P2P sector faces risk control challenges

Information technologies and innovation are not only reshaping the landscape of manufacturing but changing the roadmap of the virtual financial sector.

By adopting big-data technologies, Chinese internet financing companies, better known as P2P (peer-to-peer) lenders, offer much-needed liquidity to small and medium-sized enterprises, although risk control remains a challenge.

Big data can be deployed and analyzed for insights that better connect liquidity-starved firms to prospective lenders, therefore enabling better decision-making in business strategies.