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Regional Development of China’s Inclusive Finance Through Financial Technology

Md. Morshadul Hasan, Lu Yajuan and Appel Mahmud

SAGE Open, 2020, vol. 10, issue 1, 2158244019901252

Abstract: Financial technology, commonly used the term as FinTech, is a key emerging driver of inclusive finance. This is also one of the emerging issues of finance as well as financial research. This research is done with the purpose of showing the present status of China’s FinTech in inclusive finance development. In addition, the study raises regional disparity and critical issues related to the inclusive development. A secondary data analysis methods are systematically carried out to demonstrate the present situation of internet finance in the development of inclusive finance in China, as well as the developing status of different provinces through internet finance. The ultimate finding of this research is that, despite significant development in China’s financial system, there is still a development inequality between the most and least developed regions. This study also identifies some important issues that should be taken care of by the policy makers. This research is done from authentic data also sources with appropriate explanations, which help the readers, academicians, researchers, and others to get comprehensive understanding of China’s FinTech and its influence on inclusive development.

Keywords: internet finance; FinTech; inclusive finance; financial inclusion; Chinese economy; mobile payment; inclusive development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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