FinTech Journal is rated Pro-Science with Mostly Factual factual reporting by Media Bias Fact Check.
PRO-SCIENCE
These sources consist of legitimate science or are evidence-based through credible scientific sourcing. Legitimate science follows the scientific method, is unbiased, and does not use emotional words. These sources also respect the consensus of experts in the given scientific field and strive to publish peer-reviewed science. Some sources in this category may have a slight political bias but adhere to scientific principles. See all Pro-Science sources.
- Overall, we rate the FinTech Journal Pro-Science and Mostly Factual for reporting because it is published by a company that has failed fact checks in other journals.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE (-0.5)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (3.6)
Country: Switzerland
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: EXCELLENT
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
History
The FinTech Journal is published by MDPI (Multidisciplinary FinTech Journal Publishing Institute), formerly Molecular Diversity Preservation International, an open-access journal publisher based in Basel, Switzerland. MDPI publishes over 400 journals, including the FinTech Journal, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published online by MDPI.
Read our profile on Swiss Media and Government.
Funded by / Ownership
The publisher of the FinTech Journal is MDPI AG, which Shu-Kun Lin owns. Here is the list of the Management Team. According to “MDPI Open Access Information and Policy.” MDPI articles and all its journals are open access, where authors pay a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs of peer review administration and management; here is “General Information on MDPI’s Article Processing Charges (APC).”
Analysis / Bias
The FinTech Journal covers the study of Financial technology and is published with open access, such as this: Pool-Operator Concentration After the 2021 China Mining Ban: Full Block-Attribution Evidence from the Bitcoin Mining-Pool Layer, 2020–2022. Like all others reviewed, this study is Pro-Science, well-researched, and low-biased.
While the FinTech Journal has not failed a fact-check, its publisher has faced criticism as an open-access predatory journal. Read our full review on MDPI.
Failed Fact Checks
- None for the FinTech Journal; however, other MDPI journals have failed fact checks.
Overall, we rate the FinTech Journal Pro-Science and Mostly Factual for reporting due to being published by a company that has failed fact checks in other journals. (M. Huitsing 07/16/2026)
Source: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fintech
Last Updated on July 16, 2026 by Media Bias Fact Check
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