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Research on Sustainable Financial Inclusion and Social Impact : Analyzing Credit Thin Filer Data from U.S. Online Loan Platform

지속가능한 금융포용성과 소셜임팩트 증진 제언 연구: 미국 온라인 대출 플랫폼 내 중저신용자 데이터를 중심으로

  • Geonuk Nam ;
  • Jiho Kim ;
  • Gaeun Son ;
  • Hanjin Lee (School of Creative Convergence Education, Handong Global University)
  • 남건욱 (한동대학교 ICT창업학부) ;
  • 김지호 (한동대학교 경영경제학부) ;
  • 손가은 (한동대학교 ICT창업학부) ;
  • 이한진 (한동대학교 창의융합교육원)
  • Received : 2024.03.14
  • Accepted : 2024.05.10
  • Published : 2024.05.31
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Abstract

This study analyses customer data from a US online lending platform to empirically document the discriminatory treatment that low- and middle-income borrowers face in financial markets. Researchers are using financial data from nearly 2.93 million loans between 2007~2020 of the Lending Club on the open-source Kaggle platform. We find that thin-filers borrowers, especially those with lower credit scores, receive loans at higher interest rates. This discriminatory treatment undermines financial inclusion and has the potential to increase social inequality. The significance of this research is that it sheds substantial light on the problem of inequality in financial markets and, based on the findings, suggests concrete measures to ensure equitable access to finance for all customers and enhance sustainable financial inclusion. In doing so, we propose a shift towards enhancing the social responsibility of institutions.

본 연구는 미국 온라인 대출 플랫폼의 고객 데이터를 분석하여 중저신용자가 금융시장 내에서 겪는 차별적 대우를 실증적으로 규명한다. 이 연구는 오픈소스 캐글(Kaggle) 플랫폼 내 랜딩 클럽 금융사의 2007~2020년 기간 약 293만 건의 금융 데이터를 사용하여, 특히 신용점수가 낮은 씬파일러 대출자들이 더 높은 이자율로 대출을 받고 있음을 밝혀냈다. 이러한 차별적 대우는 금융 포용성을 저하시키며 사회적 불평등을 심화시킬 가능성을 시사한다. 본 연구를 통해 금융시장에서의 불평등 문제를 실질적으로 드러낸 점이 중요한 의의로 주목되며, 분석결과를 바탕으로 모든 고객에게 합리적인 금융 접근성을 보장할 수 있을 것이다. 아울러 지속가능한 금융 포용성을 강화할 수 있는 구체적인 방안과 함께 금융기관의 사회적 책임을 강화하는 방향으로의 전환을 제안하였다.

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