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Recent studies reasoned that digitalising business processes support financial inclusion, resulting in greater economic activities and growth. Digital financial inclusion is argued to be accessible to some privileged and digitally savvy individuals. However, digitalised financial services do not always guarantee financial inclusion. This study examines how the digitalisation of business processes might instil financial inclusion in lower-middle-income ASEAN economies. Based on the Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory, the digitalisation of business processes is modelled by fixed high-speed broadband, mobile and cellular subscriptions as a predictor of financial inclusion. The pooled mean group estimation of the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model is employed to determine the effect of digitalisation on the financial inclusion of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam economies. The key finding is the significance of digitalisation in inducing the financial inclusion of lower-middle-income ASEAN economies. The digitalisation of business processes significantly affects the accessibility of private businesses to domestic credit provided by their banks., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests., (© 2023 The Authors.)

To ensure the sustainable development, the sustainable capital market comes into picture as companies require substantial amount to develop or implement the green initiatives. The main purpose of this study is to examine the motivational factors to trust and trust to the intention to invest in the green initiatives companies among Malaysia retail investors. Partial least square modelling technique is employed to perform the data analysis. The findings suggested that the greater control as perceived by investors, the greater the trust towards investing in green initiatives companies. The element of trust appeared to be critical to encourage investors to invest in companies with green initiatives. In other words, trust has become the key component to ensure the sustainable capital among the green initiatives companies. Hence, the finding suggested the companies' management to promote the green incentive activities to create awareness among the investors. Finally, collaboration between companies and policy makers played an importance role in encouraging investment among investors towards green initiatives companies., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest., (© 2022 The Author(s).)

Global warming is becoming more and more of a concern, leading authorities to take action. The industrial sector is a key contributor to environmental and social problems. Based on stakeholder theory and agency theory, this research proposes that green innovation strategies at the firm level can overcome the industry's negative environmental impact. As a result, the focus of this research is on green innovation strategies for corporate financing. In addition, this research suggests that corporate social responsibility and gender diversity directly affect corporate financing and their interaction. This study used Chinese 301 manufacturing firms (3010 observations) for the period 2010-2019 for this purpose. This study looks into panel data issues in depth by using approaches such as the fixed effect and generalized method of moment. The feasible generalized least square was employed to increase robustness. Furthermore, green innovation strategies were used for corporate financing. Second, the study discovered that corporate social responsibility aided firm financing. Our findings also imply that corporate social responsibility helps to attenuate the association amid green innovative strategies and corporate financing. Finally, these findings revealed that gender diversity had a favorable effect on corporate financing. Furthermore, this study confirmed that the moderating role of gender diversity is beneficial to green innovative strategies and corporate financing. These findings add to the literature by providing policymakers and regulatory bodies with useful information for advancing sustainable development.