Journal of Applied Economic Research
ISSN 2712-7435
Russian Market of Online Microloans to the Population: Credit Risks Analysis
Yuliya S. Evlakhova, Alexandra A. Tregubova
Rostov State University of Economics, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Abstract
The credit bubble and the accompanying credit risks in the microfinance market could potentially threaten financial stability, as a crisis in the microfinance market could trigger an influx of high-risk clients into the banking sector. The purpose of the study is to assess the level of credit risk that creates threats of financial instability in the microloan market for the population, including its online segment. The hypothesis of the study is that during periods of crisis there are critical deviations of the key characteristics of the credit risk of the microloan market for the population, including its online segment. An original approach to assessing credit risk in the market of microloans to the population is proposed, which includes: (1) selection of indicators of the microfinance market that characterize credit risk at the macrolevel; (2) exponential smoothing models that make it possible to obtain an estimate of the boundaries of the corridor of acceptable values of market indicators. The information base of the study was the official statistical data of the Bank of Russia on the activities of microfinance institutions. The results of the study made it possible to identify the emergence of several "bubbles" of online microloans in the microfinance market: the largest of them was recorded on March 31, 2021, and was due to an increase in the issuance of both online PDL and online IL microloans, the second largest was recorded on June 30, 2022, and was caused exclusively by the growth of online PDL microloans. It was revealed that the level of credit activity of microfinance organizations shifted from high to moderate, while their credit activity did not provoke an excessive increase in credit risks of the microfinance market. In order to timely prevent crises in the microfinance market, the necessity of monitoring the values of outstanding overdue debts of microfinance organizations and interest arrears on microloans issued online IL is substantiated. The practical significance of the study lies in the possibility of using the results obtained in the prudential regulation of the microfinance market, in assessing the risks of the activities of microfinance organizations and their clients – individual borrowers. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the expanding of the analysis of credit risks in the microfinance market through the study of the segment of online microloans.
Keywords
microfinance market; online microloans; risk; credit risk; exponential smoothing; risk assessment; financial instability.
JEL classification
G21, C22References
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Acknowledgements
The research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation, project No. 23-28-00590, https://rscf.ru/project/23-28-00590/
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Евлахова Юлия Сергеевна
Доктор экономических наук, доцент, заведующая кафедрой финансового мониторинга и финансовых рынков Ростовского государственного экономического университета (РИНХ), г. Ростов-на-Дону, Россия (344002, г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Большая Садовая, 69); ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2561-6165 e-mail: evlahova@yandex.ru
Трегубова Александра Александровна
Кандидат экономических наук, доцент кафедры статистики, эконометрики и оценки рисков Ростовского государственного экономического университета (РИНХ), г. Ростов-на-Дону, Россия (344002, г. Ростов-на-Дону, ул. Большая Садовая, 69); ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4446-6622 e-mail: alexandra_a_t@mail.ru
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Evlakhova, Yu.S., Tregubova, A.A. (2023). Russian Market of Online Microloans to the Population: Credit Risks Analysis. Journal of Applied Economic Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, 710-738. https://doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2023.22.3.029
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Received July 19, 2023; Revised August 10, 2023; Accepted August 17, 2023.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15826/vestnik.2023.22.3.029
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