Financial Technology Regulation in Malaysia and Indonesia: A Comparative Study

Introduction to The Problem: The era of innovation in information technology has emerged to ease daily commercial transactions. The innovation in financial technology has created numerous new business model to cater the customers’ need. This development needs a regulation and supervision to avoid chaos in the financial system. Particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia, which both countries were recorded by CCAF to be among the top countries in the ASEAN region by the number of fintech firms.Purpose/Objective Study: This study is aimed to analyze the financial technology regulation and supervision in Indonesia and Malaysia.Design/Methodology/Approach: The comparative study is conducted to compare the regulatory environment related to Digital payment, Equity Crowdfunding, P2P lending, Crypto Asset, Consumer protection, cybersecurity law and Islamic fintech in both countriesFindings: The study found that compared to Malaysia, Indonesia has lack of jurisdiction that protecting the customer from the cyber-attack which highly threatening the fintech industry. Both countries also treat ICO differently. Malaysia treats it under RMO guidelines, while Indonesia banned it as the method of payment but still allows the trading of ICO as a commodity under Commodity Futures Regulatory Agency.

Examination of the success drivers of equity crowdfunding campaigns in Malaysia

Purpose This study aims to investigate the drivers of successful equity crowdfunding campaigns in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Data for this study are collected manually from 5 different equity crowdfunding platforms in Malaysia. A total of 101 campaigns are analyzed, out of which the final sample used for this study is 97. The relationships are analyzed via ordinary least squares multiple regression analysis. Findings The results of the analysis show that minimum funding target, minimum investment required, pre-money valuation and length of pitch video are highly significant in influencing the success of the campaign. Percentage of equity retained is only significant at the 10% level. The size of the project team and the text length of the pitch are found to be insignificant. In addition, all the variables, except for equity retained and the minimum investment required, are found to have a positive impact on the success of an equity crowdfunding campaign in Malaysia. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that investigates the success factors of equity crowdfunding campaigns in a developing country such as Malaysia. In addition, this study contributes to the literature on equity crowdfunding success via the inclusion of less-studied variables such as pre-money valuation and minimum investment required.

Is there a gender gap in equity-based crowdfunding?

Compared to their male peers, female entrepreneurs tend to face greater obstacles in raising venture funding from business angels, venture capitalists, and financial institutions. In this paper, we investigate whether this gender gap also exists in equity crowdfunding. Based on data from the German equity crowdfunding market, we find that ventures with and without female managing directors are equally successful in raising capital when launching their first equity crowdfunding campaign. In contrast, the former are significantly less successful than their peers in seasoned equity crowdfunding campaigns, and this disparity cannot be fully explained by differences in other venture-related or entrepreneur-related characteristics. However, we also find that the gender gap in seasoned offerings narrows if female entrepreneurs set more ambitious funding thresholds. Overall, our results indicate that pitching their equity crowdfunding campaigns in a more promotion-oriented way is a sensible strategy for female entrepreneurs to improve funding success.

Review of Equity Crowdfunding Practices through Santara.id in the Perspective of Islamic Economic Law

This article aims to find out the mechanism of equity crowdfunding through the santara platform from Islamic economic law. This article uses a qualitative method using library data. This article finds that santara.id is an intermediary between investors and issuers in developing a business. The scheme is similar to the muḍārabah contract, the investor is identical to ṣāḥib al-māl, and the issuer is identical to the muḍārib. However, this activity cannot be considered as muḍārabah cooperation because there has been no concrete agreement regarding the muḍārabah agreement. This article provides suggestions so that santara.id can further develop the platform's promotion in the community. It is because santara.id can provide investment services for the middle class, both as investors and issuers.

„Equity crowdfunding” w perspektywie sektora MŚP

Celem niniejszego artykułu jest prezentacja założeń teoretycznych oraz praktycznej implementacji equity crowdfundingu w perspektywie europejskiego sektora MŚP. W artykule ukazano, w jaki sposób przebiega komunikacja podczas kampanii crowdfundingowej pomiędzy podmiotami biorącymi w niej udział oraz przedstawiono kluczowe mechanizmy wchodzące w skład procesu związanego z pozyskiwaniem kapitału przy pomocy equity crowdfundingu. Analizie poddano również to, w jaki sposób equity crowdfunding może być odpowiedzią na wyzwania stojące przed europejskim sektorem MŚP w zakresie pozyskiwania kapitału oraz deficytu innowacyjności w obliczu słabnącej koniunktury gospodarczej. W artykule jako metodę badawczą zastosowano analizę treści, której implementacja umożliwiła analizę istniejącej literatury przedmiotu.

Strategic entrepreneurial choice between competing crowdfunding platforms

This paper investigates strategic entrepreneurial choice between the UK Big 3 platforms–Crowdcube, Seedrs and SyndicateRoom–that exemplify the three main equity crowdfunding (ECF) shareholder structures identified in the literature. ECF has become a strategic choice for both entrepreneurs and angel and venture capital funds as it offers mutually beneficial advantages to both, especially under the co-investment ECF model where these funds co-invest alongside the crowd. The multinomial probit results show that large founder teams are more likely to choose the co-investment model (SyndicateRoom) but are less likely to opt for the nominee ownership structure (Seedrs). Although less heterogeneous teams are more likely to choose the Seedrs and Crowdcube ownership structures, our results suggest that the probability of choosing the co-investment model (SyndicateRoom) monotonically increases as teams become more heterogeneous. The conclusion is that larger and heterogeneous teams are more likely to raise ECF funds from campaigns explicitly involving professional investors.