From: Fintech platforms: Lax or careful borrowers’ screening?
(1) Low-risk class | (2) Medium-risk class | (3) High-risk class | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AME | SE | AME | SE | AME | SE | |
Not verified | − 0.00600*** | 0.00129 | − 0.00597*** | 0.000671 | − 0.00449*** | 0.00115 |
ln(Loan Amount) | 0.00923*** | 0.00189 | 0.00853*** | 0.000843 | 0.00622*** | 0.00133 |
Term | − 0.0155*** | 0.00197 | − 0.00572*** | 0.000672 | − 0.00188** | 0.000958 |
Interest rate | − 0.00107*** | 0.000354 | 0.000282*** | 6.63e−05 | − 0.000415*** | 0.000132 |
Revolving utilitation | 0.0195*** | 0.00276 | 0.00509*** | 0.00121 | − 0.00165 | 0.00181 |
Months since last delinquent | − 0.00016*** | 2.77e−05 | − 0.000105*** | 1.26e−05 | − 6.75e−05*** | 1.90e−05 |
Debt to income ratio | 0.000307*** | 7.78e−05 | 0.000267*** | 3.24e−05 | 0.000304*** | 4.70e−05 |
ln(Annual Income) | − 0.00217 | 0.00166 | − 0.00174** | 0.000737 | − 5.18e−05 | 0.00117 |
Employment length | 0.000236 | 0.000181 | 0.000258*** | 8.24e−05 | 0.000253** | 0.000125 |
Loan to annual income | − 0.101*** | 0.0108 | − 0.0633*** | 0.00420 | − 0.0447*** | 0.00604 |
Loan purpose: credit card | 0.00879*** | 0.00249 | − 0.00129 | 0.00112 | − 0.00381** | 0.00178 |
Loan purpose: debt consolidation | 0.00775*** | 0.00232 | − 0.000549 | 0.000952 | − 0.00260* | 0.00136 |
Loan purpose: small business | − 0.00140 | 0.00663 | − 0.00683*** | 0.00227 | − 0.00226 | 0.00297 |
Home mortgaged | − 0.0277 | 0.0314 | 0.00167 | 0.0153 | 0.0272 | 0.0222 |
Home owned | − 0.0198 | 0.0315 | 0.00626 | 0.0153 | 0.0327 | 0.0222 |
Observations | 32,906 | 136,791 | 56,652 |