Liquidity risk in FinTech lending: Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the P2P lending market
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Article Title | Liquidity risk in FinTech lending: Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the P2P lending market |
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ERA Journal ID | 19628 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Nigmonov, Asror, Shams, Syed and Alam, Khorshed |
Journal Title | Emerging Markets Review |
Journal Citation | 58, pp. 1-20 |
Article Number | 101084 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1566-0141 |
1873-6173 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2023.101084 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566014123000894 |
Abstract | This study empirically investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the liquidity risk incurred by the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market. As the pandemic adversely affects financial markets globally, a better understanding of the dynamics of successful P2P lending is necessary under the conditions of financial distress. By using the cross-country database of secondary market listing outcomes at Bondora (Estonia) and employing probit, ordered probit and tobit regression methods, we provide evidence of the pandemic-induced exposure to liquidity risk in the P2P lending market. Despite increased volatility in the financial markets, results show that COVID-19 risk increases the probability of successful listing during the pandemic. However, this outcome comes at significant liquidation costs for investors in the form of higher premiums. Further analysis based on listing outcomes and loan characteristics shows a negative association between COVID-19 risk and share of overdue loans and average overdue days in secondary market listings. Simultaneously, more experienced investors dominate the market as COVID-19 risk increases, a trend that is reflected in shorter listing times. The findings of this study imply certain early tendencies in financial markets during pandemic-induced turmoil and open new avenues for further research. |
Keywords | Coronavirus; COVID-19; Digital finance; FinTech; Liquidity risk; Marketplace lending; Pandemic; Peer-to-peer lending |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350299. Banking, finance and investment not elsewhere classified |
Byline Affiliations | University of New South Wales |
University of Southern Queensland | |
School of Business |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z33vw/liquidity-risk-in-fintech-lending-early-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-p2p-lending-market
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