Title: The adoption of financial technology in Malaysia

Authors: Nurin Azyyati Solihin; Nur Suhaila Abdullah; Alia Farhana Md Yasak; Nurasyrani Amir Hamzah; Amir Imran Zainoddin

Addresses: Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Kampus Segamat, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Kampus Segamat, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Kampus Segamat, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Kampus Segamat, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia ' Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Johor, Kampus Segamat, 85000 Segamat, Johor, Malaysia

Abstract: Nowadays, financial technology (FinTech) has attracted increasing attention worldwide and has become more notable in defining incremental, or disruptive innovation development in the financial services industry these days. The aim of this research is to examine the factors that influence the adoption of FinTech in Malaysia from 2001 to 2020. The research investigates whether the determinants of FinTech adoption contribute to changes in Malaysia's total issuance of corporate sukuk. Hence, the independent variables that were chosen in this study are technology development, financing, and development of SMEs, while FinTech would be the dependent variable. This paper consists of a quantitative method and several data analyses to identify the relationship between the dependent and independent variables, namely descriptive analysis, normality, regression, and covariance. The sources of data collected are varied for example, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), The World Bank and Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

Keywords: financial technology; FinTech; technology development; financing; development of SME; Malaysia.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2025.144824

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2025 Vol.36 No.3, pp.349 - 364

Received: 01 Mar 2022
Accepted: 05 Mar 2022
Published online: 03 Mar 2025 *

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