Banks need to strike a balance between risk and performance when adopting FinTech. Drawing on data from China's banking sector, this paper investigates how FinTech development influences banks' systemic risk and systemic-risk-adjusted performance. The results show that FinTech development alters banks' credit allocation and leverage levels, increases their risk-taking behavior, thereby amplifying systemic risk. Moreover, the systemic risk associated with FinTech differs across bank types. Specifically, systemic risk stemming from FinTech is more pronounced in state-owned large banks and joint-stock commercial banks than in city and rural commercial banks. This may be attributed to the greater implicit government guarantees enjoyed by the former, which can give rise to moral hazard. To further explore the motivations behind banks' adoption of FinTech, we examine how FinTech affects liquidity management and systemic-risk-adjusted performance. We propose a novel metric for measuring systemic-risk-adjusted performance and demonstrate that, despite the increase in systemic risk, FinTech development generates substantial economic benefits. Further analysis reveals that traditional macroprudential regulatory tools have failed to resist and defuse systemic risks associated with FinTech, even yielding outcomes contrary to policy objectives. In contrast, the regulatory sandbox—a novel approach to FinTech regulation—demonstrates greater effectiveness in managing these risks. Additionally, reducing market competition can help mitigate FinTech-related systemic risks.
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