One of the incidences of the emergence and growth of the internet and the vast availability of computing devices across countries of the world today is the increase in innovation. New ways of doing things are now on the rise in all spheres of human endeavors, including financing. In time past,...

FinTech credit refers to credit activity facilitated by electronic platforms. This usually involves borrowers being matched directly with investors, although some platforms use their own balance sheet to lend. FinTech platforms facilitate various forms of credit, including consumer and business...

This study is an investigation of the determinants of the development of technology-driven alternative credit markets, that is, fintech and bigtech credit. Using a data sample from 94 countries from 2013–2019, we confirmed the relevance of the availability of credit data, both the traditional...