The Effect of Bank's Fintech Innovation on the Risk-taking of the Iranian Banking System

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1 Master student in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

2 Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

The global financial industry has been changing rapidly with the advancement of financial technology in the last few years. Emerging technologies, such as Internet finance, blockchain, and mobile banking, have revolutionized the financial industry. As a financial innovation, fintech has created profound changes in payment patterns, and by relying on new transaction methods such as mobile payment, it has enabled traditional finance to overcome geographical and time limitations. Fintech technology provides cheaper services with more choices for consumers to purchase financial services, which leads people's financial behavior towards digitalization. The emergence of financial technology has created new business models that challenge traditional risk-taking approaches. Based on this, it is necessary to gain insight into the impact of fintech innovation on the risk-taking of the banking system. Therefore, the present study examines the impact of banking fintech innovation on their risk-taking using panel data in Iranian banks between 2008 and 2022. The experimental results show that improving fintech innovation significantly reduces banks’ risk-taking. By using cryptographic technology for financial transactions, electronic equipment, and financial software, banking fintech increases the security of transactions, increases the transparency of the banking system, reduces the possibility of human errors in the transfer process and financial transactions, and, as a result, reduces banking risk. Therefore, taking measures to develop technical infrastructure, strengthening cooperation and coordination between banks and fintech companies, strengthening supervision and applying appropriate regulations, determining strategies and precise policies, and using security technologies can help manage and improve banking risk.

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Macroeconomics Research Letter
Volume 18, Issue 38
December 2023
Pages 35-56

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  • Receive Date: 04 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 01 January 2024
  • Accept Date: 04 January 2024

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