Hughes, Joseph P.; Jagtiani, Julapa; Moon, Choon-geol - In: Financial innovation : FIN 8 (2022), pp. 1-39
Fintechs are believed to help expand credit access to underserved consumers without taking on additional risk. We … compare the performance efficiency of LendingClub's unsecured personal loans with similar loans originated by banks. Using … risk and lending inefficiency, respectively. As of 2013 and 2016, we find that the higher NPL ratios at the largest banks …