Zhentong Lu

Senior Economist

Financial Services

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015)

M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012)

M.A. in Economics, Peking University (2010)

B.Econ. in Statistics, Hunan University (2007)

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Bio

Zhentong Lu is a Senior Economist in the Payment System Oversight Division of the Financial Stability Department (FSD). Before joining the Bank, he was an Assistant Professor in the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. His main research areas are empirical industrial organization, applied econometrics and payment economics.

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Staff Working Papers

An Economic Perspective on Payments Migration

Staff Working Paper 2020-24 Anneke Kosse, Zhentong Lu, Gabriel Xerri
Consumers, businesses and banks make millions of payments each day using a variety of instruments, such as debit cards, cheques and wires. Canada is currently developing three new systems to process these transactions: Lynx, Settlement Optimization Engine (SOE) and Real-Time Rail (RTR).
Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial services, Financial system regulation and policies, Payment clearing and settlement systems JEL Code(s): E, E4, E42, G, G2, G21

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