Fintech in Malaysia: a systematic literature review on published literature

Abstract

Fintech developments in Malaysia are contributing to the formation of know-how, experience and technology expertise that can be of significant fundamental growth towards technology related industries in Malaysia. The objective of this literature revision is to systematically review the number of studies on the phenomenon of Fintech in the Malaysian financial services sector from 2014 to 2019 to identify the primary subject studied, journals involved, method employed and discover the gap in the current body of knowledge which justifies future research directions to provide an extensive knowledge contribution to researchers and economists. This paper consists of an analysis of studies dedicated to different types of articles on Malaysian Fintech. The study proposes a future research direction, which may stimulate more intensive research in this phenomenon's field. To the best of author's knowledge there is no systematic literature review on this topic that has been published in academic journals.