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FINTECH AND THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES: A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO SMES & MSMES
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FINTECH AND THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES: A STUDY WITH REFERENCE TO SMES & MSMES
M R SUJI RAGA PRIYA
Assistant Professor, Dayananda Sagar Business School Dr. PRIYANKA KANZODE
Abstract
With the Covid-19 Pandemic, this research intends to investigate whether there has been a digital shift of financial behaviour in the usage of fintech by micro, small, and medium-sized companies (SMEs & MSMEs) in Bangalore, India. The sample was comprised of fifty small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs & MSMEs) from Bangalore, India. Analysis of data using variance-based SEM. The findings indicate that the Covid-19 epidemic has an impact on SMEs & MSMEs’ & MSMEs & MSMEs’ & MSMEs & MSMEs’ (old behavioural intention) use of fintech, and this represents a strengthening of the impact on new behaviour in utilising fintech (new behavioural intention). Moreover, the New Normal policy has a beneficial and substantial impact on the present use of fintech (new behavioural intention). As for the new normal since a moderating variable, the old behavioural intention to the new behavioural intention play no major impact, as many SMEs & MSMEs used fintech before the new normal. Suggestions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs & MSMEs) to continue using fintech in their company operations to prevent the negative effects of Covid-19 and to ensure the smooth operation of their businesses.
Keywords: The Covid-19 Pandemic; Intention Behavior; New Normal; Intention Behavior
Introduction
The corona virus outbreak affects businesses, especially SMEs. Covid-19 has affected retail, according to the Bangalore, Indian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (2020). An unexplained pneumonia case was found in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019. (Liang, 2020). Covid-19 virus caused sickness (Corona Virus Desese-2019). The Covid-19 outbreak has changed human life. WHO calls the new virus Covid-19 (WHO,2020). This virus's ability to propagate between individuals is unknown. Finally, individuals may transmit pneumonia (Relman, 2020). SARS-CoV-2 is a respiratory virus.
Bangalore, India passed Government Regulation (PP) Number 21 of 2020 on Large-Scale Social Restrictions (LSRR) to fight Covid-19 (Covid-19). LSRR bans some residents' activities in areas where Covid-19 is suspected to occur. The 14-day incubation period included LSRR. If a new case is found after 14 days, the quarantine may be prolonged. The Covid-19 outbreak changed economic transaction behaviour, defining the new normal in trade (Meita, 2020). The new standard is to adapt to Covid-19, which promotes a healthy, clean lifestyle. This strategy applies to the commercial, educational, and religious sectors to avoid positive examples (Dipna, 2020). The workplace is a risk factor for disease transmission due to contact and communal assembly. Dewi (2020) found that some workplaces no longer enforce a work-from-home
policy but still impose protocol restrictions. Using public transit requires vigilance since you'll meet people with unknown hygiene histories.
Literature Review
The Covid-19 epidemic has changed the purpose of SME business transactions from before to after. Aditya and Wardhana (2018) define behavioural intention as the desire to do something. Behavior predicts SME use of digital tools for performing transactions during the Covid-19 outbreak. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, a research (Old Behavioral Intention Utilizing Fintech) found that SMEs & MSMEs' anticipated benefits of using fintech had a positive and large effect on their behaviour (Nursiah, 2017; Bangkara, Putu, & Harta, 2016; Putri & Jumhur, 2017). (2019). Perceived Ease of Use did not improve fintech excitement (Gendro & Kusuma, 2020). It's also connected to new behaviour when Covid-19 became normal. According to Aditya and Wardhana (2018), behavioural intention to utilise fintech would have the same tendency during a pandemic or under new normal circumstances. According to Naufal (2020), SMBs in the new normal era should integrate payment systems using fintech. SMEs & MSMEs may leverage this integration immediately. SMEs & MSMEs may withstand the new normal by embracing the digital economy, especially fintech. This advantage allows SMEs & MSMEs to reach a bigger market (Yan, 2015; Ahlstrom et al., 2020).Coronavirus has changed how firms reach customers. SMEs & MSMEs must detect patterns of altering customer behaviour, including the ambitions, goals, and needs of customers living a new normal. Consider customers' avoidance of physical touch while shopping. After the outbreak, internet shopping will resume.
Nielsen's (2020) survey on consumer behaviour in Bangalore, India shows that 30% of respondents increased their online buying and 40% stated they would continue to make online purchases once the pandemic ended, consistent with the new normal. Companies must retain customer ties to survive the global pandemic and the new normal. The popularity of online shopping forces small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs & MSMEs) to expand their digital presence. During the Covid-19 outbreak, the these conditions made the digital economy a type of industrial revolution 4.0. Due to restricted physical connection, digital technology is used to execute economic transactions remotely and online. According to Agus (2020), who references Don Tapscott, who initially advocated a digital economy in 1995, he is delighted that the digital economy has a large role and impact in this pandemic moment. SMBs that use traditional business methods face growing pains. Adopting digital technologies may help SMBs recover in the new normal era. Collaboration with e-commerce organisations in product marketing and digital economy payment systems may boost SME development. Online money transfers and payments are available with digital apps. The Covid-19 outbreak has led to safer internet shopping (Tut, 2020). Fintech has emerged as the banking industry's principal adversary in supplying money transaction services in the digital economy (Ozili, 2020). GoPay, OVO, and Dana provide users an alternative to banks for payment services (Fu & Mishra, 2020).
Numerous signs show that the world is transitioning to a digital economy. Digital technologies will first improve production efficiency. Second, it's hard to disentangle human reliance on ICT so as much human action as possible is digital. Increased social distance in the new normal period has made physical connection more enticing. Various studies and research reveal a strong link between digital technology and global economic growth. Fifth, all countries need economic globalisation to improve the welfare of all people, thus the digital economy will be the foundation for international communication and trade in the future (Agus, 2020). Covid-19
indirectly helps consumers and SMBs. The shift in buying preferences toward digital platforms is due to a drop in community mobility and the introduction of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (LSSR) to curb the spread of the corona virus. Since the outbreak, e-commerce merchant accounts have grown. Analysts predict a shift from offline to online transactions (Cindy & Agung, 2020; Javed, 2020). Fintech and business digitalization need new behaviours (Benuf, 2020; Giese & Haldane, 2020). What do SMEs and MSMEs think?
Gendro and Kusuma (2020) show that SMEs and MSMEs are actively adopting fintech. More benefits will encourage fintech usage. Man is logically motivated by what benefits him.
SMBs won't utilise user-friendly fintech if the benefits are little. Fraud doesn't affect whether SMEs and MSMEs utilise fintech. Since the community has never encountered cyber risk, public awareness of security has not been a big concern (Chang et al., 2020). SMEs & MSMEs are aware of the hazards that affect their intention to utilise fintech (Smeets & Zeisberger, 2020), yet these difficulties haven't limited their ambition to embrace fintech.
This study examines whether SMEs and MSMEs in Bangalore, India have changed their digital financial behaviour after the Covid-19 pandemic and the New Normal era. This study aims to inform small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs & MSMEs) in Bangalore, India, that in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic and the new normal, the digital economy payment system that uses fintech towards contactless payments is more efficient and provides convenience and smooth business operation, despite risks. SMBs that use traditional business methods face growing pains. This research is integrative. A psychological standpoint is someone's desire to accomplish something (behavioural intention). A pandemic is a new worldwide sickness (WHO, 2020). Fintech combines finance and IT. This study uses an empirical way to examine new normal situations as a moderator for fintech-based behavioural patterns. This multidisciplinary and empirical research is thus intriguing.
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0.436 0.278 0.456 0.356 0.273 0.400 0.160 -0.030 0.144 0.016 -0.293 -0.181 |
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Reliability
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Covid-19/LSSR (X) 0.861 Reliabel
Old Behavioral (Y1) 0.898 Reliabel
New Normal (Z) 0.853 Reliabel
New Behavioral (Y2) 0.975 Reliabel Source: SmatPLS
Hypothesis testing
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According to the Hypothesis Test Results table, Covid-19/LSSR positively affects Old Behavioral Intention to use fintech. Abdurrahman (2020) found that the Covid-19 epidemic has no end date, thus SMEs & MSMEs must manage business cycle management through digital transformation. Digital economy implemented by SME businesses via a marketplace will have a favourable influence during the Covid-19 epidemic. Findings were too. Wan (2010) encourages SMEs & MSMEs to use e-commerce to thrive. LSSR ban some activities in a Covid-19-suspected region. Many things are done at home..According to the Hypothesis Test Results table, Old Behavioral Intention of adopting fintech positively affects New Behavioral Intention. Gendro & Kusuma (2020) observed before Covid-19/LSSR that perceived usefulness (benefits) positively affected behavioural intention to use fintech. The corona epidemic has switched offline buying to internet. SMES & MSMES players change habits to survive the new normal. At least six protocol corridors underpin SMEs & MSMEs' digitalization for the new normal. Online community activities are necessary to limit the spread of Covid-19 by social or physical separation (Sulistiyo, 2020). The Hypothesis Test Results table shows that New Normal positively affects New Behavioral Intention to use fintech. Results match The government announced LSSR and new normal policies. The consequence is less direct crowd engagement. Large industrial giants and SMEs & MSMEs were also impacted (SMEs & MSMEs). Business must digitise. Communication, employment, and consumer behaviour patterns are changing. WHO says Covid-19 will continue. The pandemic's end is unknown. We believe the new normal will spur local business activists to go ahead
(Juminto, 2020). Covid-19's worldwide influence has also enhanced finance sector use of digital technologies. This behaviour shift will lead to The New Normal, which requires individuals to adjust to these circumstances to retain productivity and life (Churry, 2020). The following hypothesis is derived from this explanation.
Based on the Hypothesis Test Results table, New Normal's influence on Old Behavioral Intention of adopting fintech does not moderate New Behavioral Intention. SMEs & MSMEs in the new normal age integrate payment systems utilising fintech. Of course, this connection may be utilised immediately if you join the marketplace, and SMEs & MSMEs have already obtained experience of receiving the advantages of utilising fintech before the Covid-19 epidemic, so that new normal circumstances do not have a big influence on increased usage of fintech. SMEs & MSMEs' digital economy advantages. SMEs & MSMEs may offer their goods to a larger market because of fintech (Yan, 2015; Ahlstrom et al., 2020; Ratna et al., 2020).
Conclusion
Covid-19 / LSSR affects old behavioural intentions to use fintech positively.
The deployment of digital economy via a marketplace by SME businesses will have a favourable influence on the Covid-19 epidemic. Wan (2010) found that SMEs & MSMEs need engage in e-commerce to survive. LSSR ban some activities in a Covid-19-suspected region. Many things are done at home. Old behavioural intention of utilising fintech positively affects new behavioural intention. The corona epidemic has switched offline buying to internet. SMES & MSMES players change habits to survive the new normal. At least six protocol corridors underpin SMEs & MSMEs' digitalization for the new normal. Online community activities are necessary to limit the spread of Covid-19 by social or physical separation (Sulistiyo, 2020). New Normal affects New Behavioral Intention to use fintech positively. The consequence is less direct crowd engagement. Large and smaller industries were impacted.
Medium-sized businesses (SMEs & MSMEs). Business must digitise. Communication, employment, and consumer behaviour patterns are changing. Covid-19 has enhanced digital technology use in the banking business internationally. New Normal has not been shown to moderate New Behavioral Intention to use fintech. SMEs & MSMEs in the new normal age integrate payment systems utilising fintech. This connection may be utilised immediately if SMEs & MSMEs join the marketplace and have experience utilising fintech before the Covid-19 epidemic, thus new normal circumstances won't affect fintech usage. SMEs & MSMEs' digital economy advantages. SMEs & MSMEs may offer their goods to a larger market because of fintech (Yan, 2015; Ahlstrom et al., 2020;Zehir et al., 2012). In light of the Covid-19 epidemic and the government's derivative rules, SMEs & MSMEs should use fintech for their commercial transactions to continue operating. Fintech will help SMEs & MSMEs for the foreseeable future.
This study's shortcomings include restricted research time and SMEs & MSMEs' unwillingness to complete out surveys. For future studies, they may expand data to include 34 provinces in Bangalore, India, and if money allows, they can give souvenirs to inspire respondents to take out the questionnaire.
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