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Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia

58 (3) 2024 –

Fintech Renaissance: Powering Efficiency in Asian Banking Through Country Competitiveness

School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor

gs59228@student.upm.edu.my

School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor

sohweini@upm.edu.my

School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor

huda@upm.edu.my

School of Business and Economics
University Putra Malaysia
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor

jjohari@upm.edu.my

Abstract

The objective of the study is to examine Fintech innovations that boost bank efficiency while controlling for country competitiveness in Asia. The study employs cross-country data from a sample of 92 commercial banks in Asia and uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to analyze the efficiency of banks from 2016 to 2022. The panel data regression utilized a fixed-effect model, which was run after a diagnostic check. The validated data satisfied the criteria for stationary, serial autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, homogeneity, and multicollinearity. The findings show that Fintech significantly improves bank efficiency with the mediating effect of country competitiveness. Additionally, the results indicate that Fintech has a positive correlation with bank efficiency in developing countries. In developed countries, the correlation between Fintech and bank efficiency is also positive. In developing countries, the Fintech effect is greater when country competitiveness is considered, and the effect is much more pronounced in terms of magnitude due to competitiveness. The study contributes to the literature on the relationships between Fintech and bank efficiency by using country competitiveness as a mediating factor. The implication is derived from the empirical evidence that country competitiveness provides a supportive environment for enhancing efficiency in Asian banks.

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Chowdhury, M. A., Ni, S. W., Abdul Rahim, N., & Johari, J. (2024). Fintech Renaissance: Powering Efficiency in Asian Banking Through Country Competitiveness. Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 58(3), –.

@article{chowdhury2024fintech,
  title={Fintech Renaissance: Powering Efficiency in Asian Banking Through Country Competitiveness},
  author={Chowdhury, Mozaffar Alam and Ni, Soh Wei and Abdul Rahim, Norhuda and Johari, Jalila},
  journal={Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia},
  volume={58},
  number={3},
  pages={—},
 

year={2024},
}

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