Based on automated credit lines to more than two million vendors trading on Alibaba’s online retail platform, we show … how the take-up of FinTech credit varies with the entrepreneur’s bank distance. Proximity to the branches of the five … largest stateowned banks correlates positively with the take-up of FinTech credit and suggests more severe credit frictions …

studied included credit and dividends accessed from table banking groups, entrepreneur's experience, education levels of women … entrepreneurs who participate in Village Saving and Credit Associations from Nakuru Town Kenya was used. The study found that all … threshold of 20%. This implied that the selected factors income, credit and education level of the respondents influenced …

2015, we test whether young businesses are more likely to face credit rejections from lenders than their older peers. Our … the issue of sample selection bias potentially affecting our data. Additional tests also reveal that credit constraints … viability of credit and, thus, ensure the growth of young businesses in the Euro area. …

In this study, we aim to assess the relevance of credit composition to entrepreneurship empirically in light of the …-called neutrality principle or undertake an active credit policy. We employ a panel data model to quantify the effect of credit … composition on entrepreneurship in 54 high- and middle-income economies from 2001 to 2016. To capture credit composition, we …

. Various financial access points like banking branches, POS terminals, banking agents, ATMs and microfinance banks can be a … gateway to the use of additional financial services which can allow businesses development through access to credit facilities …