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Paul French caught up with Sara Hsu to find out where the Chinese fintech revolution is heading<\/h2>\n

Anyone who has spent five minutes in China recently knows that financial technology \u2013 or fintech \u2013 is massive. WeChat Wallets, Alipay, and a few dozen other systems are making financial services more efficient and accessible, and cash increasingly redundant. In \u2018China\u2019s Fintech Explosion\u2019 (Columbia University Press), Sara Hsu and Jianjun Li argue that these systems are catering to markets that state-owned banks and an undersized financial sector do not serve amid a backdrop of growing consumption and a large, tech-savvy millennial generation. Jianjun Li is professor of finance at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, while Sara Hsu is a visiting scholar at Fudan University\u2019s Fintech Research Center in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

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You argue that fintech has grown rapidly and been innovative in China, \u2018to fill the gaps that the mainly state-owned banking sector could not fill.\u2019 What were these \u2018gaps\u2019 and how has fintech successfully filled them?<\/h2>\n

The state-owned banks have tended to lend to large firms and state-owned enterprises, neglecting small and medium-sized firms, microbusinesses, and individuals. Smaller borrowers, who generate over half of China\u2019s GDP, have often had to obtain funds from the curb market outside the official banking system, which is unregulated and can involve excessively high interest rates. In addition, curb market lenders often do not provide sufficient funds for individual borrowers, so borrowers must obtain funds from several sources to fulfill their capital needs.<\/p>\n

The biggest issue in lending to small borrowers is that are considered riskier because they may lack a track record of bank borrowing and\/or collateral. Fintech\u00a0has provided funds for smaller borrowers who lack a credit history<\/a> by using alternative data, such as phone payment records or social media attributes, to fill the gaps. The data is combined with new credit scoring models to rank smaller borrowers; hence fintech has complemented normal bank lending.<\/p>\n

You also argue that fintech is key to China\u2019s rebalancing towards a consumer\/domestic consumption-oriented economy. How has this worked?<\/h2>\n

Fintech has helped consumers obtain loans, which has played a key role in boosting consumption. In China, the consumer lending market still remains rather underdeveloped, but it is growing, with unsecured consumer lending expanding 20% per year for the past ten years. This is essential in smoothing the consumption process and aiding the purchase of more expensive products and services, such as cars and home renovations, as China\u2019s standard of living and cost of living continues to rise.<\/p>\n

Due to the slowing economy in the face of the US-China trade war and coronavirus, the process of rebalancing toward a consumer economy hasn’t been as easy as it would otherwise have been. In addition, regulations on the P2P lending sector in recent years have put a dent in the growth of the fintech industry. Overall, China is rebalancing toward a consumer-led economy, and as growth picks up, fintech will continue to play a key role in funding the phenomenon.<\/p>\n

Despite the earlier innovations of PayPal and other fintech solutions in the West, China has come to leapfrog America and Europe in the sector \u2013 both in terms of innovation, roll out and take-up. How did this happen and why?<\/h2>\n

China faced glaring gaps in finance for smaller firms and individuals, so when funding became available for these entities, it was taken up with enthusiasm. The US and other Western countries already had many resources in place for small business and consumer lending even before fintech addressed some of the remaining gaps in these areas in the West. China also had a relatively low use of credit cards, and so when electronic payments became available, they expanded quite rapidly. People didn\u2019t have to carry cash with them as often, and this provided a convenience that many hadn\u2019t experienced before.<\/p>\n

China also had a relatively low use of credit cards, and so when electronic payments became available, they expanded quite rapidly<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

China\u2019s innovation in fintech was supported by central government policies as well as by large internet firms like Alibaba and Tencent, which themselves participated in the sector. There was plenty of funding for fintech businesses and their innovations, and a great deal of enthusiasm for this new, booming sector.<\/p>\n

Talented new graduates and entrepreneurs entered the industry due to the promise of profit and cutting-edge development. Therefore, human capital was widely available to produce technological breakthroughs.<\/p>\n

Does fintech\u2019s growth ultimately undermine the notion of a majority state-owned banking sector in China?<\/h2>\n

Fintech serves as a complement to the state-owned banking sector and will not undermine it, as the state-owned banks remain a key part of the Chinese economic and financial structure and therefore have strong government support. Due to the important relationship between government policy objectives, state-owned banks, and state-owned enterprises, the state apparatus may be reformed but is not going to disappear anytime soon.<\/p>\n

Fintech serves as a complement to the state-owned banking sector and will not undermine it<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The state-owned banks have been told many times by the government to lend to small firms but they have faced difficulties in doing so, as they were insufficiently equipped to assess small firm risks. Fintech firms, therefore, are able to fill this gap, which fulfils the government need to assist smaller entities. In addition, banks have more recently been developing their own financial technologies to assist underserved companies. In this sense, they are playing catch-up to fintech firms.<\/p>\n

What are the opportunities for foreign fintech companies in China \u2013 on either the technical or the financial side?<\/h2>\n

China has started opening up<\/a> its payments sector. Foreign payments firms<\/a> have been keen to enter China\u2019s economy, although domestic payments firms are already deeply entrenched.<\/p>\n

Foreign fintech companies still face barriers to entry, such as an opaque application process and high competition from government-associated firms.<\/p>\n

What is China\u2019s fintech landscape going to look like five years from now?<\/h2>\n

I think some of the fintech <\/a>firms are attempting to survive in the face of external shocks and the slowing economy. Some of them will make it and others won\u2019t. The ones that do will rely more on new technologies such as artificial intelligence<\/a> and 5G, which will help to reduce credit risks and advance the industry.<\/p>\n

We have already seen this, especially in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector before its decline. The smaller firms that had less innovation and expertise quickly exited the industry because they couldn\u2019t compete, and the ones that remained had sophisticated credit rating and fraud tracking methods that used technologies like artificial intelligence. This process will continue down the road, especially as the new technologies are implemented and change rapidly in the near future.<\/p>\n

Also, China\u2019s expected sovereign digital currency will change how Chinese firms and consumers use currency and the extent to which they adopt digital wallets. That will boost the demand for fintech services. Use of 5G, combined with the Internet of Things, will bring new life to internet-connected objects and integrate fintech into the overall digital environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul French caught up with Sara Hsu to find out where the Chinese fintech revolution is heading Anyone who has spent five minutes in China recently knows that financial technology \u2013 or fintech \u2013 is massive. WeChat Wallets, Alipay, and a few dozen other systems are making financial services more efficient and accessible, and cash increasingly redundant. 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