IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/finana/v96y2024ipbs1057521924006720.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

How Fintech mitigates credit mismatches to promote green innovation: Evidence from Chinese listed enterprises

Author

Listed:
  • Wang, Shaohui
  • Yong, Yanlan
  • Liu, Xizhang
  • Wang, Yunliang

Abstract

The intersection of financial technology (fintech) and sustainable development has gained increasing attention, particularly regarding how fintech can support corporate green innovation. However, the role of fintech in mitigating credit mismatches—a key barrier for enterprises pursuing green initiatives—remains underexplored, especially within the context of Chinese listed enterprises. Addressing this gap, our study utilizes a panel dataset from 2010 to 2021 to investigate the influence of fintech on green innovation and the mediating role of credit mismatches. Through a series of baseline regressions, endogeneity tests, and heterogeneity analyses, we find a significant positive relationship between fintech adoption and green innovation, with credit mismatches serving as a crucial mediator. Moreover, the effects of fintech are most pronounced in eastern China and in industries with lower pollution levels. These findings provide new insights into how fintech can bridge financing gaps, foster green innovation, and promote the transition to a more sustainable economy. Our results carry important implications for policymakers aiming to leverage fintech as a tool for both financial inclusion and environmental sustainability.

Suggested Citation

  • Wang, Shaohui & Yong, Yanlan & Liu, Xizhang & Wang, Yunliang, 2024. "How Fintech mitigates credit mismatches to promote green innovation: Evidence from Chinese listed enterprises," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:96:y:2024:i:pb:s1057521924006720
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103740
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1057521924006720
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103740?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Liudmila Zavolokina & Mateusz Dolata & Gerhard Schwabe, 2016. "The FinTech phenomenon: antecedents of financial innovation perceived by the popular press," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 2(1), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Liu, Jiangtao & Zhang, Yi & Kuang, Jia, 2023. "Fintech development and green innovation: Evidence from China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).
    3. Rosa Dangelico & Devashish Pujari, 2010. "Mainstreaming Green Product Innovation: Why and How Companies Integrate Environmental Sustainability," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 95(3), pages 471-486, September.
    4. Jensen, Michael C. & Meckling, William H., 1976. "Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 3(4), pages 305-360, October.
    5. Zhou, Guangyou & Zhu, Jieyu & Luo, Sumei, 2022. "The impact of fintech innovation on green growth in China: Mediating effect of green finance," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 193(C).
    6. Yang Lyu & Zheng Ji & Xiaoqi Zhang & Zhe Zhan, 2023. "Can Fintech Alleviate the Financing Constraints of Enterprises?—Evidence from the Chinese Securities Market," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-21, February.
    7. Jiapeng Dai & Qiao Liang & Eddy Tat Hiung Yap, 2024. "Driving Corporate Sustainable Development: Assessing the Impact of ESG Disclosure on Sustainable Growth," Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance, in: Ahmed Imran Hunjra & John W. Goodell (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Green Finance for Sustainable Development, chapter 0, pages 595-616, Palgrave Macmillan.
    8. Wang, Juxian & Ma, Mengdi & Dong, Tianyi & Zhang, Zheyuan, 2023. "Do ESG ratings promote corporate green innovation? A quasi-natural experiment based on SynTao Green Finance's ESG ratings," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
    9. Merello, Paloma & Barberá, Antonio & la Poza, Elena De, 2022. "Is the sustainability profile of FinTech companies a key driver of their value?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    10. Wen, Huwei & Lee, Chien-Chiang & Zhou, Fengxiu, 2021. "Green credit policy, credit allocation efficiency and upgrade of energy-intensive enterprises," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    11. He, Bo & Jie, Wen & He, Haihong & Alsubih, Majed & Arnone, Gioia & Makhmudov, Samariddin, 2024. "From resources to resilience: How green innovation, fintech and natural resources shape sustainability in OECD countries," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    12. Zhitao, Wang & Xiang, Ma, 2023. "Financial mismatch on corporate debt default risk: Evidence from China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 80(C).
    13. Guo, Junyan & Fang, Hanqing & Liu, Xuexin & Wang, Cizhi & Wang, Yuan, 2023. "FinTech and financing constraints of enterprises: Evidence from China," Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    14. Xie, Xueyan & Zhu, Xiaoyang, 2022. "FinTech and capital allocation efficiency: Another equity-efficiency dilemma?," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 53(C).
    15. Wu, Fei & Hu, Yan & Shen, Me, 2024. "The color of FinTech: FinTech and corporate green transformation in China," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    16. Chen, Xihui & You, Xuyuan & Chang, Victor, 2021. "FinTech and commercial banks' performance in China: A leap forward or survival of the fittest?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    17. Liu, Taixing & Yin, Zhichao & Fan, Miaomiao & Korkmaz, Aslihan Gizem & Yue, Pengpeng, 2024. "Green Credit Policy and asset-debt maturity mismatch in highly polluting enterprises: Evidence from China," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 946-965.
    18. Jiaqi Yan & Wayne Yu & J. Leon Zhao, 2015. "How signaling and search costs affect information asymmetry in P2P lending: the economics of big data," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 1-11, December.
    19. Li, Kaifeng & Guo, Zhaoxuan & Chen, Qi, 2021. "The effect of economic policy uncertainty on enterprise total factor productivity based on financial mismatch: Evidence from China," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    20. Dong, Xiao & Yu, Mingzhe, 2023. "Does FinTech development facilitate firms' innovation? Evidence from China," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    21. Li, Bo & Du, Jianguo & Yao, Tianhang & Wang, Quanding, 2023. "FinTech and corporate green innovation: An external attention perspective," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(PD).
    22. Qihang Xue & Caiquan Bai & Weiwei Xiao, 2022. "Fintech and corporate green technology innovation: Impacts and mechanisms," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(8), pages 3898-3914, December.
    23. Liu, Xiaoxi & Yuan, Xiaoling & Ge, Xing & Jin, Zhongguo, 2024. "Adaptation and innovation: How does climate vulnerability shapes corporate green innovation in BRICS," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    24. Chen, Qianqian, 2024. "From concept to capital: Investigating the influence of green innovation on equity financing in BRICS economies," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    25. P. K. Senyo & Stan Karanasios & Daniel Gozman & Melissa Baba, 2022. "FinTech ecosystem practices shaping financial inclusion: the case of mobile money in Ghana," European Journal of Information Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(1), pages 112-127, January.
    26. Qin, Lu & Aziz, Ghazala & Hussan, Muhammad Wasim & Qadeer, Afifa & Sarwar, Suleman, 2024. "Empirical evidence of fintech and green environment: Using the green finance as a mediating variable," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 89(PA), pages 33-49.
    27. Jianwei Li & Na Li & Xiang Cheng & Daqing Gong, 2021. "The Impact of Fintech on Corporate Technology Innovation Based on Driving Effects, Mechanism Identification, and Heterogeneity Analysis," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Hindawi, vol. 2021, pages 1-12, December.
    28. Pradeep Dwivedi & Jawaher Ibrahim Alabdooli & Rajeev Dwivedi, 2021. "Role of FinTech Adoption for Competitiveness and Performance of the Bank: A Study of Banking Industry in UAE," International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 130-138, December.
    29. Luo, Sumei & Sun, Yongkun & Yang, Fan & Zhou, Guangyou, 2022. "Does fintech innovation promote enterprise transformation? Evidence from China," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    30. Jun Bai & Xiaoyun Gong & Xiangfang Zhao, 2020. "Credit mismatch and non-financial firms’ shadow banking activities —evidence based on entrusted loan activities," China Journal of Accounting Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 249-271, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ge, Wenfeng & Yang, Ping & Pan, Xu & Ran, Qiying, 2024. "Sustainable utilization of mining resources: Exploring the impact of FinTech on green development from the perspective of mining enterprises," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    2. Choudhary, Priya & Thenmozhi, M., 2024. "Fintech and financial sector: ADO analysis and future research agenda," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).
    3. Huwei Wen & Yutong Liu, 2023. "Can Fintech Lead to the Collaborative Reduction in Pollution Discharges and Carbon Emissions?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-19, July.
    4. Zhang, Feng & Liu, Zhiyou & Feng, Fangfang & Li, Junjun, 2024. "Can FinTech promote enterprises’ ambidextrous innovation capability? Organizational resilience perspective," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    5. Lee, Chien-Chiang & Wang, Chih-Wei & Liu, Fengyun, 2024. "Does green credit promote the performance of new energy companies and how? The role of R&D investment and financial development," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
    6. Tiwari, Sunil, 2024. "Impact of Fintech on natural resources management: How financial impacts shape the association?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    7. Qi, Yuan & Ouyang, Linyan & Yu, Ying, 2024. "The impact of FinTech adoption on corporate investment: Evidence from China," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 67(PB).
    8. Awais, Minahil & Afzal, Ayesha & Firdousi, Saba & Hasnaoui, Amir, 2023. "Is fintech the new path to sustainable resource utilisation and economic development?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    9. Hongying Zhang & Liyang Wan & Qiaozhe Guo & Song Nie, 2025. "The Effects of the Sci-Tech Finance Policy on Urban Green Technology Innovation: Evidence from 283 Cities in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-24, February.
    10. Xiao, Anran & Xu, Zeshui & Skare, Marinko & Xiao, JingLin & Qin, Yong, 2024. "Unlocking the potential of FinTech: A pathway to sustainable resource management in the EU," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 98(C).
    11. Hasan, Morshadul & Hoque, Ariful & Abedin, Mohammad Zoynul & Gasbarro, Dominic, 2024. "FinTech and sustainable development: A systematic thematic analysis using human- and machine-generated processing," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 95(PC).
    12. Rui Ai & Yuhang Zheng & Serhat Yüksel & Hasan Dinçer, 2023. "Investigating the components of fintech ecosystem for distributed energy investments with an integrated quantum spherical decision support system," Financial Innovation, Springer;Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, vol. 9(1), pages 1-28, December.
    13. AlSuwaidi, Reem Ahmed & Mertzanis, Charilaos, 2024. "Financial literacy and FinTech market growth around the world," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 95(PB).
    14. Qian Liu & Yiheng You, 2023. "FinTech and Green Credit Development—Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-23, March.
    15. Naysary, Babak & Shrestha, Keshab, 2024. "Financial technology and ESG market: A wavelet-DCC GARCH approach," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
    16. Lu, Yao & Zhan, Shuwei & Zhan, Minghua, 2024. "Has FinTech changed the sensitivity of corporate investment to interest rates?—Evidence from China," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    17. Liu, Kai & Mahmoud, Haitham A. & Liu, Liqun & Halteh, Khaled & Arnone, Gioia & Shukurullaevich, Nizomjon Khajimuratov & Alzoubi, Haitham M., 2024. "Exploring the Nexus between Fintech, natural resources, urbanization, and environment sustainability in China: A QARDL study," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
    18. Wang, Huizong & Hao, Yulong & Fu, Qiang, 2024. "Data factor agglomeration and urban green finance: A quasi-natural experiment based on the National Big Data Comprehensive Pilot Zone," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
    19. Ma, Li & Li, Danna, 2024. "Would macro policy promote green and low-carbon transformation of energy companies?," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 96(PB).
    20. Tingko Lee & Wei‐Tsung Liu & Jun‐Xian Yu, 2021. "Does TMT composition matter to environmental policy and firm performance? The role of organizational slack," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(1), pages 196-213, January.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Fintech; Green innovation; Credit mismatch; Sustainable development; China;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:96:y:2024:i:pb:s1057521924006720. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/inca/620166 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.