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The Financial Health and The Usage of Financial Technology among Young Adults

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Mervin Anthony, Mohamad Fazli Sabri, Amirah Shazana Magli, Husniyah Abdul Rahim, Nik Ahmad Sufian Burhan@Jaohari, Mohd. Amim Othman, Haslinda Abdullah

Pages 41-63 Received: 09 Oct, 2021 Revised: 10 Nov, 2021 Published Online: 13 Dec, 2021

http://dx.doi.org/10.46886/IJARBSS/v11-i19/13773
Financial health of young adults (18-29 years old) could be best achieved with the usage of financial technology (fintech) applications. Troubled by the high cost of living, the effects of Covid-19 pandemic, the jobless rate among young adults, and the years of lockdowns and masks young adults in Malaysia’s financial health has become more perilous. This study aims to understand the financial health of young adults and the usage of financial technology. Rapid developments of fintech in Malaysia are expected to contribute to improvement of young adult’s financial health. This paper uses a dataset collected through smart partnership with Malaysian Youth Council and the Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports. Multi-stage random sampling was used to sample a total of 651 respondents in which the data collected was analysed descriptively and inferentially using SPSS. Descriptive analysis was conducted in order to summarize the empirical analysis results with numerical representation. This study found a single young adult requiring RM871 for their monthly expenses and married young adult requiring RM3161 per month. A total of one third of respondents had sufficient income for basic needs only.In terms of financial technology, only 2.6% of respondents do not use fintech applications.One implication for policy makers is to ensure that young adults are made aware of methods they could undertake to improve their financial health through the usage of financial technology.
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In-Text Citation: (Anthony et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Anthony, M., Sabri, M. F., Magli, A. S., Rahim, H. A., Burhan@Jaohari, N. A. S., Othman, M. A., & Abdullah, H. (2021). The Financial Health and The Usage of Financial Technology among Young Adults. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(19), 41–63.