An Insight into the Fintech and Islamic Finance Literature: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis

Innovative financial services driven by modern technology has completely changed the business models in the finance world. Research in Fintech and its application in the Islamic finance industry has thus examined the shifts and impact of the disruptions on Islamic finance industry. This chapter uses bibliometric analysis to provide an overview of the academic literature on Fintech and its application in Islamic finance. We use data obtained from the Scopus database to conduct bibliometric and Scientometric analysis with an objective to find the research gaps in future scope in the area. The results of the study offer a solid avenue for further expansion of the Fintech and Islamic finance literature. The results of the analysis indicated 4 clusters (see Fig. 5) which are represented by different coloured clusters. The largest cluster is red coloured and contains 158 authors, the second largest cluster is represented by green colour and made up of 107 authors. The keyword occurrence network shows that Islamic finance is the most important keyword that has occurred the maximum number of times. We analyse the impact of these studies on the overall development of literature in the Fintech and Islamic finance domain. We provide the potential avenue for the future researchers to develop the current literature while also seeking the potential of new, thought-provoking, and pioneering research that adds to the growth of the theme of research.