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Lending-based crowdfunding: opportunities and risks

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  • Marcello Bofondi

    (Banca d'Italia)

Abstract

Lending-based crowdfunding (LBC) is an alternative funding channel to that represented by credit intermediaries. LBC allows households and small businesses to be financed directly by a multitude of investors. Supply meets demand online platforms. This paper first describes how LBC platforms operate, identifying the potential risks and benefits of their operations and then attempts to indicate if and how LBC will contribute to the evolution of the financial system. Although it is unlikely that LBC will pose a significant threat to the banking system and its profitability, it has nevertheless the potential to stimulate traditional intermediaries to review their business models and to create an alternative source of financing for households and small and medium-sized enterprises. The risks to financial stability posed by LBC can be mitigated by establishing rules that limit the expansion of credit to riskier borrowers and by ensuring investors� capacity to absorb any losses.

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  • Marcello Bofondi, 2017. "Lending-based crowdfunding: opportunities and risks," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 375, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
    • Handle: RePEc:bdi:opques:qef_375_17
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    Cited by:

    1. Peter Konhäusner & Robert Seidentopf, 2021. "Digital Marketing Effects of Clubhouse on Crowdfunding in the Context of COVID-19," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-19, July.
    2. Saman Adhami & Gianfranco Gianfrate & Sofia Johan, 2023. "Risks and returns in crowdlending," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 13(2), pages 309-340, June.
    3. Nicola Branzoli & Ilaria Supino, 2020. "FinTech credit: a critical review of empirical research," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 549, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.

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    Keywords

    FinTech; lending-based crowdfunding; financial innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G23 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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