Now a newly industrialised market economy, it is ranked the third- largest in Southeast Asia and 33rd-largest in the world. According to a recent HSBC report, Malaysia will become the world’s 21st largest economy by 2050, with a GDP of $1.2 trillion and a GDP per capita of $29,247.
Like other countries in Southeast Asia, Malaysia, which has a population of 33.5 million, has a rapidly evolving payments landscape and has recently enjoyed accelerated e-commerce growth, driven largely by high mobile penetration rates, which rose to 78% in 2020. Naturally, Malaysians favour mobile payments, with usage hitting 40% last year, dwarfing that of neighbouring countries like Singapore (26%) which has an extremely developed payments infrastructure. The number of mobile banking payments also soared by 125% in 2020 following the initiation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19, which lent to the immense growth of its digital economy…Read More
Fintech News: Fintech Malaysia
Fintech News: Fintech Malaysia report 2021
Fintech Malaysia: BNM Director Suhaimi Ali explains fintech regulation in Malaysia
Mobi: Top 10 fintechs in Malaysia
International Monetary Fund (IMF): Country focus – Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia: Annual report 2020
Global Data: Payments landscape in Malaysia – opportunities and risks 2022 report
SME Magazine Asia: An outlook of Malaysia’s payment landscape in the ‘new normal’ article
Curlec: 2021 payment trends report
JP Morgan: 2020 E-commerce payments trends report – Malaysia
FIS: Payments tips and trends that make up the Malaysian market report
Department for International Trade: U.K. and Malaysia agree to deepen trading relationship statement
Statista: Mobile internet user penetration rate in selected countries in 2020 report
International Telecommunication Union (ITU): Digital development dashboard
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