• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.217-236
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• 2015

How does social interaction among investors affect decision-making in the online social lending platform? And what is the reason? In this study, in order to obtain the answer, we carried out case study research of Moneyauction and Popfunding, which are domestic online social lending platforms. We conducted interviews with managements of both social lending platforms and investors and analyzed statistical data including investment records, social interaction history between investors and lenders from both platforms. In addition, researchers performed direct participation and observation through the platforms as real investment members. As a result, we revealed that social interaction among investors has a material impact on the investment decision-making. Also we found that investors build trust by socially interacting with each other and this trust building leads to the investment decision making. Our findings confirm that social lending investors's decision-making process comply with the social embeddedness theory and imply that loan applicants must do their best efforts to display sincerity and truthfulness through their posting.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.1105-1117
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• 2017

Financial technology, also known as FinTech, is one of the fast growing global businesses in since its inception in 2008. Fintech is a new economic industry, comprised of companies that adopted the latest technologies to provide more efficient financial services than the traditional financial services. Fintech companies are generally small to medium sized startups trying to disintermediate existing financial systems. FinTech companies can be differentiated in several areas, based on its business solutions and target customers. In Korea, the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending companies are the most prominent in the FinTech sector. P2P lending is a method of borrowing or lending money to individuals through online services without the use of an official financial institution as an intermediary. The P2P lending companies operate their services entirely online or mobile environment. Consequently, mobile P2P lending application users are dramatically increasing. Thus, it is worth evaluating the acceptance of the mobile apps of the P2P lending companies from a user's perspective. This paper discusses user acceptance of the mobile P2P lending apps, guided by the Technology Acceptance Model. We conclude that the users' acceptance of mobile P2P lending apps are significantly influenced by perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and user satisfaction. These in turn influenced their attitude towards using mobile P2P lending apps and intention to use.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2021

Several studies have revealed that information on borrower characteristics plays an important factor in approving their credit requests. Though the extent to which such characteritics are also applicable to the case of fintech lending remain uncertain. The aim of this study is, thus, to investigate the determinant factors that influence MSEs in obtaining credit through fintech lending. Here, we emphasize virtual trust in fintech lending encompasing the dimension of social network, economic attributes, and risk perception based on several indicators that are used as proxies. Primary data used in the study was gathered from an online survey to the respondents of MSEs in Java. The result of the study indicates that determinants of MSEs in obtaining credit from lender through fintech lending are statistically influenced by internet usage activities, borrowing history, loan utilization, annuity payment system, completeness of credit requirement documents and compatibility of loan size with the business need. These factors have a significant effect on credit approval because they can generate virtual trust of fintech lender to MSEs as potential borrowers. It concludes that the probability of obtaining fintech loans in accordance with their expectations are influenced by the dimensions of social network, economic attributes and risk perception.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.79-94
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• 2013

In this paper, we examine factors of success in online P2P (peer-to-peer) lending auctions. This paper finds the following empirical results. First, loan applicants with a stable employment status are more likely to succeed in the auction than loan applicants with an unstable employment status. Second, loan applicants, who actively share personal information and interact with lenders through online message boards, are likely to succeed in the auction. Third, the purpose of a loan for debt repayment has a significant impact on the success of the auction. However, the purpose of a loan for essential living expenses such as housing, living, and medical expenses has an insignificant relationship with the success of the auction. Our results imply that the characteristics of loan applicants such as employment status and social interaction are the factors of success in online P2P lending auctions.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relation between conservative loan loss accounting practice of banks, defined as accounting behavior that increases loan loss allowances against expected credit losses, and bank lending. Furthermore, we specify the macroeconomic conditions reflecting debtors' borrowing environments and analyze how these conditions affect the relation between conservative loan loss allowances and bank lending. Although existing literature reports that accounting conservatism has a direct effect on non-financial firms' investment behavior, there is little evidence about an effect of conservatism on banks' lending behavior. By exploiting data showing the links between individual Japanese firms and their individual lenders to control both loan demand and supply, we estimate OLS regressions to test the relationships among conservative loan loss allowance, bank lending, and macroeconomic conditions using a unique dataset containing bank-firm-year observations between 2001 and 2013. We find banks that have conservative loan loss allowances tend to provide fewer loans to firms with financing needs when macroeconomic conditions are good and these conservative banks are likely to provide more loans to firms when macroeconomic conditions are bad. Our findings suggest that reflecting expected credit loss into loan loss allowances can mitigate the procyclical behavior of banks.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.3627-3641
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• 2021

Fintech, which stands for financial technology, is growing fast globally since the economic crisis hit the United States in 2008. Fintech companies are striving to secure a competitive advantage over existing financial services by providing efficient financial services utilizing the latest technologies. Fintech companies can be classified into several areas according to their business solutions. Among the Fintech sector, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending companies are leading the domestic Fintech industry. P2P lending is a method of lending funds directly to individuals or businesses without an official financial institution participating as an intermediary in the transaction. The rapid growth of P2P lending companies has now reached a level that threatens secondary financial markets. However, as the growth rate increases, so does the potential risk factor. In addition to government laws to protect and regulate P2P lending, further measures to reduce the risk of P2P lending accidents have yet to keep up with the pace of market growth. Since most P2P lenders do not implement their own credit rating system, they rely on personal credit scores provided by credit rating agencies such as the NICE credit information service in Korea. However, it is hard for P2P lending companies to figure out the intentional loan default of the borrower since most borrowers' credit scores are not excellent. This study analyzed the voices of telephone conversation between the loan consultant and the borrower in order to verify if it is applicable to determine the personal credit score. Experimental results show that the change in pitch frequency and change in voice pitch frequency can be reliably identified, and this difference can be used to predict the loan defaults or use it to determine the underlying default risk. It has also been shown that parameters extracted from sample voice data can be used as a determinant for classifying the level of personal credit ratings.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.179-202
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• 2018

공공대출보상권은 도서관의 도서 대출로 인하여 도서의 판매가 감소하는 것을 전제로, 이에 대하여 저작자에게 국가나 지방자치단체가 일정한 보상을 제공하는 제도이다. 최근 들어 우리나라에도 공공대출보상권을 도입해야 한다는 주장이 작가들로부터 지속적으로 제기되고 있다. 이 연구는 공공대출보상권 도입 주장이 과연 합당한 전제에 바탕을 둔 것인가를 실증적으로 검증하기 위한 기초 작업의 일환으로 진행되었다. 도서관의 인기대출도서와 서점의 베스트셀러 목록을 비교하여 도서관의 대출과 서점에서의 판매 양상에서의 유사점과 차이점을 분석하였다. 이러한 과정을 통해서 공공대출보상권 도입의 타당성을 실증하기 위해서 필요한 요인을 도출하고 후속연구를 제안하였다. 아울러 도서관의 도서 대출의 사회적인 의미를 환기하였다.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.285-301
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• 2010

Peer-to-Peer(P2P : 개인간) 금융은 인터넷 오픈마켓을 통해 이뤄지는 다수의 대출자와 대부자 간의 신용 대출 서비스이다. P2P 금융은 전세계적으로 빠른 성장을 보이고 있으며, 미소금융(Microfinance)의 성장에 대한 관심이 증폭된 후, 인터넷 대부시장은 사회적 신용대여의 대안으로 부각되고 있다. 국내에서도 제도권금융에서 대출을 받을 수 없는 저신용등급자들이 증가하면서 기존 제도권금융을 이용할 수 없는 금융 소외계층의 대출 서비스의 대안으로 급부상하고 있다. P2P 금융은 인터넷을 통한 신용 대출 및 대출자 속성 상, 채무 불이행 위험에 노출될 가능성이 높음에도 불구하고 이자율에 비해 대손 위험성이 상당히 낮은 편으로, 대출자는 신용도 보다 낮은 이자율로 자금을 확보할 수 있고, 투자자는 타 재테크에 비해 높은 수익을 얻을 수 있는 장점을 지녔다. 본 연구는 P2P 금융을 개념화하고 국내외 P2P 금융 사이트 중 대표 사이트를 분석한 결과를 통해 P2P 금융 서비스의 논점을 정리하고 연구 주제로서의 가능성을 검토한다. 특히, 기존 금융기관들이 대출 서비스 제공 시 발생하게 되는 정보 비대칭 문제를 P2P 금융 사이트에서 어떻게 적용되는지 논의한다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2024

본 연구는 미국 온라인 대출 플랫폼의 고객 데이터를 분석하여 중저신용자가 금융시장 내에서 겪는 차별적 대우를 실증적으로 규명한다. 이 연구는 오픈소스 캐글(Kaggle) 플랫폼 내 랜딩 클럽 금융사의 2007~2020년 기간 약 293만 건의 금융 데이터를 사용하여, 특히 신용점수가 낮은 씬파일러 대출자들이 더 높은 이자율로 대출을 받고 있음을 밝혀냈다. 이러한 차별적 대우는 금융 포용성을 저하시키며 사회적 불평등을 심화시킬 가능성을 시사한다. 본 연구를 통해 금융시장에서의 불평등 문제를 실질적으로 드러낸 점이 중요한 의의로 주목되며, 분석결과를 바탕으로 모든 고객에게 합리적인 금융 접근성을 보장할 수 있을 것이다. 아울러 지속가능한 금융 포용성을 강화할 수 있는 구체적인 방안과 함께 금융기관의 사회적 책임을 강화하는 방향으로의 전환을 제안하였다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.885-896
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• 2021

The general role of commercial banks is to provide financial services to the general public and business, ensuring economic and social stability and sustainable growth of the economy. Commercial banks play an important role in mobilizing and channelizing funds for investment activities. This study analyzes the impact of the key financial variables on the net profit of the selected commercial banks in Oman. The study employs times series panel data - cross-sectional analysis of the key financials of five leading commercial banks for a period of 13 years from 2007 to 2019. The results reveal that the correlation matrix of the selected variables has a positive relationship with net profit, assets, deposits, loans, and interest income. However, the findings also shows a negative relationship between net profit and net loans to total deposits ratio. The study found net loans is the main independent variable that influences the profitability of the banks since the key source of revenue comes from the lending operations. The assets, total capital adequacy ratio have a mixed effect on the profitability of commercial banks. The total deposits and capital adequacy ratio have a negative effect on profitability mainly because excessive liquidity will increase the cost of capital and reduce the return on investment. Focusing on lending operations with a sound credit portfolio will improve profitability.