Journal of Guizhou University of Finance and Economics ›› 2021 ›› Issue (05): 61-69.

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The impact of financial technology on commercial banks' risk-taking-From the perspective of credit structure of commercial banks

REN Bi-yun1, ZHENG Zong-jie1,2   

  1. 1. Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, Tianjin 300222, China;
    2. Tianjin Branch of Agricultural Bank of China, Tianjin 300222, China
  • Received:2021-03-01 Online:2021-09-15 Published:2021-09-23

Abstract: The integrated development of financial technology and commercial banks has attracted extensive attention from all walks of life in recent years, but the research on the relationship between financial technology, credit structure and risk-taking of commercial banks is not sufficient. Therefore, this paper manually collects some data of Baidu search index and listed banks, constructs the financial technology development index, makes an empirical analysis based on the panel data of listed banks from 2013 to 2019, and discusses the relationship between the three. The results show that:(1) the integrated development of financial technology and commercial banks is conducive to reducing the risk-taking of commercial banks(2) There are significant differences in the effect of applying financial technology in different commercial banks. Compared with state-owned commercial banks, the effect of other joint-stock commercial banks applying financial technology to mitigate risk is more obvious(3) The application of financial technology to different credit structures has significant differences in the impact and preference of commercial banks on risk-taking. State owned commercial banks prefer to adjust the loan guarantee structure with the help of financial technology to mitigate risk-taking, while other commercial banks prefer to adjust the loan term structure with the help of financial technology to mitigate risk-taking. The research conclusion of this paper provides important enlightenment for the deep integration of fintech and commercial banks, optimizing credit structure and mitigating risk.

Key words: financial technology, credit structure, risk bearing

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