Southeast Asia Fintech
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippine adults with outstanding loans | 25percent | PH | 2025 | T1 | bsp.gov.ph |
| Philippine adults satisfied with their current financial situation | 43percent | PH | 2025 | T1 | bsp.gov.ph |
| Thailand adults receiving phone or SMS requests for money | 34.0332397825265% of population age 15+ | Thailand | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Account ownership among adults age 25+, Philippines | 48.1663078389787percent | PH | 2024 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Thailand adults who sent money after a phone or SMS request | 1.02627888281376% of population age 15+ | Thailand | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Account ownership among the poorest 40% by income, Philippines | 34.4399006408424percent | PH | 2024 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Account ownership at a financial institution or mobile-money provider, World Bank Global Findex (% age 15+) | 88.7% of population age 15+ | Malaysia | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Mobile money account ownership among young adults ages 15-24, Philippines | 47.2666337547577percent | PH | 2024 | T1 | api.worldbank.org |
| Made a digital merchant payment, World Bank Global Findex (% age 15+) | 51.1% of population age 15+ | Vietnam | 2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Average transaction cost of sending remittances to the Philippines (% of amount sent), World Bank Remittance Prices Worl | 1.67% of amount sent | PH | 2023 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Share of Vietnamese firms citing access to finance as the single biggest business obstacle | 21.2% of firms (All Firms), by size: Small 17.8%, Medium 30.7%, Large 9.2%; benchmarks: East Asia & Pacific 12.7%, Lower Middle Income 18.6%; World Bank Enterprise Survey, n=1028 firms interviewed Apr-Nov 2023 | Vietnam | 2023 | T1 | adb.org |
| Indonesian firms with a checking/savings account and using banks to finance investments, All Firms, 2023 | 79.9 (checking or savings account); 28.6 (using banks to finance investments)percent of firms | ID | 2023 | T1 | ojk.go.id |
| MAS FSTI 2.0 commitment for financial-sector technology and innovation | 250SGD million | SG | 2020-08-13 | T1 | mas.gov.sg |
| Year-on-year growth in FinTech investment in Singapore | 34percent | SG | 2020 | T1 | mas.gov.sg |
| FinTech investment in Singapore | 1.4SGD billion | SG | 2020 | T1 | mas.gov.sg |
| FinTechs connected to investors through MAS Deal Fridays | 165FinTech firms | SG | 2020 | T1 | mas.gov.sg |
| Indonesia adults with a bank or similar financial institution account, World Bank Global Findex | 19.58% (2011) -> 35.95% (2014) -> 48.39% (2017) -> 50.51% (2021) -> 52.39% (2024)% of population age 15+, World Bank Global Findex indicator fiaccount.t.d | ID | 2011-2024 | T1 | data.worldbank.org |
| Bank loan or credit-line access by firm size, Thailand | 11.2-35.0% of firms | Thailand | November 2015-June 2016 | T2 | enterprisesurveys.org |
| Median Series A round size, Manila startup ecosystem | 14.5USD million | PH | H2 2022-2024 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Median seed round size, Manila startup ecosystem | 1.1USD million | PH | H2 2022-2024 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
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