Table 1

Descriptive statistics

Variable definitionObsMeanStd. DevMinimumMaximumSource
Panel A: Bank risk taking
Z-Score8015.706.755.0627.95GFDI
NPLs809.386.151.4524.80GFDI
Panel B: Bank characteristics
Bank size- Log (Total assets)808.980.8147.4310.74GFDI
Panel C: fintech variables
registered m-money accounts per 1,000 adults80486.70310.755.531443.55IMF
Mobile money agents per 100,000 adults80466.85438.6613.622145.51IMF
Mobile money agents outlets per 1,000 km280464.78952.680.214725.38IMF
Value of mobile and Internet banking transactions (% of GDP)8043.6778.230.01437.98IMF
Number of mobile and Internet banking transactions per 1,000 adults8013421.5441432.0112.80229940.5IMF
ATMs per 100,000 adults8016.4820.081.8772.95IMF
Fintech-based financial inclusion (FBFI)800.4810.1840.2550.984Authors
Panel D: Macro-specific factors
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) (INF)8017.6367.46−2.43557.20GFDI
GDP growth (annual %) (GDPG)803.054.17−8.7311.87GFDI
Regulatory quality (reg)80−0.4740.599−1.8930.765WGI

Note(s): Where: GFDI denotes Global Financial Development Indicators and WDI denotes World Development Indicators

Source(s): Authors’ own creation

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