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Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data

08 Mar
2024
2:00 pm
Jouy-en-Josas

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2024-03-08T14:00:00 2024-03-08T15:30:00 Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data Accounting and Management Control Speaker: Omri Even-Tov (Berkeley Hass University) HEC Campus Room T004   Jouy-en-Josas

Accounting and Management Control

Speaker: Omri Even-Tov (Berkeley Hass University)

HEC Campus Room T004

 

Abstract:

To mitigate information asymmetry about borrowers in developing economies, digital lenders utilize machine-learning algorithms and nontraditional data from borrowers’ mobile devices. Consequently, digital lenders have managed to expand access to credit for millions of individuals lacking a prior credit history. However, short-term, high-interest digital loans have raised concerns about predatory lending practices. To examine how digital credit influences borrowers’ financial well-being, we use proprietary data from a digital lender in Kenya that randomly approves loan applications that would have otherwise been rejected based on the borrower’s credit profile. We find that access to digital credit improves borrowers’ financial well-being across various mobile-phone-based well-being measures, including monetary transaction volume, mobility, and social networks, as well as borrowers’ self-reported income and employment. We further show that this positive impact is more pronounced when borrowers have limited access to credit, take loans for business purposes, and obtain more credit.

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2024-03-08T14:00:00 2024-03-08T15:30:00 Digital Lending and Financial Well-Being: Through the Lens of Mobile Phone Data Accounting and Management Control Speaker: Omri Even-Tov (Berkeley Hass University) HEC Campus Room T004   Jouy-en-Josas