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Credit risk prediction in an imbalanced social lending environment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 2018
Credit risk prediction is an effective way of evaluating whether a potential borrower will repay a loan, particularly in peer-to-peer lending where class imbalance problems are prevalent.
Anahita Namvar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Microfinance Can Close Asymmetrical Information on Peer-to-Peer Platforms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Peer-to-peer lending has sprung up in recent years, defined by its flexibility to meet the needs of loan applicants from a range of financial backgrounds.
Jones, Justin
core   +1 more source

Market for 33 percent interest loans. Financial inclusion and microfinance in India. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Financial inclusion is the process of building viable institutions that provide financial services to those hitherto excluded. These may include savings, insurances, remittances, and credit.
Pauli, Markus
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
wiley   +1 more source

Peer-to-Peer Lending – A (Financial Stability) Risk Perspective [PDF]

open access: yesReview of Economics, 2017
Abstract The aim of this survey article is to discuss P2P lending, a subcategory of crowdfunding, from a (financial stability) risk perspective. The discussion focuses on a number of dimensions such as the role of soft information, herding, platform default risk, liquidity risk, and the institutionalization of P2P markets.
openaire   +3 more sources

Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Peer to Peer Lending Against Ease of Business Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) Approach

open access: yesEconomica: Jurnal Ekonomi Islam, 2019
: The progress of the times will always go hand in hand with technological developments. The presence of the disruptive era encouraged the financial industry to innovate.
Cita Sary Djaakum
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Moral hazard in Microfinance: Empirical Evidence from Joint Liability Lending Schemes in Malawi [PDF]

open access: yes
Moral hazard is widely reported as a problem in credit and insurance markets, mainly arising from information asymmetry. Although theorists have attempted to explain the success of Joint Liability Lending (JLL) schemes in mitigating moral hazard ...
Phiri, Alexander   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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