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FinTech or financial technology has improved financial services through technology and innovation. These revolutionary financial companies are here to stay since they offer significant benefits to users, such as more incredible speed or lower commissions on their transactions. They are very competitive in the market, being more attractive than banks. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are starting to start a business, and FinTechs represent an excellent opportunity to start a sustainable green business over time and fast-growing. Naturally, it is not an easy task to launch a new FinTech;it requires hard work, but it has great rewards. Due to those above, it is essential to analyze its implications deeply. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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This chapter aims to analyze the tourism sector globally and the creation of virtual tourism. It is presented along with the previous context of the sector and the damage made by the COVID-19 pandemic. This lens shows how virtual tourism emerged as an alternative to traditional tourism while people worldwide were forced to stay home during the uncertainty of the pandemic. Virtual tourism would be related to the arising environmental tendencies expected to be embraced by the industry companies to make tourism a more sustainable economic activity and, therefore, reduce its carbon footprint through circularity. Finally, it also analyses the possibility of its per durability once the consequences and lags of the pandemic are solved. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Virtual education has appeared to upgrade traditional education in different dimensions, such as easing the learning process, developing new teaching methodologies, and eliminating distance barriers. Since the pandemic outbreak by COVID-19, this situation has intensified, forcing students and educators to adapt to this new scenario, which involves staying at home and using electronic devices for long hours, which seems to contribute positively to the environment, as there is no need to attend education centers where physical installations and different services are used. However, little has been said about the environmental impact of virtual learning. Nevertheless, to have a transparent approach and determine virtual education sustainability, it is essential to analyze its implications. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.