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A shift towards household lending during the Fintech era: the role of financial literacy and credit information sharing

A shift towards household lending during the Fintech era: the role of financial literacy and... This study aims to investigate the determinants of a shift in lending towards household sectors during the growth of fintech credit using a sample of 41 countries between 2015 and 2018.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a fixed-effects model by adding indicators for geographic areas and year dummy variables to achieve this objective.FindingsThe findings show that the household credit to firm credit ratio is positively associated with credit information sharing and financial literacy, emphasising the importance of credit information sharing mechanism and financial literacy to household credit growth. More interestingly, the findings show that fintech credit development plays a more critical role in the evolution of firm credit than household credit. Nonetheless, fintech credit development may complement the growth of conventional lending. The results still hold when using several robustness checks.Originality/valueThis is the first attempt to examine the roles of credit information sharing, financial literacy and fintech credit development in a shift in lending activities towards households. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration Emerald Publishing

A shift towards household lending during the Fintech era: the role of financial literacy and credit information sharing

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration , Volume 15 (3): 20 – May 11, 2023

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
© Emerald Publishing Limited
ISSN
1757-4323
DOI
10.1108/apjba-07-2021-0325
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the determinants of a shift in lending towards household sectors during the growth of fintech credit using a sample of 41 countries between 2015 and 2018.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a fixed-effects model by adding indicators for geographic areas and year dummy variables to achieve this objective.FindingsThe findings show that the household credit to firm credit ratio is positively associated with credit information sharing and financial literacy, emphasising the importance of credit information sharing mechanism and financial literacy to household credit growth. More interestingly, the findings show that fintech credit development plays a more critical role in the evolution of firm credit than household credit. Nonetheless, fintech credit development may complement the growth of conventional lending. The results still hold when using several robustness checks.Originality/valueThis is the first attempt to examine the roles of credit information sharing, financial literacy and fintech credit development in a shift in lending activities towards households.

Journal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Business AdministrationEmerald Publishing

Published: May 11, 2023

Keywords: Household credit; Firm credit; Credit information sharing; Financial literacy; Fintech credit

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