Bassens, D., Pažitka, V. orcid.org/0000-0001-9097-4375 and Hendrikse, R. (2024) Banking in the cloud: Mapping Big Tech's Global Digital Technology Networks. Regional Studies. ISSN 0034-3404
Abstract
Witnessing the inroads of big tech into finance, this paper maps the growing dependence of incumbent banks on public cloud infrastructures. Although ‘cloud interfacing’ has become crucial amid platform finance, the intersections between what we conceptualise as global digital technology networks and global financial networks have received little attention.We mobilise social network analysis to map: (1) the geographically variegated patterns of public cloud adoption in banking and their geopolitical implications; (2) the corporate networks supporting banks’ cloud migration; and (3) the urban networks of command and control undergirding cloud banking, connecting established financial centres withtech valleys old and new.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This item is protected by copyright. This is an author produced version of an article published in Regional Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | financial geography; financial technology; big tech; global financial networks |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Accounting & Finance Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2024 08:55 |
Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2024 15:04 |
Published Version: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343... |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00343404.2024.2391483 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:215804 |
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