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Differential Impact of Fintech and GDP on Bank Performance: Global Evidence

Version 1 : Received: 20 May 2023 / Approved: 23 May 2023 / Online: 23 May 2023 (03:28:16 CEST)

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Yoon, S.S.; Lee, H.; Oh, I. Differential Impact of Fintech and GDP on Bank Performance: Global Evidence. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2023, 16, 304. Yoon, S.S.; Lee, H.; Oh, I. Differential Impact of Fintech and GDP on Bank Performance: Global Evidence. J. Risk Financial Manag. 2023, 16, 304.

Abstract

Using the World Bank Global Findex Database for 91 countries in 2014, 2017, and 2021, we examine whether fintech levels influence bank performance and whether fintech’s interaction with GDP per capita causes differential effects on bank performance globally. Since fintech levels were already very high for rich countries when the World Bank started providing fintech development statistics in 2014, we estimate AbFintech by regressing fintech levels on GDP per capita by year. AbFintech is the difference between the fintech level and its fitted values. Then, using multiple regression analyses, we investigate the impact of AbFintech on bank performance worldwide, focusing on the differential effects of AbFintech and GDP levels on bank performance. We find AbFintech significantly increases bank performance, primarily in less developed countries. Specifically, AbFintech increases banks’ ROA in the least developed countries and net interest margin in the 75th percentile countries. Also, AbFintech decreases the cost-to-income ratio in the 75th percentile countries, while it increases the ratio in the most developed countries. AbFintech does not affect the ratio of noninterest income to total income, regardless of the level of economic development.

Keywords

Fintech; abnormal fintech; bank performance; ROA; net interest margin; income mix; cost structure

Subject

Business, Economics and Management, Finance

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