Digital Financial Coverage, Depth of Usage, and Financial Efficiency

ABSTRACT This research analyses the improvement and differences of digital financial coverage and depth of usage on financial efficiency using the SBM dynamic DEA method. The results show that digital finance’s depth of usage having bigger influence on improving the financial system efficiency. The breadth of digital financial coverage is more conducive to improving input efficiency, while its depth of usage is more conducive to improving output efficiency. Considering both the depth of usage and breadth of coverage, in the east region the financial industry efficiency is higher than that in the non-east region. .