While the concept of fintech itself has been known in Malaysia since 2013, it had only become a buzzword in the country starting from 2016.

In its initial years, financial institutions and services industries were once worried about the disruption fintech could cause to their business. But as the years went by, we could see changes happened when these companies decided to embrace working with fintech startups instead.

Today, Malaysia is one of the fastest-growing fintech markets in Southeast Asia. This would not happen without the hard work of prominent fintech personalities in the market, as detailed in the e27 Malaysia Fintech Report.

Here is a list of 16 of those influential figures in alphabetical order:

Amran Hassan
Head of Innovation
Maybank

Aznan Abdul Aziz
Head of the Financial Technology Enabler Group
Bank Negara Malaysia

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Chang Chew Soon
Founder
Soft Space

Chin Wei Min
Executive Director (Digital Strategy and Innovation)
Security Commission

Chris Davidson
CEO
BigPay

Chris Leong
Chief Strategy Officer
Soft Space

David Fong
Senior Non-Executive Independent Director
GHL Systems

Jasmine NG
CEO
Razer

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Khairil Abdullah
CEO
Axiata Digital Services

Mehedi Hassan
Co-founder and CEO
MyCash Online

Naysan Munusamy
Co-founder
MoneyMatch

Ng Wan Peng
COO
MDEC

Norhizam Kadir
VP (Growth Ecosystem Development)
MDEC

Raja Adam Malik
CFO
MoneyMatch

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Raja Teh Maimunah
CEO
AmInvestment Bank

Ridzuan Aziz
Country Director and Head of ASEAN
WorldRemit

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