Peer-to-Peer Lending with Chinese Characteristics: Development Regulation and Outlook

<p>Literature on China's finance in the West has focused on financial repression in its highly regulated financial markets. However fundamental changes in China's financial system are underway and China's peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is now the largest in the world. </p><p>This book uses exclusive researches interviews and surveys to bring readers a clear picture of the rapidly developing P2P lending industry in China. It is comprised of two parts. The first part is a comprehensive analysis of China's P2P lending industry. It outlines the factors behind the meteoric rise of P2P lending in China and also the challenges its rapid rise has posed. The second part is a panoramic survey of China's P2P lending industry with study of typical cases which could also provide reference to the analysis in the first part. Besides it introduces the existing relevant regulations regulators likely upcoming regulatory measures as well as the diverse body of new financial institutions appearing with the development of the industry to analyse in-depth the current functioning of the industry in China and its lending practices through a large scale survey.</p>