FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking: From Digital Payments to Platform Investments

56 Pages Posted: 30 Oct 2020 Last revised: 12 Dec 2022

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Claire Yurong Hong

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF)

Xiaomeng Lu

Fudan University, Fanhai International School of Finance

Jun Pan

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); China Academy of Financial Research (CAFR)

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Date Written: September 30, 2021

Abstract

We study household finance in the age of FinTech, where consumption, payments, and investments take place via all-in-one super-apps. We hypothesize that FinTech adoption can improve household risk-taking by breaking down the traditional physical and psychological barriers and enhance financial inclusion. Taking advantage of an individual-level FinTech dataset, we find that higher FinTech adoption, both at the individual-level and the county-level instrumented by distance-from-Hangzhou, results in higher participation and more risk-taking in mutual-fund investments. Moreover, individuals who are otherwise more constrained, those with higher risk tolerance or living in under-banked counties, stand to benefit more from the advent of FinTech.

Keywords: FinTech, Digital Payment, Financial Inclusion, Consumption, Risk Taking, Household Finance

JEL Classification: G11, G50

Suggested Citation

Hong, Claire Yurong and Lu, Xiaomeng and Pan, Jun, FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking: From Digital Payments to Platform Investments (September 30, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3706709 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3706709

Claire Yurong Hong

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) ( email )

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Jun Pan

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) ( email )

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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China

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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