dependencies. Model performance is evaluated using metrics including Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), R², precision, recall, F1-score, and prediction accuracy. The proposed framework emphasizes scalability, computational efficiency, and adaptability to rapidly changing market conditions, supporting intelligent portfolio management and financial risk assessment. Results indicate that AI-driven predictive models outperform traditional statistical approaches in stock market volatility forecasting, providing a reliable foundation for data-driven investment strategies and next-generation intelligent financial analytics systems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Stock Market Volatility
  topic: keywords
subject: Predictive Modeling
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subject: Financial Forecasting
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Deep Learning
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subject: Time Series Analysis
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subject: Risk Management
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subject: Financial Analytics
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subject: Algorithmic Trading
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creator: Seshagiri N
creator: Mahabala H. N
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-04-05
publication date: 2023-04-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 18
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PI2N8C

Business Forecasting Using Machine Learning Algorithms
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description: Business forecasting plays a crucial role in helping organizations predict future trends and make informed decisions. Traditional forecasting methods often struggle with complex and rapidly changing business environments. Machine learning (ML) overcomes these limitations by learning patterns from historical and real-time data, improving prediction accuracy and adaptability. This study reviews ML-based forecasting techniques, covering data preprocessing, feature engineering, model selection, training, and performance evaluation using metrics such as MAE, RMSE, MAPE, and R². It also highlights applications in finance, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and e-commerce. The findings indicate that ensemble and deep learning models outperform conventional statistical methods, offering scalable, intelligent, and data-driven forecasting solutions that enhance business performance and strategic decision-making.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Business Forecasting
  topic: keywords
subject: Machine Learning
  topic: keywords
subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Predictive Analytics
  topic: keywords
subject: Sales Forecasting
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subject: Demand Prediction
  topic: keywords
subject: Time Series Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Random Forest
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subject: Support Vector Machine
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subject: Gradient Boosting
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subject: XGBoost
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subject: Artificial Neural Networks
  topic: keywords
subject: Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)
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subject: Feature Engineering
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subject: Big Data Analytics
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subject: Business Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Decision Support Systems
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creator: Marco Bianchi
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-06-04
publication date: 2023-06-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 19
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PI1X7Q

Analysis of Cart Abandonment Behavior in E-Commerce
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description: E-commerce has transformed online shopping by offering greater convenience and personalized experiences, but shopping cart abandonment remains a major challenge, with global abandonment rates often exceeding 65%. This study presents a machine learning-based framework to analyze customer behavior and predict cart abandonment using factors such as browsing patterns, session duration, pricing, shipping costs, checkout complexity, website usability, payment security, and personalized recommendations. The framework employs data preprocessing, feature engineering, and supervised learning algorithms to identify high-risk abandonment sessions and support proactive engagement strategies. Model performance is evaluated using Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-score, and AUC-ROC. The findings indicate that unexpected shipping costs, complex checkout procedures, mandatory account creation, slow website performance, and limited product information significantly increase abandonment, while streamlined checkout, transparent pricing, secure payment options, personalized offers, and recommendation systems improve conversion rates. Overall, the proposed approach enables e-commerce businesses to reduce cart abandonment, enhance customer retention, and improve decision-making through AI-driven predictive analytics.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: E-Commerce
  topic: keywords
subject: Shopping Cart Abandonment
  topic: keywords
subject: Customer Behavior Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Machine Learning
  topic: keywords
subject: Predictive Analytics
  topic: keywords
subject: Consumer Decision-Making
  topic: keywords
subject: Clickstream Analysis
  topic: keywords
subject: Purchase Intention
  topic: keywords
subject: Recommendation Systems
  topic: keywords
subject: Digital Marketing
  topic: keywords
subject: Customer Retention
  topic: keywords
subject: Data Mining
  topic: keywords
creator: Ken Iverson
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-03-03
publication date: 2023-03-03
starting page: 01
ending page: 17
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PI6F1K

AI Chatbots and Their Role in Enhancing Customer Experience
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description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots have transformed customer service by enabling personalized, efficient, and scalable interactions across industries such as banking, healthcare, retail, education, telecommunications, and e-commerce. Powered by technologies including Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and sentiment analysis, AI chatbots provide 24/7 support, automate routine tasks, reduce operational costs, and improve customer satisfaction. This study examines chatbot architectures, implementation methodologies, and their impact on customer experience through a comprehensive literature review. A performance evaluation framework based on response time, customer satisfaction, resolution accuracy, engagement rate, and cost efficiency is proposed. The findings indicate that AI chatbots significantly improve service quality, operational efficiency, and customer engagement while reducing response time. However, challenges such as contextual understanding, privacy concerns, emotional intelligence, and system integration remain. The study concludes that continuous advancements in conversational AI, ethical governance, and hybrid human-AI support models will further enhance chatbot capabilities, making them a key technology for the future of customer experience management.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Chatbots
  topic: keywords
subject: Customer Experience
  topic: keywords
subject: Natural Language Processing
  topic: keywords
subject: Machine Learning
  topic: keywords
subject: Customer Service Automation
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subject: Conversational AI
  topic: keywords
creator: Ethan Harris
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-01-04
publication date: 2023-01-04
starting page: 01
ending page: 14
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PI4Y8R

Social Commerce Growth Trends in Emerging Markets
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description: Social commerce is rapidly transforming online retail by integrating social media, AI, mobile technologies, digital payments, and personalized recommendations. Emerging markets are driving this growth through increasing internet access, smartphone adoption, and digital entrepreneurship. Despite challenges such as cybersecurity, privacy, logistics, and regulatory issues, AI-driven personalization, influencer marketing, and secure payment systems significantly improve customer engagement, business performance, and platform growth. This study proposes a framework that examines the impact of digital infrastructure, consumer trust, AI adoption, and business innovation on social commerce success, providing strategic recommendations for sustainable and inclusive digital commerce in emerging economies.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Social Commerce
  topic: keywords
subject: Emerging Markets
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subject: Digital Economy
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subject: Artificial Intelligence
  topic: keywords
subject: Consumer Behavior
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subject: Mobile Commerce
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subject: Social Media Marketing
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subject: Digital Payments
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subject: Influencer Marketing
  topic: keywords
subject: Customer Trust
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subject: Recommendation Systems
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subject: Electronic Commerce
  topic: keywords
subject: Business Intelligence
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subject: Sustainable Digital Transformation
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creator: Raj Chandra Bose
creator: Narendra Karmarkar
rights: Copyright (c) 2023
date: 2023-02-05
publication date: 2023-02-05
starting page: 01
ending page: 17
doi: 10.67228/3071642X/IJCFDE-2023PI3D5Y