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Demystifying the proliferation of online peer-to-peer lending in Indonesia: Decoding fintech as a regulatory challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2022

David Tan*
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Batam International University, Batam; School of Law, Pelita Harapan University, Tangerang; and The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
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Corresponding author: E-mail: david.tan@uib.ac.id

Abstract

This paper purports to study the enormous proliferation of fintech online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in Indonesia, along with their risks and the prevailing regulations of fintech online P2P lending. This article also suggests a varied spectrum of regulatory actions for regulating online P2P lending as an approach to increase consumer protection and stimulate the growth of Indonesia’s financial inclusion. It highlights the regulative risks and challenges of fintech online P2P lending in Indonesia and has discovered various spectra of regulatory responses that the Indonesian government can practise to regulate this potential industry. Solid recommendations were also given to regulators to better develop the present regulatory framework. This paper adds to the literature on the prevailing practice of online P2P lending by offering a legal outlook involving legal protection and the newly emerging fintech industry from an Indonesian context.

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Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Asian Journal of Law and Society

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