The importance of information in achieving different organizational goals cannot be overstated since it ensures the rapid distribution of resources required to achieve desirable goals. The banking industry’s environment is incredibly dynamic and undergoes quick changes because of creativity, innovation, technological advancements, altered perceptions, and customer expectations. The center of the change curve is information and communication technology (ICT). Business organizations, particularly those in the banking sector, operate in a complex and competitive environment defined by shifting conditions and a volatile economic climate. Data for 20 MENA countries has been collected from the World Bank database between 1997 and 2021. Two-step System (Generalized Method of Moments) GMM were used to evaluate the influence of intrinsic features of individuals in a panel data set and avoid bias caused by omitted variables. The impact of the relationship between banks' performance and their use of ICT was evaluated in this study. The data analysis revealed that the impact of ICT on bank performance in MENA is positive. This suggests that a little shift in the banking industry's investment and adoption of ICT will result in a corresponding rise in profit levels.

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) is playing an increasingly important role in operational and financial practices and attracted growing attention from academia and industry alike. However, researchers have not yet been totally able to reach a consensus on the definition of this phenomenon. The study presented in the paper provides an overview of the advancements present in research on Financial Supply Chain Management. Using a bibliometric analysis approach, the paper summarizes the trends of development and the status quo of the Financial Supply Chain Management. The aim is to provide the reader with guidance and a solid conceptual framework for future research.

In the current era of information technology Big Data has gained significant importance in almost all the industries throughout the world. Big Data is now renowned for having the capability of effective decision making. Now companies around the globe are using Big Data for market analysis, customer analysis, however, the utilization of Big Data is much higher in the financial sector, yet publications on Big Data and finance are limited because of having significant challenges. Even though utilization of Big Data is highest in the financial sector and its importance cannot be ignored, the studies and analysis are inadequate. Considering the importance of Big Data in the financial sector this paper is an attempt to conduct a comprehensive literature review in the field of Big Data and finance. Thus, the study will contribute to the body of knowledge by providing horizons for empirical research in the field of Big Data and finance.

Dividend is the part of profits of a company, which is distributable among its shareholders according to the decision taken and resolution passed in the meeting of Board of Directors. Dividend policy plays an important role for maintaining good image of company in the capital market and in providing source of low cost finance for financing for the profitable future investment proposals. In the present study, an attempt has been made to evaluate the dividend policy adopted by some selected public and private sector banks in India during the period of study March 2006 to March 2015.

Portfolio selection is one of the important problems encountered by any investor. The purpose of this paper is to solve a real stock portfolio selection problem in Iran. According to the uncertain environments in which financial decisions are made, most of the recent works in this field use fuzzy sets theory in order to incorporate these uncertainties into their analysis. The problem is to determine how to allocate a limited fund among the stocks of some pharmaceutical companies in Tehran stock exchange. For this purpose we apply two fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) methods to this problem. Finally, the results obtained from the two methods are compared in terms of the solution quality.