Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan
Vol 24 No 4 (2021)

FINTECH, BANKS, AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIA

Militcyano Samuel Sapulette (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia)
Nury Effendi (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia)
Teguh Santoso (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia)



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Publish Date
31 Dec 2021

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between fintech and banks and how this relationship is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We use monthly stock data of all banks consistently listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange from February 2018 to March 2021. For fintech data, we use a total of four proxies that encompass both lending and borrowing aspects of peer-to-peer lending fintech. To provide robust results, we use five model specifications. Furthermore, we also estimate models using both the fixed effect and the two-step system generalized method of moments estimators. Our estimates indicate a relatively less negative impact of fintech on bigger banks. This relationship is further exemplified during the COVID-19 pandemic period. We argue that these findings have significant implications for the Indonesian financial authorities’ open banking strategy and for the future of the Indonesian financial system in general.

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BEMP

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The Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan/Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking (BMEB) is an international peer-reviewed journal. This is a quarterly journal, published in January, April, July and August. The BMEB focuses on a broad range of topics covering monetary economics, banking, ...