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User Data Can Tell Defaulters in P2P Lending

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  • Jackson J. Mi

    (Fudan University)

  • Tianxiao Hu

    (Fudan University)

  • Luke Deer

    (The University of Sydney
    The University of Cambridge)

Abstract

Online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending service is a new type of financial platforms that enables individuals borrow and lend money directly from one to another. As P2P lending service is rapidly developing, a number of rating systems of borrowers’ creditworthiness are published by different P2P lending companies. However, whether these rating systems could truly reflect the creditworthiness and loan risk of borrowers is unconfirmed. In this paper, we analyzed the differences between credit levels and users’ distribution of CPLP to evaluate if the credit levels can truly reflect the borrowers’ credit. We used soft factors to establish a model that can find borrowers who are likely to default. Further, we proposed some strategies to construct and improve the risk-control of P2P lending platforms according to the result of our research.

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  • Jackson J. Mi & Tianxiao Hu & Luke Deer, 2018. "User Data Can Tell Defaulters in P2P Lending," Annals of Data Science, Springer, vol. 5(1), pages 59-67, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aodasc:v:5:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s40745-017-0134-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s40745-017-0134-z
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