Malaysia’s emerging peer-to-peer lending industry hits bump 

Malaysia’s emerging peer-to-peer lending industry hits bump 

Saloman Link, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: AMAR SYAZWAN ROSMAN/unsplash

As the Malaysian government pushed to enhance access to financing for entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Securities Commission Malaysia started to grant more peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform licences last year. But the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the industry off course.

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