Fintech can Improve SME Tax Compliance: Experts

Fintech can Improve SME Tax Compliance: Experts

SME representatives pose for a photo at an event in Jakarta. (JP/Riza Roidila Mufti)Given that financial technology (fintech) helps ease the tax-payment process, experts agree it can improve tax compliance among the country’s 60 million small and medium enterprises...
Shariah-Compliant Fintech to Improve Financial Inclusion

Shariah-Compliant Fintech to Improve Financial Inclusion

Online borrowing is becoming more popular in Indonesia, as it is now easy for people to use the internet to access funds. (Shutterstock/File)Home to the largest Muslim population, Indonesia is looking to sharia-compliant financial technology (fintech) to enhance...
Fintech Companies Raised a Record $39.6 Billion in 2018

Fintech Companies Raised a Record $39.6 Billion in 2018

Venture capital-backed financial technology companies raised a record $39.57 billion from investors globally in 2018, up 120 percent from the previous year. According to research by data provider CB Insights.Funding was raised through 1,707 deals, up from 1,480 in...