scholarly journals Enhancing Financial Inclusion in ASEAN: Identifying the Best Growth Markets for Fintech

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Kam Loon Loo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Subsistence Economy ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Financial Technology

While most of the advanced economies are facing saturated markets, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been touted a stable and attractive investment region averaging 5.4% growth since 1980. In 2013, ASEAN overtook China as the top foreign direct investment destination. Boasting the world’s fifth largest economy with over 650 million people and 400 million reaching middle class, ASEAN has commendably transitioned from a subsistence economy to product and service industries. Despite the success, many live in marginalized areas without access to banking facilities. Advancing internet capability and availability present investors an opportunity to offer financial technology, or Fintech, to meet the need for financial services in this digital era. The aim of this research is to identify the countries with the highest need for financial inclusion and, hence, the best potential for Fintech growth. The results may help governments formulate policy that improves investment competitiveness. The methodology includes identifying relevant criteria and allocating weight to each criterion to evaluate the best international markets. The findings show Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia as the countries with the highest potential. The associated risks and opportunities are discussed, followed by managerial implications, limitations, and recommendations for future research.

scholarly journals Financial Technology (Fin-Tech): Revolutionizing the Indian Agrarian Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12s3) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Agricultural Finance ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Financial Technology

Agriculture is the largest employer of India which constitutes 50% of its workforce and also a contributor to 17-18% in its GDP. Still, it is one of the most disorganized and disjointed sector.Somewhere this sector has not been given due attention and itcan be proven with the fact that the GDP contribution of this sector has fallen from 43% to 18% (1970- 2018).Though the Indian Government is digitally driving to provide financial inclusion to more than 145 million households that are not having access to banking services but still the farmers aremajorlyusing traditional credit for their basic and main two factors; Production & Consumption (Distribution). The financial segment has an important role to make agriculture aprime contributorto the economic growth of the country and also in reducing poverty. A fast-evolving technological landscape is bringing up new potential to focus&provide credit, risk-sharing, and to explore technology to enhance agricultural productivity. Our paper firstly examines agricultural finance in the Indian context and then discusses how financial technology (Fin-Tech) can drive new products in credit and risk markets in India. We evaluate the role of mobile banking, financial literacy, digital financial services, digital financial technology, and block-chain technology. The paper is concluded with a discussion of policy takeaways for Fin-Tech in agriculture to promote agricultural growth, enhance financial inclusion, and improve regional economic integration through agriculture.

The First Android Based Sharia Fintech Innovation In Indonesia To Increase Inclusive and Literate on Society’s Finance

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 01-19
Author(s):  
Suhartono Suhartono ◽  
Juniato Sidauruk ◽  
Octa Pratama Putra ◽  
Syamsul Bahri ◽  
Martias Martias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Technical Procedure ◽  
Interview Session ◽  
Personal Finances ◽  
Financial Technology

Technology has become the part of today’s people life. Then, it is actually close to the application of it. Absolutely, it has example; such as the electricity for having more sophisticated in financial technology (Fin-Tech). The simplicity and speed of this technology have led people to adopt it in everyday’s life. One of the innovations in developing business and the economy, especially in the banking sector, is currently to develop Fintech (Financial Technology) which is able to facilitate all types of buying and selling transactions, investments and fundraising. Next, the purpose of this study is to explain and provide an understanding of the technical, procedures and benefits of the application, it is called Sharia FinTech. Then, it is also to contribute to the literature on the capacity of the latest technological and non-technological innovations. The research method used is descriptive research method with a qualitative approach. It is to describe and explore the phenomena in the form of engineering human innovation in the financial technology industry. It is done by taking into account the characteristics, quality, and interrelationships between activities It has several aspects; they are: conducting the observation, having an interview session, creating the documentation, and the last one is doing the Literature review. The result of this study is to increase the knowledge, skills and confidence of the community in managing personal finances to be better and to provide access to be having convenient and accountable financial services. Afterwards, this study linits on explaining and providing an understanding of the technical, procedure and benefits of Sharia Fintech for all people in need. Thence, the limitation of the research only discusses the role of Islamic Fintech in increasing the public financial inclusion and literacy. As for the the next researchers, they can be even wider by adding the collaboration of fintech and the banking world. The novelty of this research is the use of the android application as a digital platform in financial inclusion and literacy.

scholarly journals Financial Technology: Review of Trends, Approaches and Management

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Abad-Segura ◽  
Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar ◽  
Eloy López-Meneses ◽  
Esteban Vázquez-Cano
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Economic Technology ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Technology Review ◽  
Financial Technology

Technological innovation and digitization have posed a challenge to the financial sector globally. Fintech is the term used to designate the application of new technologies to financial services. The aim of the study is to analyse this research subject worldwide during the period 1975–2019. To this end, bibliometric techniques were applied to 2012 articles, obtaining findings of the productivity of scientific research, of the main thematic axes and their evolution. Scientific activity increased, mainly in the past decade, with 45% of publications. The main thematic areas were Business, Management and Accounting, Engineering, Social Sciences and Computer Science. Seven research lines were identified, aimed at analysing the aspects financial, economic, technology transfer, investment, innovation, partnerships and institutions and commercial. Future research lines should develop analyses on banking, financial services trade, territorial development, legal, management, research methodologies and the sustainability of financial technologies. It was verified that there is a growing and dynamic interest in scientific activity on financial technologies at an international level. The findings obtained are a complement to the knowledge of financial technologies and allow the relationship between science and technology to be established, and to inform the decision-making process.

Understanding FinTech and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) for Financial Inclusion

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Andrei Dragos Popescu
Keyword(s):  
Social Problem ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Underserved Population ◽  
Finance Industry ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Financial Exclusion ◽  
Cycle Of Poverty ◽  
Financial Technology

For a very long period of time, financial inclusion researchers have been addressing the barriers that prevent unprivileged people from accessing and using financial services. Financial exclusion is an underlying social problem that dates from the creation of the first financial system. Without the access to the banking and financial infrastructures, the unbanked are perpetuating a vicious cycle of poverty. Blockchain is leading this transformation of allowing unbanked and underbanked people to have access and interact with the finance industry. The promise of a digital economy is starting to take shape, as financial technology (FinTech) companies are evolving the concept of democratization of access. Decentralized finance (DeFi) is expanding the possibilities of financial technology by creating an ecosystem based on transparency, accessibility, and efficiency. We are witnessing a paradigm shift for most of the financial services which are remodeling the accessibility and usability of these services, addressing the excluded and underserved population.

scholarly journals Exploring the Development of Financial Inclusion in the Context of Financial Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 104-111
Author(s):  
Ziyi Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Family Enterprises ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Financial Technology

The concept of inclusive finance was proposed and promoted by the United Nations in 2005 with the main purpose of providing services for those who lack good financial services while promoting the economic growth of family enterprises and eliminating social poverty as well as inequality. With the innovation of financial technology and its application in the field of financial inclusion, the new inclusive finance has shown strong vitality and great prospects in recent years. It provides certain ideas and directions for the development of inclusive finance in the banking industry.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Impact of Mobile Banking in Financial Inclusion Among the Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Ummahani Akter ◽  
S. M. Rakibul Anwar ◽  
Riduanul Mustafa ◽  
Zulfiqure Ali
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Bandwidth Allocation ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
The Impact

Financial inclusion ensures financial products and services at reasonable rates for individuals and aims to introduce unbanked people into banking and financial services. The study aims to explore the effect that mobile banking facilities have on financial inclusion in 17 developing countries. From 2011 to 2017, this study took data from the three dimensions of financial inclusion called "Penetration," "Access," and "Uses". This paper took the Sarma model of Index of Financial Inclusion (IFI) to measure financial inclusion. This paper incorporates mobile money accounts as a "penetration" variable and Mobile banking outlet as an "Access" variable with existing model variables to quantify the effect of mobile banking. This research finds that mobile banking positively impacts the selected countries, though the degree of the changes is not symmetric. African regional countries have improved their financial inclusion after introducing mobile banking much better compared to other regions. This study is limited to examining mobile banking effects on selected emerging countries only. Future research may be devoted to developing more innovative strategies and tools to reach out to unbanked people, including people who face disparities in mobile phone ownership and bandwidth allocation.

scholarly journals Financial Technology as Payment Methods in the Digital Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
I Budiarti ◽  
F Hibatulloh ◽  
M Salman
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Payment System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Payment Methods ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Financial Technology

FinTech is defined as technological innovation in financial services that can produce business models, applications, processes, or products with material effects related to financial services provision. This study aims to analyze the impact of developing a digital payment system and prevent inflation due to a large amount of cash in circulation. The method used in this study is qualitative. Fintech technology is very beneficial for the community, especially in industrial revolution 4.0, where this digital payment system has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are efficiency and safety, while the disadvantages are higher interest costs. This digital payment system can minimize inflation due to the large amount of money circulating in society.

scholarly journals The Effect of Financial Literacy and Financial Technology on Student Financial Inclusion of Institute of Social Sciences and Management Stiami Jakarta Bekasi Campus

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Ismi Amalia Romadhon ◽  
Heksawan Rahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Financial Technology

Financial inclusion is a situation where everyone has access to quality financial services at an affordable cost and a fun way. This research aims to find out the influence of literacy on financial inclusion, to know the influence of financial technolgy on financial inclusion on students of Institute of Social Sciences and Management STIAMI Jakarta Bekasi Campus. The population of this study was a student employee of STIAMI Institute of Social Sciences and Management Jakarta Bekasi Campus and was assigned a sample of 47 respondents, with the method of Simple Random Sampling. The study used questionnaire data collection techniques. Technical analysis of the data used is validity test, reliability, classic assumption, multiple linear, Correlation Coefficient, determination coefficient and hypothesis test. The results of the study based on the t test analysis showed that the financial literacy variable (X1) with a calculated t value of 0.607 > t table 2.01537 or signification 0.547 > 0.05 and variable financial technology (X2) with a calculated value of 3.895 > t table 2.01537 or signification of 0.000 < 0.05, it is said that only financial technology variables (X2) have a significant effect on financial inclusion variables (Y). While the F test results show that independent variables (price and product quality) have a simultaneous influence on dependent variables (purchasing decisions) with a value of F count 10,476 > F table 3.20 or signification of 0.000 < 0.05.. so Ho was rejected and Ha accepted. Based on multiple linear regression analysis the model or equation is Y = 64,392 + 0.095 (X1) + 1,140 (X2).

INFLUENCE OF THE DIGITAL ERA 4.0

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vachry Arfansyah Imang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Finance Company ◽  
The World ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Financial Technology

The era of industry 4.0 which is based on new technology and can change the entire chain and management in every branch of the industry including the financial industry which is commonly known as financial technology and digital banking has been experienced by the world today. Changes towards Financial Technology and digital banking show that technology is capable of playing a strategic role in providing accessible financial services. This is in accordance with the behavior of consumers who want service without having to be face-to-face at the bank, insurance office, or finance company.

Paving the Way for the Development of FinTech Initiatives in ASEAN

2020 ◽  
pp. 80-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahani Hamdan ◽  
Muhammad Anshari
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
Innovative Technology ◽  
Financial Policies ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Internet Penetration ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Financial Technology

Financial technology (FinTech) is not one to be ignored under any circumstances. It is not only growing as a concept but a phenomenon that has been manifested in non-financial sectors using innovative technology to bring financial services straight to the customers. The creation and practical applications of FinTech supported by government regulations and financial policies, high mobile adoption, rising rates of internet penetration, and increasingly literate and millennial generation, strongly indicates that the various scopes of FinTech in ASEAN are very promising in supporting economic growth and financial inclusion. This chapter will provide an overview of FinTech and examine the development of FinTech initiatives to shed light on some challenges and solutions facing the ASEAN's financial landscape today and in the future.

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