This study investigates the interrelationship among bank stability, profitability, and loan growth in the Vietnamese banking system between 2006 and 2017 using a simultaneous equations model. The findings show the bidirectional links between these variables. More specifically, bank profitability...

New technology promises to expand the supply of financial services to small businesses poorly served by the banking system. Does it succeed? We study the response of FinTech to financial services demand created by the introduction of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). We find that FinTech is...

While banks historically offer a litany of different credit and depository products to their local customers, technological innovation and consumer preferences have spurred growth of online banks specializing in particular activities across broad geographic areas. This paper analyzes the...

What has boosted crowdfunding's growth? In the case of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, we highlightthe role of consumers' distrust in banks. We offer evidence that distrust in banks likely triggersindividuals to supply funding toward crowdfunding and away from bank deposits. We highlightthat a...

This article describes the duties, functions and authorities of the Financial Services Authority (OJK) in providing supervision and regulation of the development of types of businesses in the financial services sector in Indonesia, one of which is regulating Financial Technology (Fintech). The...

Studies of peer-to-peer lending in the USA find that female borrowers have better chances of getting funds than males. Is differential treatment of borrowers of different sexes a common feature of peer-to-peer lendingmarkets or is it subject to specific businessmodels, ways of fixing loan...

This study investigates the role of gender in financial risk-taking. Specifically, I ask whether female investors tend to fund less risky investment projects than males. To answer this question, I use real-life investment data collected at the largest German market for peer-to-peer lending....

We introduce a high quality proxy for bank misconduct that is constructed from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaint data. We employ this proxy to measure the impact of bank misconduct on the expansion of online lending in the United States. Using nearly complete loan and...

We study the impact of trust on the expansion of online lending in the U.S. over the 2008-2016 period. Using data from the largest platform, we demonstrate that a misconduct-driven decline of trust in traditional banking is associated with a statistically and economically significant increase in...