BEN Shenglin

BEN Shenglin

Professor, Dean

Dr. BEN Shenglin, Dean and Professor of ZIBS, Dean of Academy of Internet Finance (AIF), Zhejiang University and President of Beijing Frontier Institute of Regulation and Supervision Technology (FIRST). Prior to joining Zhejiang University in May 2014 as a Professor, he spent 20-years in China and abroad with ABN AMRO, HSBC, and lastly JP Morgan Chase, where he served as China CEO, JP Morgan Chase Bank. He is the founder and Director of the International Monetary Institute, Renmin University of China. He is also founder and chairman of Zhejiang Association of FinTech (ZAFT), the industry association of global fintech hub - Zhejiang Province. He serves as a Counselor to Zhejiang Provincial Government, a Standing Committee member of CPPCC Zhejiang and Vice Chairman of its Economic Commission. He currently serves as a board member of leading companies including China Construction Bank and China Industrial Bank. 
  • Education
    • 1994, Ph.D. in Economics, Purdue University, USA
    • 1990, Master in Management, Renmin University of China
    • 1987, Bachelor in Engineering, Tsinghua University
  • Work Experience
    • 2018 – Present, Dean and Professor of ZIBS
    • 2014 – Present, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of School of Management, Zhejiang University
    • 2010 – 2014, China CEO of JP Morgan Chase Bank
    • 2005 – 2010, China director and General Manager of Industrial and Commercial Financial Business of HSBC Bank
    • 1994 – 2005, Senior Vice President and China General Manager of Working Capital Business of ABN AMRO
  • Publications
    Journal Articles
    • Zheren Wang & Shenglin Ben. Effect of consumers’ online shopping on their investment in money market funds on ecommerce platforms[J]. Information Systems and e-Business Management 2021, PP 1-22.
    • Xueru Chen, & Xiaoji Hu, & Shenglin Ben. How Individual Investors React to Negative Events in the FinTech Era? Evidence from China’s Peer-to-Peer Lending Market[J]. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research.2021,16.52-70.
    • Chen, X., Hu, X., & Ben, S. How do reputation, structure design and FinTech ecosystem affect the net cash inflow of P2P lending platforms? Evidence from China [J]. Electronic Commerce Research, 2020, (02): 1-28.
    • Li, W., Ben, S., Hommel, U., & et al. Default Contagion and Systemic Risk in Loan Guarantee Networks[J]. Accounting & Finance, 2019, 1923-1946.
    • Liu Z, Ben S, Zhang R. Factors affecting consumers’ mobile payment behavior: a meta-analysis[J]. Electronic Commerce Research, 2019: 1-27.

    Books & Book Chapters
    • Yang T., Ben S., Yang D, Song K, et al. China FinTech Operation Report (2019), Social Sciences Academic press, 2019.
    • Ben S., Yu J., Gu Y., et al. East or West, Home is Best: Are Banks becoming more global or local?, Zhejiang University Press, 2018.
    • Ben S., Yu J., Jing L., et al. Start Sailing: Chinese Insurance Company Taking the International Stage, Zhejiang University Press, 2018.
    • Yang T., Ben S., Yang D, Song K, et al. China FinTech Operation Report (2018), Social Sciences Academic press, 2018.
    • en S. Future road: the power and responsibility of finance, Zhejiang University Press, 2018.
    • Ben S., Yu J., Gu Y., et al. In Pursuit of Presence or Prominence: The Prospect of Chinese Bank's Global Expansion and Their Benchmarks, Zhejiang University Press,2017.

    Conference Papers
    • Ben S., Felice S., Zhang R., et al. Digital Infrastructure: Overcoming the Digital Divide in Emerging Economies[C].G20 Insight, 2017, (04): 1-12.
    • Ben S., A Closer Asia-Africa Partnership is an Opportunity for All[C].International Monetary Institute.International Monetary Review, 2016, 3(02): 126-133.
  • Research Grants
    • Internet + bridge finance' Industry Standardization System Construction Research, 2017-12-26 to 2020-12-26
    • Study on Online Loan Risk Based on Big Data, from 2017-11-01 to 2019-12-30
    • Regulatory Sandbox for Fintech: UK-China Collaboration to Promote Financial Innovation, from 2017-10-16 to 2017-10-16
    • Zhejiang University - University of Cambridge Joint Research on FinTech, from 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
    • CEPS Project -- Sustainable Development in the Era of Digital Platforms
    • Global/China Fintech Hub Index
  • Research Interests
    • International Finance
    • FinTech
    • Digital Economy
    • Global Business 
  • Teaching Courses
    • Modern Financial Markets & International Practices of Financial Innovation Practice
    • Regulation of Financial Technology, Global Fintech Trends
  • Awards & Honors
    • International Financial Management was rated as the "provincial first-class course in 2020" of Zhejiang Province
BEN Shenglin