FACULTY BIO

Areas of Expertise

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Financial Inclusion and Fintech

Education

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PhD in Finance

Biography

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Dr. Abidin Ali Al Hassan is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Department of Economics and Finance, College of Business Administration, University of Bahrain. Dr Abidin holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, a master’s degree in business planning and Microfinance Management from the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana and an intermediate certificate in Banking from the Chartered Institute of Bankers Ghana. His research focuses on development finance with an insight on the modalities of financial inclusion and how Fintech can enhance financial inclusion. He is particularly interested in understanding the use of Fintech to reduce cash use and bring financial services closer to poor people. Dr Abidin supervises the research projects of undergraduate students in Banking and Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Business Analytics. Dr Abidin has published in several journals, including the International Journal of Finance and Economics, Australasian Journal of Information Systems, Applied Economics and Frontiers in Public Health. Dr Abidin is a reviewer for the Journal of Financial Innovation, Australasian Journal of Information Systems and African geographical review.

Achievements

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Certificate of Recognition Awarded by the President of the University for Excellence in High Accessibility course content on Blackboard

Affiliations

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Grants & Contracts Awarded

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Publications & Presentations

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1. Khan A, Khan S, Khan MA, Zaman K, Khan HuR, Rosman ASB, Indrianti Y and Hassan AA (2023) Economic costs of gender inequality in health and the labor market: India’s untapped potential. Frontiers in Public Health 11:1067940. [SJR = Q2]. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1067940
2. Alhassan, A., Li L., Reddy, K. and Duppati, G. (2020) Consumer acceptance and continuance of mobile money: Secondary data insights from Africa using the technology acceptance model, Australasian Journal of Information Systems 24, 1-25. [SSCI and ABDC rank = A].
3. Alhassan, A., Li L., Reddy, K. and Duppati, G. (2019) The relationship between political instability and financial inclusion: Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa, International Journal of Finance and Economics, online, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1793 [SSCI and ABDC rank = B].
4. Alhassan, A., Li, L., Reddy, K. and Duppati, G. (2019) The impact of formal financial inclusion on informal financial intermediation and cash preference: Evidence from Africa, Applied Economics 51, 4597-4614. [SSCI and ABDC rank = A].