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| The influence of digital finance development on bank efficiency: evidence from China By Chen Menggen; Zhang, Qiao. Technological and Economic Development of Economy; Vilnius Vol. 32, Iss. 1, (Jan 2026): 43-81. DOI:10.3846/tede.2025.23789 Abstract :Digital finance has enhanced financial service accessibility, reduced costs, and disrupted traditional business models. Based on the functional view of finance, a theoretical model including commercial banks, households, and enterprises is constructed to analyze the impact of digital finance on bank efficiency and explore its mechanisms through liabilities and assets. In this paper, a three-dimensional framework including digital financial foundation, digital banking business and new financial services is constructed and a digital finance index is calculated to represent the development of digital finance at the city level. Then, using the stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) method, the efficiency of commercial banks is measured with the data of Chinese banks between 2011 and 2020. This empirical study shows that digital finance significantly improved the efficiency of China’s commercial banks. For every extra unit of digital finance, bank’s cost efficiency will increase by 0.72% and its revenue efficiency will increase by 3.17%. This conclusion is still valid after multiple robustness checks, including substitution of explanatory variables, cutting samples and regression with instrumental variables. These findings also indicate that the influence of digital finance on the change in bank efficiency varies across different regions, scales, and types of ownership, among which high GDP regions, large-scale banks, and state-owned banks have a relatively strong effect on efficiency. A further analysis of the mechanism shows that digital finance affects liability structure of banks, i.e., banks are usually inclined to have a smaller proportion of interbank liabilities as digital finance advances. Concurrently, digital finance also alters banking risks, which in turn affects their asset side. The core process through which digital finance enhances banking efficiency is more closely connected to the strong optimization impact of digital finance on the liability side than to weakening effect on the asset side. | |||
| Mapping green banking research: a bibliometric and thematic review (2000–2025) By Yanah, Yanah; Tjahjadi, Bambang. Cogent Business & Management; Abingdon Vol. 12, Iss. 1, (Dec 2025). DOI:10.1080/23311975.2025.2551810 Abstract :This study analyses the implementation of green banking based on previous research. The bibliometric method was used in this study. The findings of this study show that green banking practices dominate the implementation of green finance because banks can apply environmentally friendly credit requirements as financial intermediaries. China is the dominant country in green banking. The highest number of green banking publications in 2024. Sustainability is the most published journal on green banking. Taghizadeh-Hesary Farhad has the highest number of local authors. The Southwestern University of Finance and Economics had the highest number of publications. These findings imply that green banking is especially important because many controversial sectors such as weapons manufacturing companies, fossil fuels, and illicit drugs depend on bank financing. This implies that if banks do not implement green banking, it will have a negative impact on the environment. The contribution of this research is the importance of green banking in overcoming climate change, because the function of banks as intermediaries can affect a company’s operational behavior through credit approval requirements. However, this research should be continued to avoid green washing. A limitation of this study is that it used only the Scopus database. | |||
| ESG lending, technology investment and banking performance in BRICS: navigating sustainability and financial stability By Mirza, Nawazish; Umar, Muhammad; Lobont, Oana-Ramona; Safi, Adnan. China Finance Review International; Beijing Vol. 15, Iss. 2, (2025): 324-336. DOI:10.1108/CFRI-09-2024-0496 Abstract :This study examines the impact of ESG lending and technology-related capital expenditures on banking performance in BRICS economies. It assesses how these factors influence return on risk-weighted assets and nonperforming loans, providing insights into the role of sustainable finance and digital transformation in banking stability. | |||
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