Bilateral Financial Platforms: Models of Functioning and Prospects of Development

Abstract

The paper analyzes the nature of bilateral financial platforms. A list of success factors of bilateral platforms on the financial services market has been suggested, and the analysis of these factors has been given. The paper contains definitions of key financial products proposed by platforms. The nature of crowd-finance platforms as a further stage of development of payment systems was demonstrated. The problems hindering the development of bilateral financial platforms were described. Main directions of bilateral platforms evolution were shown.