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Abstract
Keywords:
1. Introduction
2. Model Settings
2.1. Establishment of Financial Industry Risk Assessment System Based on Delphi Method
2.2. Determining the Weight of Financial Industry Risk Indicators According to Analytic Hierarchy Process
2.2.1. Establishing Multi-Level Hierarchical Structural Model
- The highest level: also known as the target level or target level, it is the goal or result that the system wants to achieve, and it is the primary criterion of systematic evaluation. The main purpose of this paper is to quantify the risks of China's financial industry, so the highest level established in this paper is the main financial industry risk indicators (such as Technical risk: U1) and the secondary financial industry risk indicators (such as Network system security risk: u11).
- Criteria layer: It is the criteria, sub-criteria, etc. set up to achieve the target layer. See Table 4 Financial Industry Risk Judgment Matrix in 3.1.1 for the establishment of the criterion layer in this paper.
- The lowest layer: also called the scheme layer. It is a variety of programs, measures, etc. taken to achieve the goal.
2.2.2. Constructing a Judgment Matrix
2.2.3. Calculate Indicator Weights
2.2.4. Check the Consistency of Fuzzy Judgment Matrix
2.3. Quantifying the Risk of Financial Industry by Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method
2.3.1. Determine the Evaluation Factor Set
2.3.2. Determine the Evaluation Set
2.3.3. Establishment of Single-Factor Fuzzy Evaluation Matrix
2.3.4. Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
3. Empirical Analysis of Financial Industry Risk Based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
3.1. Determine Indicator Weights
3.1.1. Weights of Key Indicators
3.1.2. Secondary Indicator Weight
3.2. Consistency Test
3.2.1. Consistency Test Of Main Indicators
3.2.2. Secondary Index Consistency Test

3.3. Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
3.4. Analysis of Fuzzy Evaluation Results
3.4.1. Quantitative Conclusion Analysis: Analysis of Main Indicators

3.4.2. Empirical Conclusion Analysis: Secondary Index Analysis
4. Discussion
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| Evaluation object | Primary indicator | Secondary indicator |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech risk: U | Technical risk: U1 | Network system security risk: u11 |
| Date transmission security risk: u13 | ||
| Date transmission security risk: u13 | ||
| Ethical risk: U2 | Social ethical risk: u21 | |
| Liability ethical risk: u22 | ||
| Technical ethical risk: u23 | ||
| Management risk: U3 | Consumer operational risk: u31 | |
| Supplier operational risk: u32 | ||
| Mediator operational risk: u33 | ||
| Payment method innovation risk: u34 | ||
| Operational risk: U4 | Internal management risk: u41 | |
| Liquidity risk: u42 | ||
| Associated risk: u43 | ||
| Credit risk: U5 | Internal fraud risk: u51 | |
| External fraud risk: u52 | ||
| Credit risk: u53 | ||
| Credit information abuse risk: u54 | ||
| Market risk: U6 | Interest rate risk: u61 | |
| Exchange rate risk: u62 | ||
| Price movement risk: u63 | ||
| Legal risk: U7 | Laws and regulations absence risk: u71 | |
| Regulatory vacancy risk: u72 | ||
| Subject qualification risk: u73 | ||
| Virtual currency risk: u74 | ||
| Online money laundering risk: u75 |
| Scale aij | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | i factor is as important as j factor |
| 3 | i factor is slightly more important than j factor |
| 5 | Compare with factor j, factor i is obviously more important than factor j |
| 7 | i factor is more important than j factor |
| 9 | i factor is absolutely more important than j factor |
| 2,4,6,8 | Intermediate value of the above adjacent judgment |
| Reciprocal | Indicates that the former is less important than the latter |
| n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RI | 0 | 0 | 0.58 | 0.90 | 1.12 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.41 | 1.45 | 1.49 | 1.51 |
| U | U1 | U2 | U3 | U4 | U5 | U6 | U7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| U2 | 1/4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| U3 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1/4 |
| U4 | 1/5 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | 3 | 1/5 |
| U5 | 1/5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1/4 |
| U6 | 1/6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 1 | 1/4 |
| U7 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Primary indicator | Secondary indicator | Membership degree | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical risk: U1 (38.703%) |
Network system security risk: u11(8.522%) | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.10 |
| Technical support risk: u12(27.056%) | 0.05 | 0.55 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |
| Date transmission security risk: u13(64.422%) | 0.05 | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.15 | 0.00 | |
| Ethical risk: U2 (18.636%) |
Social ethical risk: u21(21.764%) | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.00 |
| Liability ethical risk: u22(9.14%) | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Technical ethical risk: u23(69.096%) | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.10 | |
| Management risk: U3 (8.375%) |
Consumer operational risk: u31(5.761%) | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.50 | 0.30 | 0.00 |
| Supplier operational risk: u32(24.664%) | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.20 | |
| Mediator operational risk: u33(11.143%) | 0.00 | 0.15 | 0.50 | 0.15 | 0.20 | |
| Payment method innovation risk: u34(58.431%) | 0.05 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.05 | |
| Operational risk: U4 (5.24%) |
Internal management risk: u41(13.65%) | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Liquidity risk: u42(62.501%) | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Associated risk: u43(23.849%) | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Credit risk: U5 (6.871%) |
Internal fraud risk: u51(7.195%) | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
| External fraud risk: u52(10.175%) | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.00 | |
| Credit risk: u53(21.584%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.50 | 0.40 | |
| Credit information abuse risk: u54(61.047%) | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.00 | |
| Market risk: U6 (3.573%) |
Interest rate risk: u61(21.764%) | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.45 | 0.05 |
| Exchange rate risk: u62(9.14%) | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.00 | |
| Price movement risk: u63(69.096%) | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.00 | |
| Legal risk: U7 (18.602%) |
Laws and regulations absence risk: u71(6.415%) | 0.05 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Regulatory vacancy risk: u72(4.45%) | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Subject qualification risk: u73(13.135%) | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Virtual currency risk: u74(26.146%) | 0.00 | 0.65 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.05 | |
| Online money laundering risk: u75(49.853%) | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |
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