DSResearch CIMB Fintech Report 2020
DSResearch CIMB Fintech Report 2020
DSResearch CIMB Fintech Report 2020
© Dec 2020
Contents 1
Forewords 2
Fintech Overview 6
Business Models 7
Technology in Fintech 9
Fintech Ecosystem in Indonesia 11
Business Growth 12
Fintech Funding 18
Opportunity 20
Regulatory Perspective 23
Summary 24
Business Perspective of Fintech 25
Challenges on Pandemic 27
Strategy & Innovation on Pandemic 32
Future Projection 36
Consumer Perspective of Fintech 38
Demography 39
Consumer Behavior on Pandemic 42
Challenges 60
Expectation 60
Future Intention 61
Strategic Collaboration 64
Bibliography 70
Pandemic has changed the course of our lives this year. However, fintech product’s
adoption has never been so enormous. The digital solution has helped society to
continue doing financial transactions while minimizing the risk. It also helps those
in need of financing, investing, and remittance solutions.
It sheds light on the impact which fintech ecosystem will have on all the stakehold-
ers, the challenges and concerns that all sectors will face, and the emergence of
new businesses and monetization models in this space.
This report is created by DSResearch and Bank CIMB Niaga, also supported by
Ayoconnect and Investree, to gain more insights on fintech’s overview in 2020.
CIMB Group is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider and one of
ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups. It offers consumer banking, investment
banking, Islamic banking, asset management and insurance products and services.
Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is now present in all ASEAN nations
(Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar,
Laos and Philippines). Beyond ASEAN, the Group has market presence in China,
Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, the US, UK and Korea. CIMB Group is listed on the
Malaysian stock exchange via CIMB Group Holdings Berhad. As at 30 September
2020, the Group had a market capitalization of $7.4 billion.
We are the only fintech lending company that has obtained Business License for
Information Technology-Based Lending and Borrowing Services from the Finan-
cial Services Authority in Indonesia (OJK) for two types of businesses, namely
conventional and sharia. Closing the 3rd quarter of 2020, Investree recorded a
total loan facility of Rp7 trillion and loan value disbursed of Rp5 trillion with an
average yield of 16.9% p.a. and TKB90 of 99%. Investree was also named “Best
Fintech of the Year” by The Asset Magazine and “Best P2P Lending Platform for
SMEs” by The Asian Banker.
This achievement is inseparable from internet penetration in Indonesia. According to APJII’s latest
data from a survey conducted until Q2 20202, the number of internet users has reached 196.7 mil-
lion, or the equivalent of 73.7 percent of the total population in Indonesia. The increase is around
8.9% from 2019. Java Island is still the largest contributor to internet users in Indonesia with 55.7%.
Business Model
The huge market share has implications for variants of business models. In the last decade, financial ser-
vices have begun to be democratized with technology. Based on the existing regulatory structure at the
Bank Indonesia, Financial Services Authority, and Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency; the
fintech business model can be mapped into seven main categories.
P2P Lending
Payment System
Equity Crowdfunding
Remittance Fintech Indonesia
Inovasi Keuangan Digital
E-money (Digital wallet)
Aggregator
Blockchain-Based
Claim Service Handling
Credit Scoring
e-KYC
Financial Agent
Funding Agent
Insurance Broker Marketplace
Insurtech
Online Distress Solution
Project Financing
Property Investment Management
RegTech - PEP
Tax & Accounting
Verification Technology
BAPPEBTI
Investment
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“Fintech innovation can be a complement to serving the public in using financial service products.
Thoughts of developing on their own and fear of losing the competition must be far left behind. In
fact, cooperation in the ecosystem will make the industry grow together. We hope that all stake-
holders have the same thoughts and take an active role following their fields in improving the fintech
ecosystem. OJK continues to encourage innovation and cooperation in the ecosystem to continue to
exist. Fintech and existing financial service industries, such as banking, financing, and capital mar-
kets can also collaborate.”
Indonesian authorities also have a Regulatory Sandbox for the fintech business. It is a feasibility test-
ing tool for a new business model. It can accommodate product innovations that flow rapidly. The
mechanism is carried out by the Financial Services Authority and Bank Indonesia according to their
business domain.
Payment Platforms
AML/Fraud Prevention
Push-to-Card
KYC
Cross-Border-Payments
Recurring Payments
Custody/Clearing
Switching/Managing Wallet
Chargeback
Receipt/Management
API Search ATM/Checks
AML/Fraud Prevention helps financial businesses prevent fraud that results in losses,
undermines credibility, and undermines business innovation.
KYC (Know Your Customer) helps businesses to verify identity, conformity, and quantify user
risk. Used to determine creditworthiness or other considerations in financial services.
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These statistics are an interesting starting point for further exploring the development of fintech in
Indonesia during the pandemic.
Business Growth
Fintech Lending
Fintech lending is still on a fast growth path from year to year. As of September 2020, there were
Rp128.7 trillion in loan distribution, involving 29.2 million borrower accounts and 681 thousand
investor accounts. Users from Java still dominate the majority of transactions. The rate of growth
outside Java is much smaller, indicating inequality in the distribution of services. Several factors
contributed to this, including the need for business owners to have representatives or partners in
their operational areas; also related to digital and financial literacy in Indonesia.
According to data quoted by President Joko Widodo5, financial literacy in Indonesia still reaches
35.5%. Meanwhile, digital literacy is only 31.26%. This percentage makes the financial inclusion in-
dex in Indonesia only reached 76%, lower than Singapore 86%, Malaysia 85%, and Thailand 82%.
Non-bank financial institutions are expected to encourage an increase in these aspects.
15,397,251
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Rp18.40 T 3,664,645 5,199,607 1,996
767.56% yoy Rp11.67T 114.61% yoy 1,444.19% yoy 3,171,872 114.98% yoy 74.63% yoy
103.16% yoy 28.47% yoy
282.93% yoy 356.51% yoy
Rp3.05 T 694,803 3,756 3,901
705.82% yoy 3,013.47% yoy 88.18% yoy 10.64% yoy
Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Sep 2020 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Sep 2020 Dec 2018 Dec 2019 Sep 2020
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KTA KILAT
According to the latest study by DSResearch and AFPI6, for now, the majority of fintech lending business
is targeting the productive segment. Commonly, they provide capital loans to help MSMEs. There are also
many players who are targeting two segments at once, both productive and consumptive.
Productive
57
Productive 57
Consumptive 30
Consumptive Sharia 6
48 4 Productive & Consumptive 48
Productive & Sharia 4
6
30
Sharia
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Integration is one of the main strategies applied by each player. When the platform is integrat-
ed into an application that has a huge user base, it will significantly impact the value of transac-
tions. The Markplus8 and Ipsos surveys even put ShopeePay in the top position of digital wallet
popularity this year. The service is owned by Shopee, the e-commerce giant from Sea Group,
and is the most widely used in Indonesia9.
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In 2020, Bank Indonesia10 issued digital wallet licenses to six companies. Most of the companies
that focus on working on this platform are banking and technology companies.
PT Bank OCBC NISP No. 21/582/DKSP/Srt/B tanggal 2 Maret 2020 One Wallet
19 Desember 2019
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The traction obtained by the digital gold platform is quite good because it can accommodate a wid-
er segment of users. Some companies integrate their investment services with popular sites such
as online marketplaces or ride-hailing. Currently, several applications process gold transactions
digitally, as follows:
The rise in the gold investment platform has led the Jakarta Futures Exchange to inaugurate a
special committee to handle digital gold players through a decree SK/193/DIR/BBJ/VI/20 con-
cerning the formation of a digital gold physical market committee. The formation of this com-
mittee is mandatory as stated by the legislation of the Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory
Agency, as well as to oversee digital gold players.
Mutual funds11 are also a popular choice these days because the risk tends to be lower than
stocks. Several startups launched special services to accommodate the instrument. Some play-
ers integrate their services into popular online marketplaces. Seeing market conditions in Indo-
nesia, they also provide educational services to help users identify their respective investment
profiles. This includes using artificial intelligence to release Robo Advisors that are integrated
into the investment platform.
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Insurtech Platform
Insurance
Player
in Indonesia
Aggregator Technology
Enablement
According to the OJK13, as of July 2020, the penetration rate of life insurance is still at 1.1%. There
was a decrease in the level of penetration in line with economic pressure due to the pandemic.
Insurance penetration is the ratio level of the number of funds in the insurance industry to gross
domestic product.
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There were no fintech funding publications throughout the first quarter of this year, all new funding was
announced starting April 2020. Here’s the full list:
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Besides, earlier this year Cashlez successfully conducted an IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.
The company released 250 million new shares for Rp350 per share. This total capital comprises
approximately 17.5 percent of the paid-up and issued capital. Managed to book Rp87.5 billion from
the celebration.
This year’s funding gains have maintained a record over the past four years. Fintech startups continue
to dominate the amount of funding in Indonesia’s digital landscape.
Figure 08. Fintech has Dominated Indonesian Startup Funding in Recent Years/DSResearch
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One of the market segments of remittance services is migrant workers. According to data from Bank
Indonesia and BNP2TKI16, as of 2018, there are 3.6 million Indonesian workers who work abroad.
They’re spread across various continents, from Asia, Australia, America, Africa, and Europe. Remit-
tance services help them to send money to families in Indonesia.
Legacy players in this segment include banking, post offices, and money transfer companies such as
Western Union. One of the pain points of existing services is high administrative costs. Some digital
remittance startups offer reduced transfer fees. It possibly due to the optimization of the use of tech-
nology and internet infrastructure, thereby simplifying business processes.
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According to Bank Indonesia data, in 2019 the volume of domestic transactions recorded at more than
218.89 million with a nominal value of Rp84.47 trillion. The remittance business itself recorded 37.7
million transactions with a value of Rp90.67 trillion. This nearly balanced figure is surprising consider-
ing that in 2018 the remittance business dominated with a nominal value of Rp177.1 trillion compared
to domestic Rp32.71 trillion.
Flip and OY! Indonesia is the two biggest players playing in this segment. They accommodate
bank transfer services for a low fee. Apart from consumers (B2C), they also provide services for
businesses (B2B).
Figure 11. Bank Transfer App Mechanism/Flip
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API-based business models are also being implemented by fintech. They exist as “fintech enablers”,
enabling financial or non-financial companies to provide various services, for example payments,
loans, investment, etc. In Indonesia, currently, there are several startups in this segment. Here’s a list
of these startups, each with a different specialty:
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“We hope that this ecosystem can be utilized properly by all people in Indonesia, especially for un-
banked and underserved business actors. In the future, we also want various types of collaboration
in the fintech ecosystem to continue to increase and bring more useful innovations while remaining
in the correct regulatory corridors.”
The fintech sector was also considered relatively stable during the pandemic. Based on data on loan
disbursement, its performance declined in April 2020 when social and physical restrictions began.
However, since August 2020, recovery has been seen with a fairly exponential increase. OJK predicts
that the growth of fintech lending will continue to increase in line with the interest in digital transac-
tions by the public during the pandemic.
Figure 12. Fintech loan distribution statistics in the pandemic period / OJK
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Financial Inclusion
Further improvements that need to be prepared are regarding community literacy and inclusion. In
2019, the literacy index was 38.03% and the inclusion index was 76.19%. This indicates that there
are still many people who have accessed financial services but do not yet have a good understanding.
This indicates that there is still a gap of 38% for those who use financial service products, but they do
not fully understand financial products or services including the risks and benefits.
Besides, according to data from the 2019 National Financial Literacy Survey, only about 31.26% of
people have accessed digital-based financial services. The number still needs to be increased with
massive and on target educational activities.
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“For fintech lending, we have a policy that has been implemented so that all players can carry out at
least 12 socialization/educational activities, most of which must be held outside Java. We know that
people outside Java are relatively left behind in terms of access to financial services.”
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The fintech report this year sets aside a scope to specifically present the dynamics faced by fintech
and ecosystems during the pandemic. This section is divided into three sub-chapters: challenges,
strategies, and plans after the pandemic hits.
Challenges on Pandemic
Cessation of physical activity puts many businesses closed. The PSBB has led to a significant drop in
revenue for small, large companies and retail customers. When consumption and purchasing power
decrease, it increases the risk of the market. Changes in consumer behavior will lead to a higher risk
for the business.
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected millions of workers in Indonesia. The Central Statistics Agency
(BPS) noted that 29.12 million working-age people were affected by the pandemic. The details:
4. Working with reduced working hours, reaching 24.03 million people, as of November
Meanwhile, a survey conducted by the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) and the Institute for Devel-
opment of Economics and Finance (INDEF) stated that 88% of companies were affected by the pan-
demic in the last six months (November 2020). Nine out of 10 companies in Indonesia were directly
affected by the pandemic.
The survey was conducted online, including telephone and email, to 1,105 companies in 32 Indone-
sian provinces. The method used is 95% probability sampling and a margin of error (MoE) of 3.1%.
Based on the survey, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) decrease in demand, production,
and profits by up to more than 90%17.
While the number of SMEs impacted is high, market risks have increased, and operations are af-
fected by adjusted business procedures and delayed expansion and investment plans. The AFTECH
survey on the impact of COVID-19 shows 70% of respondents said their income was affected by
the pandemic.
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35.8%
Labor/Farmer/Fisherman 37.2%
20.0%
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SME-offline 64.1%
70.0%
42.4%
SME-online 30.8%
40.0%
3.7%
Others 0.0%
0.0%
Based on the AFPI and Dailysocial survey, the report stated that SME is one of the largest fintech lend-
ing services users. The fintech sector has adopted various mitigation measures: (1) reducing employ-
ees’ number, (2) implementing unpaid leave and salary cuts, better cash management, (3) postponing
business expansion plans, and (4) changing the business model to survive the economic downturn.
Niki Santo Luhur, Chairman of Indonesian FinTech Association (AFTECH), has conceived it.
Since increasing the number of COVID-19 cases in Jakarta, the government has started implementing
large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). This condition causes the economy to experience quite drastic
changes, given that people’s behavior is slowly changing.
The pandemic has also brought about significant changes in the fintech industry, such as adaptation
to the workforce, market risk, and technology projections to tackle the friction.
Therefore, this report is provided with additional data to identify the impact of COVID-19 and mitiga-
tion measures taken by players in the fintech industry. The following are some of the strategies faced
by players during the pandemic.
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Almost all respondents in the interviews also admitted to running Working from Home (WFH)
during this pandemic. One of them is as stated by Dickie Widjaja as Chief Information Officer Inves-
tree and Deputy Secretary General of the Indonesian Fintech Association (AFTECH). Given that their
primary business has been online or digital-based since the beginning, they are not constrained by
this shift. WFH reduces the commuting time for employees who live far from the office. In the future,
policymakers in the company will also consider combining the WFH and WFO (Working from Office)
working models.
8.76%
58.95% Stop operating
Operate as usual
5.45%
Operate half WFH (remote)
2.05%
Fully operational WFH
24.31%
Operate with
reduced staff
capacity
Since the pandemic, many companies have implemented work from home. Surprisingly during this
pandemic, productivity has increased and is much more effective. Since the team is spread across
Bogor, Depok, and surrounding areas, they don’t need to spend time commuting. Remote work
makes it more effective.
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Based on a survey conducted by PwC, after the COVID-19 outbreak, there were five significant increas-
es in Indonesian consumer spending, health products (77%), foodstuffs (67%), entertainment & amp;
media (54%), food collection/delivery (47%), and independent skills activities (DIY)/home improvement/
gardening (32%).
Figure 15. Best Selling Products Online Shopping During Pandemic (Feb-Apr 2020)/Katadata 202018
Food supply 44
Media 43
Banking/financial services 43
Entertainment tickets 43
Pharmacy 38
Automotive supplies 22
Pet 19
0 20 40 60 80
Fintech lending as a financial service provider for SMEs was also indirectly affected. The latest trend is
driving new business insights for business owners. Although some businesses have experienced a de-
cline in demand, other sectors such as health and care have increased.
Fintech lending players can adapt to this trend by issuing various loan products to optimize the serving
SME. Koinworks has done this. Several partners who have offline businesses have experienced much
decline in turnover. They overcome this by appointing a dedicated team to help with innovation.
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In this case, Koinworks does not only consider each SME’s business sector to diversify its loan products.
They also consider the types of loans based on the media used by each SME, both online or offline.
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Since the number of E-commerce subscribers has increased by 38.3 percent during the Corona COVID-19
Pandemic period, millions of SMEs in Indonesia have to expand their reach digitization. However, to sup-
port the acceleration of the digital transformation of SME players, participation from various parties is
needed, not only the government itself but also the private sector’s support.
Several fintech players have admitted to releasing products to help process their merchant business
from the payment aspect. DANA Indonesia, represented by Rangga Wiseno as the Head of Product,
noticed a massive movement from offline to online transactions.
DANA tries to map the business pillars with the growth potential when the pandemic hits and which
ones will be affected. Through this, DANA developed a particular strategy to support stores or mer-
chants accustomed to being offline to understand online.
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Customer Seller
Second, shifting to different products such as peer to peer, transfers, and payments to other platforms.
Like cash withdrawals at Alfamart. Third, supporting the customer. Apart from a business perspective,
DANA also has a program to support the government, the support for the Shopping at Warung Tetang-
ga. The public can register their neighboring stalls to collect. The Ministry of Cooperatives will use the
data to deliver donations.
Midtrans also takes an active role in encouraging the digitization of payments with various payment in-
novations, especially for MSMEs, through the following designs:
1 2
Exemption of transaction fees through the Zero Instant payment link via Payment Link allows
Fee Program, Midtrans waives online transaction merchants to directly share payment links with
fees (Merchant Discount Rate) specifically for new customers via SMS, chat applications, email,
merchants. More than 11,000 new businesses and social media. Currently, Payment Link ac-
have signed up for Midtrans since July 2020. cepts payments via credit cards, debit cards,
and various electronic money via QRIS codes.
Through Payment Link, small businesses can
accept online payments without the need to
build their website. Since the pandemic, tens of
thousands of payment links have been shared
via Payment Link every month via chat, email,
and social media applications.
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These six strategic 2021 initiatives will serve as The Cyber Security and Resilience Law is also
a reference for OJK in implementing various OJK expected to increase the regulatory sandbox
2021 policies, focusing on encouraging the OJK to and optimize the role of the SRO (Self-Regula-
become a catalyst for accelerating national eco- tory Organization). The SROs collaborate with
nomic recovery. the OJK to oversee market conduct AFTECH (In-
donesian Fintech Association) and AFPI (Indo-
It is undeniable that today’s rapid development is nesian Fintech Lending Association).
beneficial for people to carry out their daily activ-
ities. But on the other hand, the ease of service is Meanwhile, in terms of development, fintech in
also accompanied by gaps in security threats, main- Indonesia still has enormous potential, accord-
ly because these technologies’ development goes ing to the OJK. According to World Bank data
beyond existing regulations. (2018), funding needs are always extensive and
cannot be fully met by existing institutions. Data
At this point, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), in Indonesia shows that the funding gap reaches
as a regulatory, supervisory, examining, and inves- around Rp2,300 trillion. Therefore, innovation in
tigating agency for the financial services industry in the fintech ecosystem can be the main alterna-
Indonesia, requires much innovation in regulatory tive in meeting these funding needs.
development. The supervisory function mandated
by the OJK must reach technological aspects that OJK, through Tris Yulianta OJK, as Fintech Super-
have now become an integral part of the financial vision and Licensing Director, hopes that fintech
industry itself. can develop together with the existing financial
services industry and complement other digital
One of the external support needed is from the initiatives that are also growing in Indonesia.
legislative body, for example, by accelerating the Service quality and industrial quality need to be
Personal Data Protection Act and the Cyber Secu- improved with a shared commitment to collabo-
rity and Resilience Law. The two laws can improve rate so that they are expected to contribute more
regulations based on the principles of Same Busi- optimally to the Indonesian economy.
ness-Same Risks-Same Rules and strengthen tech-
nology-based supervision for all financial service in-
stitutions (LJK) and fintech companies in Indonesia.
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Several interviewees admitted the fintech players were very aware of the potential for transformation
in the future. They have prepared several plans, especially developments in technology.
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“Investree will focus on developing machine learning technology
from the credit scoring that is currently developing. We plan to
facilitate interaction with users, both borrowers, and lenders. We
also aim to reduce friction, so the registration and interaction
process will become seamless.”
They have also projected to develop chatbots. Next up is managing risk. Given that the pandemic
situation has changed many economic and business landscapes, some risks will change. The stakes
here include non-performing loans, as well as the possibility of fraud.
Asetku plans to improve legal infrastructure and compliance. They intend to grow higher and sustain lon-
ger. Because it will affect the Asetku business model to comply with regulations that will emerge in the
next year (2021), some legal aspects need adjustments in terms of business processes in various lines of
Asetku. They also collaborated with other financial service institutions and undertook a borrower diver-
sification program to have more diverse profiles.
In the next 3 or 4 years, P2P lending, payments, and even e-commerce will be widely using AI tech-
nology. Technology companies still have a vast opportunity to grow and innovate. Most of the access
or transactions made in digital banking or digital apps will use facial recognition. Bernardi Susastyo, as
Chief Commercial Officer of Advance.ai, stated it.
The potential of Indonesia’s market is still broad, realizing two-thirds of the population is still unbankable.
The possibility of this unbankable population is mostly from SMEs. The conditions are an opportunity to
boost the economy according to a macroeconomic perspective. Both fintech and banking focus on allo-
cating funding for micro SMEs.
Those sectors will also compete to use several technology services to improve their business processes.
The OJK or BI is also discussing this private data. Because fraud is still high, technology providers exist in
this ecosystem. This company is helping the industry to tackle it.
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The payment sector previously stated that during this pandemic serving SME merchants was still a
priority. DANA and Midtrans launched features to facilitate digitization in their business processes.
The lending sector also shows an increase in loan demand. One example comes from Investree, as
stated by Adrian as CEO of Investree. In terms of market demand, Investree has experienced an in-
crease in demand. SMEs to become one of the users needs to be supported. Indirectly, they are im-
mensely affected by social distancing, less contact, and various other restrictive policies.
In the future, Bizhare will continue to develop its business. They are developing an integrated invest-
ment ecosystem; one of the targets is SMEs. Because the OJK is currently working on an ongoing se-
curity crowdfunding, in the future, this will allow Bizhare to provide space for SMEs to issue not only
shares but also bonds or bills. “Bizhare Syariah” will be realized later.
Figure 17. Small and Midsize Enterprises are at an Inflection Point on Digital Adoption
Payfazz is also preparing the same thing. They had received an invitation from the Vietnamese govern-
ment to present their products, as stated by Hendra Kwik, CEO of Payfazz. Even though Vietnam has
a similar business landscape to Indonesia, there are still considerations for budget allocation, talent,
and the pandemic’s challenges. These challenges are one of the concerns for not expanding shortly,
but rather a long-term plan. Payfazz is still focused on developing business in Indonesia, considering
the enormous market potential.
Xendit, PasarPolis, Dana Cita, are a list of Indonesian fintech that have expanded overseas. Even
though the expansion sounds promising, some fintech players admit that they still want to explore the
domestic potential.
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An example is fintech collaboration with banks. In lending, the partnership is expected to form strong
synergies and provide economic benefits for MSME players. Both fintech and banks have their market
scope within different approaches.
Although fintech can do many things out of the bank, some financial services can only be done by banks,
and vice versa. Both of them need collaboration to complement each other.
One example is the allocation and mechanism of bank loans. Anton Hermawan, as EVP, Head of Dig-
ital Business Development CIMB Niaga said, before CIMB Niaga collaborated with fintech, it had not
reached all SME segments. However, since collaborating with CIMB Niaga, at least they have done:
2. Provides credit to customers whose products cannot be converted, such as loans without col-
lateral and customers who do not have a credit history. CIMB Niaga performs loan channeling
through the fintech lending.
3. CIMB Niaga collaborates with aggregator to serve payment fintech integration. For example,
CIMB Niaga collaborates with e-commerce to provide a direct debit payment feature in e-com-
merce platform.”
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“Fintech lending has a different underwriting process from banks.
They did it efficiently and a bolder risk appetite. These methods are
different from what conventional banks do. The method used by
conventional banks cannot reach certain customers. So, we collab-
orate with them to attain those unreached costumers.”
Fintech will get a loan channel, and banking is going to implement new technology. Both parties will get
the opportunity to acquire less-risk users. Andrisyah Tauladan as CEO of Asetku, said that there would
be partnerships with more financial service institutions in the next three years. The projection is part of
a diversified borrower program or has borrowers with a more diverse profile.
Through fintech integration, it also accelerates digital transformation in financial services. Eddi Danusa-
putro, as Chief Executive Officer of MCI, has already conveyed it. As a player in Venture Capital who is
still part of a bank, MCI often brings potential startup/fintech players with Bank Mandiri business units.
MCI will play an accelerator’s role to meet the fintech/startup vision with the bank Mandiri.
MCI will be measured based on the KPI of each potential startup/fintech. They will also be making sure
how inline their vision and mission is to support the business unit of Bank Mandiri. Collaboration carried
out by VCs from banks is not only in the form of investment but also in the synergy between businesses.
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In the future, the number of players will continue to increase, but the competition will be more stringent.
For example, e-wallets, which used to have many players, now have the highest market share. Market
consolidation will still be one of the directions for the growth of the fintech ecosystem.
The latest POJK plans some articles related to consolidation and mergers. The statement was conveyed
by the Deputy Director of Fintech Regulation, Research, and Development of OJK Munawar Kasan in a
virtual discussion with the Indonesian Fintech Lending Association (AFPI) in November 2020.
According to him, the potential for merger and acquisition actions in every company is always there,
including fintech. The presence of this regulation in the future is expected to strengthen the industry’s
quality in capital adequacy, business processes, and the ecosystem.
Continuing his statement, Munawar added that the regulator also plans to increase the minimum capital
limit to establish a fintech company from Rp2.5 billion to Rp15 billion. In 2019, OJK recorded 164 fintech
but reduced by 10 to 152 players as of December 2020.
Summary
There are two points behind the changes in the financial sector in Indonesia during the pandemic. First, a
change in behavior and digital causes customer needs changes—an increasingly online shopping trend.
On-demand services become everyday. This demand requires industry players to create new products
following customer attractions.
Second, there is the digital acceleration caused by the pandemic. The pandemic accelerated unrealized
plans. Industry agriculture, education, and healthcare are experiencing an increase. There is an industry
that goes down, but market behavior will change. The market strength will eventually recover. Some
industries need a shorter time to recover, and some sectors need a longer time.
The role of finance becomes a blur because all industries eventually need financial services. At least
three things will not change in financial services, as conveyed by Markus Liman Rahardja VP of Investor
Relation & Strategy of BRI Ventures :
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Fintech Players
2 Investree Adrian A. Gunadi as Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dickie Widjaja as Chief Information Officer
3 Koinworks Jonathan Bryan as Chief Marketing Officer
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SEC Cities
(Monthly Household Expenditure)
SEC A (>Rp7.5 million)
26.2% Jabodetabek 24.3%
Makassar 2.2%
Balikpapan 0.7%
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48.1% 7.3%
5.6%
14.5%
34.3% 3.8%
3.1%
Almost 90% of people have been using bank accounts nowadays. While the usage of mobile bank-
ing apps has reached 65.7%. Compared with the data in 2019 (60.8%), it shows a bit increase in
usage of mobile banking apps. It can be caused by the increase in cashless payment usage in this
pandemic period.
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52.3%
20.6%
18.5%
8.6%
I’m not really aware I’m quite aware I’m slightly aware I’m really aware
about FINTECH about FINTECH of FINTECH about FINTECH
Based on the survey result, more than 50% of people aren’t really aware of FINTECH at a first impres-
sion. The gaps in understanding between age groups can be seen by age group breakdown, 70.8%
of people below 20 years old aren’t really aware of FINTECH. Moreover, those who belong to the SEC
group, SEC of A & B class consider being more aware of FINTECH perception.
2.7%
I’m really aware 9.2%
about FINTECH 11.3%
3.6%
5.9%
11.4%
I’m quite aware 20.5%
23.3%
about FINTECH <20 y.o
28.6% 20-29 y.o
29.4% 30-39 y.o
40-49 y.o
15.1% >50 y.o
I’m slightly aware 17.6%
of FINTECH 21.5%
17.9%
23.5%
70.8%
I’m not really aware 52.7%
about FINTECH 44.0%
50.0%
41.2%
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36.4%
28.5%
19.7%
19.4% 18.8%
15.4%
6.7% 14.9%
10.8%
6.0%
I’m not really aware I’m quite aware I’m slightly aware I’m really aware
about FINTECH about FINTECH of FINTECH about FINTECH
Paylater 72.5%
Investment 57.3%
Insurtech 40.9%
Remittance 10.2%
More than 80% people aware about Digital wallet, Paylater, and Investment as fintech products. It
accounts for 82.2% of people who are aware of digital wallet, 72.5% who are aware of paylater, and
57.3% who are aware of investment. Meanwhile the awareness of remittance only 10.2%.
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Paylater 45.2%
Investment 28.4%
Insurtech 13.0%
Remittance 3.8%
Digital wallet is the lead of ever used fintech products by users nationwide. Then insurtech and pay-
day loan got the fourth & fifth rank for ever used fintech products.
71.4%
69.6%
47.5%
43.6%
30.9%
25.0%
15.3% 14.0% 12.7% 12.7%
9.8% 6.5% 9.1% 10.5%
5.2% 5.1%
2.9% 1.8%
Male Female
Followed by gender breakdown’s rank, it can be found that there is a little gap which female mostly
used paylater than male. And for other fintech products still dominated by male users.
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Functional 57.4%
Others 1.4%
The top 3 considering factors of using fintech products are suitable for people needs (70.7%), trust-
ed products (68.3%), and saving time (67.8%). Only 20.9% consider using fintech products because
of recommendation from other people.
1. Insurtech
60.4%
40.7%
38.2%
35.7%
32.9%
25.0% 23.2%
22.9%
18.9%
15.0%
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33.7%
7.5%
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iku.idPasarPolis Jagadiri AturDuit RajaPr Future As u r a Premir Qoala plu Fus
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As u r a
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RajaPremi got the third rank of insurtech awareness, and Asuransiku.id leads the awareness with
a percentage of 60.4%. According to fintech users who use insurtech this year, more than 30% of
users used Asuransiku.id, then followed PasarPolis (18.7%), and Jagadiri (17.9%).
36.0%
30.9% 31.6%
26.6%
25.5%
23.4%
21.3%
19.1% 18.1%
15.8% 14.9% 14.4%
15.1%
13.7% 13.8%
12.9% 12.8%
11.5% 10.8%
9.6%
8.6% 8.6% 7.2%
5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3%
By comparing between SEC group, Asuransiku.id used by people from all SEC group (A until C).
Meanwhile PasarPolis users used by people with SEC A.
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67.3%
64.4% 62.5%
12.5%
6.7%
1.9%
For top of mind Equity Crowdfunding startups, Santara leads with a percentage of 12.5%. And for
total awareness, there is a bit difference between 3 startups, Santara got 67.3%, CrowdDana got
64.4%, and Bizhare got 62.5%.
47.9% 46.8%
44.7%
24.5%
43.1%
33.3% 33.3% Male
Female
CrowdDana gets the highest percentage of ever used equity crowdfunding (47.9%). There is a slight
difference in preference of equity crowdfunding platforms used by gender groups. The Female used
Bizhare, while the male used CrowdDana and Santara.
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64.6%
48.8%
40.6% 39.9%
36.8% 30.8% 37.0% 32.6%
23.1%
20.6%
3.9% 2.8%
0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0%
0.0% 0.0%
ja ePay Jenius n gku
GoPay DANA OVO LinkA Shope Paytre iSaku DOKU Saku
ku Uan
DANA and GoPay compete for the top 2 positions in total awareness of digital wallet startups. But
DANA leads the top of mind awareness (36.8%).
87.0%
80.4%
75.6%
53.2% 47.5%
14.2% 10.7%
7.5% 6.6% 5.9% 4.6% 0.7%
e Pay
GoPay OVO DANA Shope LinkA
ja
Jenius iSaku DOKU Paytre
n ku gku ow
Saku Uan ’ t kn
Don
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Male Female
GoPay dominates the usage of digital wallets in 2020 (87%). While LinkAja got fifth place with a
percentage of less than 50%. According to gender group, GoPay users mostly male, but OVO is
mostly used by females.
Everyday
4-6 times/month
38.1% 2-3 times/month
1 time/month
31.9% 2-3 times/3 months
31.3% 1 time/3 months
28.1%
25.2% 24.1% 25.1%
21.9% 21.7% 21.7% 22.1% 22.1%
22.1%
19.5%
17.9%
15.7%
12.5%
12.6% 12.7%
9.6% 9.9%
8.0% 7.0%
7.9%
5.9%5.5% 5.5% 6.4% 5.0%
3.0%
According to the frequency of digital wallet usage, there is no difference between the top 5 ever
used digital wallets. Which ShopeePay users leads with percentage 38.1% which used for 4-6
times/month.
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Functional 61.7%
Others 1.0%
Besides trusted products, people said a digital wallet is a fintech product that also saves time and is
suitable for people’s needs. Only 20.5% used it because of other people’s recommendations.
Figure 39. The Most Used Media to See the Ads of Digital Wallet (n=393)
TV 59.5%
Billboards/Banners 17.0%
Newspapers/Magazines/Tabloids 12.2%
Brochures/Pamphlets 9.9%
Exhibition 7.9%
Radio 6.6%
Others 0.8%
According to people who mostly seen digital wallet ads, there are 85.8% of people who mostly see
ads of digital wallet products from social media. And only 11.2% get broadcast messages in online
chat app about digital wallet ads.
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65.8%
Top of Mind Awareness Total Awareness
50.3%
47.7% 46.7%
31.9% 31.6%
24.0%
21.7% 21.2%
17.6%
14.8%
6.6%
1.8% 1.5% 2.3% 1.3% 0.8% 0.5%
0.0% 0.0%
sa duit Pluan
g remier ve st
Bibit Barek E-mas Tanam Ajaib Indop St o c k
bit e Raiz In
Invise
Compared to the Fintech Report 2019 data, Bibit gets increasing awareness from third place (49.9%)
to be the first place (65.8%) this year.
35.1%
30.4%
21.2% 20.9%
16.2%
14.7% 12.6%
9.9% 9.4%
7.6% 6.3% 6.3% 6.0%
r
E-mas Barek
sa duit Pluang Ajaib remie Invisee bit
Bibit Tanam Indop St o c k Xs a v
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Ke l o
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Raiz ’ t kn
Don
Figure 42. Used Investment Platforms by SEC Breakdown (n=382)
24.5%
23.1%
21.8%
20.8%
18.2% 18.4%
15.0% 16.3% 16.8%
12.1%
11.9% 10.2% 12.9% 10.2% 12.1%
9.9% 10.2%9.4%
7.5% 8.8% 8.2%
6.1% 6.4% 6.4% 5.9%
5.0%
3.0% 3.0%
3.0% 3.0%
0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Bibit st er r
Ajaib Barek
sa E-mas Invise
e
Kelola Pluan
g
Ra iz Inve St o c k
bit duit X sav mie
am pre
Tan Indo
35.1% of people ever used Bibit as an investment platform. Then followed by E-mas and Bareksa
with a percentage of more than 20%. According to the SEC group, Bibit users are people with SEC
A and Pluang users are people with SEC C.
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TV 36.7%
Billboards/Banners 14.3%
Newspapers/Magazines/Tabloids 14.3%
Exhibition 8.2%
Brochures/Pamphlets 8.2%
Radio 8.2%
Others 4.1%
According to people who mostly seen the ads of investment, almost 90% of people have seen ads
of investment via social media. Then through articles on the internet (53.1%) and TV (36.7%).
5. Payday Loan
Figure 44. Total Awareness & TOM Payday Loan (n=224)
89.3%
Top of Mind Awareness Total Awareness
61.2%
58.5%
47.8%
37.5% 37.1%
35.7% 34.4%
27.7%
23.7%
13.8%
Almost 90% of users mostly aware with Akulaku, also has popular third-party paylater product, as
a payday loan platform, then followed by TunaiKita and Dana Rupiah.
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48.4%
38.1%
23.3%
18.4%
15.2% 13.9% 13.5% 12.6% 10.3% 9.9% 9.9% 9.4% 9.4%
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Figure 46. Used Payday Loan Platforms by Gender Group Breakdown (n=223)
55.0%
Male Female
39.1%
28.2%
19.1%
19.1% 15.3% 16.3% 17.4%
15.3% 15.3%
10.7% 12.2%
8.7% 9.8% 10.9% 12.2% 12.0% 11.5%
9.9% 8.7%
7.6% 7.6% 6.5% 7.6%
Akulaku, Dana Rupiah, and TunaiKita are the top 3 payday loan platforms that are ever used by fin-
tech users. Among the gender groups, all payday loan platforms dominated by male users.
Figure 47. The Most Used Media to See the Ads of Payday Loan (n=41)
TV 29.3%
Billboards/Banners 17.1%
Newspapers/Magazines/Tabloids 14.6%
Radio 14.6%
Brochures/Pamphlets 9.8%
Exhibition 7.3%
Others 2.4%
Besides via social media and articles on the internet, people also have seen ads of a payday loan
product through broadcast messages in the online chat app, based on the people who mostly seen
ads of payday loan.
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44.2% 41.6%
40.3%
31.3%
28.7% 28.7%
22.9% 22.6% 21.6%
12.3%
4.2%
2.9% 1.0% 1.0%
0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
lku o r ks t ra n Tunai
Moda Koinw Invest
ree lRakya Cekaja o Aksele Awan M e ka r
.id Taralite
Moda Krediv
More than 50% of users aware of Modalku as a working capital loan, and Investree got the third rank
of awareness, with a percentage of 41.6%. Besides that, Kredivo becomes top of mind because it
also has popular third-party paylater product.
49.1%
21.6% 21.0%
18.9%
16.2% 13.1% 9.6%
10.3% 9.3%
7.2%
Figure 50. Used Working Capital Loan Platforms by SEC Group Breakdown (n=291)
Aksele
ra n
Cekaja Invest
ree o r ks M e ka r
.id
Moda
lku
lRakya
t Taralit
e Tunai
Koinw Moda Awan
The top 3 working capital loan platforms used by people are Modalku (21.6%), Koinworks (21.0%),
and Investree (18.9%). By comparing the SEC group, Modalku used people with SEC C, while Inves-
tree used SEC A.
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TV 32.5%
Billboards/Banners 12.5%
Brochures/Pamphlets 5.0%
Newspapers/Magazines/Tabloids 5.0%
Exhibition 2.5%
Based on people who mostly seen ads for working capital loans, social media is the media that most
people choose when they see a working capital loan advertisement. Only 7.5% of people have seen
the ads from broadcast messages in the online chat app.
7. Paylater
72.0%
54.2%
43.3%
36.9%
24.8%
15.9% 18.1%
5.6%5.6%
4.4% 4.4%
0.4% 5.0% 0.0% 1.4% 1.4% 0.6%0.6%
ja
Shope
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Travelo
ka
Pegip
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Krediv
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ku DANA Link A
Tokop
The awareness has put ShopeePayLater to first place among apps that provide paylater features.
Then followed by Gojek and OVO.
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54.3%
50.5%
28.9%
18.0% 19.0%
11.3% 5.5%
e OVO e dia ka eg i k n ow
Shope Gojek Tokop Travelo Pegip Don’t
57.0%
53.3%
51.3% 50.0%
48.2%
40.6%
31.6%
27.4%
25.0%
20.2%
17.4% 16.1%
9.4% 8.9%
6.2% 5.2%
3.1% 3.1%
ShopeePayLater dominated paylater used by people (54.3%). Meanwhile, only 11.3% ever used Trav-
eloka Paylater. Based on the SEC group, there is a different preference for using the paylater platform,
e.g., Gojek Paylater & ShopeePayLater mostly used by SEC B, then OVO Paylater used by SEC A.
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Everyday
Gojek 14.4% 4-6 times/month
18.4%
22.4%
2-3 times/month
22.8% 1 time/month
6.4% 2-3 times/3 months
15.6% 1 time/3 months
OVO 18.2%
17.5%
23.1%
17.5%
8.4%
15.4%
Pegipegi 18.5%
11.1%
22.2%
29.6%
11.1%
7.4%
Shopee 13.0%
19.7%
26.4%
17.8%
8.6%
14.5%
Tokopedia 24.7%
15.7%
19.1%
21.3%
10.1%
9.0%
Traveloka 12.5%
5.4%
23.2%
7.1%
23.2%
28.6%
According to the frequency of paylater usage, Pegipegi paylater users usually used it for 1 time/month,
while ShopeePayLater used 2-3 times/month.
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Functional 44.1%
Others 2.9%
More than 60% of people consider to mostly use paylater because it is suitable for people’s needs.
Besides that, it also saves time and paylater is also an alternative of financial services.
Figure 57. The Most Used Media to See Ads of Paylater (n=103)
TV 54.4%
Billboards/Banners 22.3%
Newspapers/Magazines/Tabloids 17.5%
Brochures/Pamphlets 12.6%
Radio 11.7%
Exhibition 8.7%
According to people who mostly seen paylater ads, almost 90% of people see paylater ads via social
media, followed by TV and articles on the internet.
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70.0%
65.7%
50.0%
47.1%
42.9% 42.9% 41.4%
31.4%
10.0%
2.9% 2.9%
0.0% 1.4% 1.4%1.4%
0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Doku gets the highest percentage of awareness of remittance startups (78.6%), then Top Remit gets
fifth place with a percentage of 47.1%.
51.5%
44.1% 42.6%
33.8%
32.4%
29.4% 29.4%
27.9% 27.9% 25.0%
46.5% 48.8%
40.0%
40.0% 37.2%
32.6% 30.2% 32.6% 36.0% 30.2%
30.2% 32.0%
28.0% 28.0%
24.0% 24.0%
20.0%
The usage of Doku as a remittance platform has reached more than 50%, then following by True
Money and Western Union. VIP.co.id users mostly used by females, while other remittance platforms
dominated by male users.
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9.9%
0.0% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
The top 3 consumer loan platforms that aware by users are Kredivo (88.6%), Akulaku (85.6%), and
HomeCredit (78.2%).
29.0%
10.0%
Figure 63. Used Consumer Loan Platforms by SEC Group Breakdown (n=200)
49.4% 48.0%
41.2% SEC A (>Rp7.5 million)
36.0% SEC B (Rp3-7.5 million)
33.3% 33.7%
SEC C (<Rp3 million)
26.5%
22.2%
12.4%
11.1%
8.8%
0.0%
Kredivo leads the usage of a consumer loan platform which accounts for 44.9%. Meanwhile, Kreditgo-
go only reached 10.0%. Among SEC group breakdown, Akulaku users are people with SEC B, while
others used by people with SEC A.
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Others 2.6%
According to people who have not yet used fintech products said, it is not suitable for market needs
(63.6%) is the main factor. Then followed by there is no recommendation from others (32.5%).
c. Expectation
Figure 65. Things to Attract Non-Fintech Users (n=77)
Others 1.3%
To attract people who have not yet used a fintech product, they expect besides there is attractive pro-
mos and the guaranteed security of personal data. While less than 15% concerned with popular brand
ambassadors of fintech products.
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Investment 20.2%
Paylater 18.4%
Insurtech 5.3%
Remittance 0.3%
In terms of intention to use fintech products next year, Digital Wallet lead the rank with a percentage of
38.7%. Then followed by investment (20.2%) and paylater (18.4%). Based on the SEC group there is
a different future intention, for paylater intention dominated with people with SEC A, while investment
dominated by SEC C.
Figure 67. Fintech Products Will be Used by SEC Group Breakdown (n=684)
23.8% 22.2%
21.5%
17.5%
17.2% 16.2%
9.7%
5.4% 5.2% 4.8% 5.0%
4.8% 2.9% 3.2%
2.5% 4.2% 3.2% 2.5% 3.7% 3.2%
2.5%
0.5% 0.8%
0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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Workin
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Equity Crowdfunding
Consumer Loan
Digital Wallet
Investment
Paylater
Insurtech
Working Capital Loan
Remittance
Payday Loan
Based on a scale of 1-10, it can be concluded that a digital wallet gets the third place of the highest
rate desire level to recommend to other people (8.65), while payday loan only gets 6.46.
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The regulation update plan has begun to be socialized by the authorities, which will be inaugurated in
2021. From the draft released, several points deserve to be highlighted:
• Status simplification. There will only be a licensed status at the OJK. Previously P2P lending
companies had registered and licensed status.
• Increase authorized capital. Previously, the P2P lending provider had enough paid-up capital
of at least Rp2.5 billion. The new regulation will increase to Rp15 billion.
• Equity provisions. There will be an equity requirement of 0.5% of the total outstanding or at
least Rp10 billion.
• Tighter selection. Each player who registers must pass a fit & proper test by the management
and Controlling Shareholders (Pemegang Saham Pengendali - PSP).
• OJK will also encourage P2P lending to provide loans to productive sectors outside Java.
• Sharia elements are also strengthened. Previously, there was no strong rule in P2P lending.
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The requirements that tend to be tighter are also expected to encourage consolidation between players,
both fellow fintech and with conventional financial institutions. For example, when they want to reach
consumers outside Java, they can work with a rural bank or multi-finance companies in the areas; they
are more aware of credit risk related to the characteristics of the surrounding community.
“
“We realize that the maturity of information technology in Indonesia is very fast, the existing regula-
tions must also be updated to bridge this development, especially in p2p lending. We have compiled
these regulatory reforms with the main principle of emphasizing increased consumer protection,”
OJK’s representative.
Last year the OJK released circular No. 21/2019 to accommodate fintech innovations (outside of lending).
It regulates digital financial innovation (Inovasi Keuangan Digital - IKD) and regulatory sandbox. The
regulatory sandbox is a testing mechanism conducted by the OJK to assess the reliability of business
processes, business models, financial instruments, and governance. Meanwhile, IKD is an activity of up-
dating business processes, business models, and financial instruments that provide new added value in
the financial services sector by involving the digital ecosystem.
This regulation continues to be intensified, in June 2020 the OJK through the Digital Financial Innova-
tion Group (Grup Inovasi Keuangan Digital - GIKD) has determined that 86 IKD operators are registered
with the OJK20. So far, the regulation has succeeded in embracing digital financial innovation in various
clusters, including: aggregator (36 players), blockchain (1), claim service handling (1), credit scoring (13),
e-KYC (4), financial planner (7), financing agent (7), funding agent (1), insurance broker marketplace (1),
insurtech (2), online distress solution (1), project financing (5), property investment management (2),
regtech (1), tax & accounting (3), and non-CDD verification (4).
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The Open API standard enables banks and fintech to disclose financial data and information related to
payment transactions from their customers on a reciprocal basis (the principle of equality). It is based
on contractual collaboration openly using API technology. This standard is included in the five principal
initiatives of the central bank in the blueprint for the Indonesian payment system until 2025. At present,
the stage is being refined by BI.
1 2
The Open Banking Initiative acts
Objectives Guiding Principles
as strategic solution to drive 1. Improving efficiency in transactions 1. Openness 6. Customer
digital transformations. Banks and payment systems 2. Interoperability Protection &
are endured to take end-to-end 2. Increasing innovation and competition 3. Independence Consent
digital transformation. 3. Improving financial inclusion 4. Flexibility 7. Novelty
4. Reducing the risk of shadow banking 5. Governance
The Open Banking initiative will
commence through standardizing 4
Open API which comprises data, 3 OPEN API
Standard Implementations
technical, security, and STANDARD
governance standardizations. Data
1. Business model (transfer &
• All data can be opened with
Payment)
customer consent
2. Participant (PJSP)
• Scope/type of data: transfers & payment
3. Time frame implementation
Policy Context • Standard data content
Technical 5
Foster national digital economy and • Communication/connection protocol: Regulatory Approach
HTTPS
finance by interlink between fintech
• Architecture type: REST
and banks to increase efficiency of • Data format: JSON
1. Mandatory to comply for PJSP
payment system and to encourage 2. Rule based on Open API stan-
financial inclusion, MSMe. dards and governance minimum
Security
requirements for data, technical,
• Customer authentication: according to
security, and governance stan-
bank/fintech design (e.g:2FA)
dards.
• PJSP & third party website auth
• Authorization: OAuth.2.0
• Encryption: SHA-2/AES-256
Governance
• Standard governing body
• Standardzation of contracts
• Consumer protection-consumer consent
& Dispute resolution
According to BI, from a business aspect, Open API will increase efficiency in transaction and payment
systems. It can increase innovation and competition, financial inclusion, and mitigate risks22. In fact, on
the banking side, many have released APIs that can be used by digital players. Among them are Bank
CIMB Niaga, BCA, Bank Mandiri, BRI, Bank Danamon, Bank Permata, Jenius, Digibank, and many more.
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To accommodate the increasing loan value, the platform opens opportunities for institutions to become
lenders. In the OJK regulation on P2P lending, the subject lender is defined as a person and a business
entity. These institutional lenders also come from local and foreign companies.
Lender Borrower
Personal/ Personal/
Retail Consumer
eKYC
Verification
Credit Scoring
Instituition Administration
(Bank Enterprise, Transaction SME
Venture Capital, P2P
etc.) Lending
Collection
Transaction
Credit Checking/
Quality Interest
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Based on survey data, out of a total of 146 fintech companies, as many as 36.4% of fintech lending com-
panies only have 1 institutional lender. Fintech lending which has 2-5 institutional lenders are 33.6%.
Only 9.1% of companies have 5-10 institutional lenders. The last category, fintech with more than 10
institutions are only 3.5%.
1 institution 36.4%
2-5 Institution 33.6%
5-10 Institution 9.1%
10+ Institution 3.5%
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