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) electronic payments system. We construct an equilibrium model of customer and bank adoption of ACH. We structurally estimate the …
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fees, foreign fees and surcharges applied to transactions by customers at other than an own-bank ATM. Surcharging raises … typically not possible between a bank and a non-bank. A high cost of teller transactions modifies the tendency towards high ATM …
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Recent banking theory holds that durable firm-bank relationships are valuable to both parties. Using contract …-specific loan records of a nineteenth-century U.S. bank, this paper shows that firms that form extended relationships with banks … receive three principal benefits. First, firms with extended relationships face lower credit costs. As the bank …
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Shadow bank market share in residential mortgage origination nearly doubled from 2007-2015, with particularly dramatic … regulation accounts for roughly 60% of shadow bank growth, while technology accounts for roughly 30% …
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introducing a product that permits Sri Lankan households to deposit mobile airtime balances into a formal bank using a new mobile …
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A growing body of rigorous research shows that financial services innovations can have important positive impacts on wellbeing, but also that many do not. We first describe the latest evidence on what works in financial inclusion. Second, we summarize research on key financial market failures...
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operations of the central bank from markets in which financial claims are created and transacted in ways that, at some operative …
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This paper assesses the potential impact of FinTech on the finance industry, focusing on financial stability and access to services. I document first that financial services remain surprisingly expensive, which explains the emergence of new entrants. I then argue that the current regulatory...
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M-Pesa is a mobile phone based money transfer system in Kenya which grew at a blistering pace following its inception in 2007. We examine how M-Pesa is used as well as its economic impacts. Analyzing data from two waves of individual data on financial access in Kenya, we find that increased use...
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of bank branches and ATM terminals. We characterize the solution of the model and show that qualitatively it is able to …
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