Fintech & Digital Marketing Impact on MSMEs
Fintech & Digital Marketing Impact on MSMEs
ABSTRACT
Purpose: This study aims to analyze the effect of financial technology and digital marketing on MSMEs and
their impact on financial performance and business sustainability.
Design/methodology/approach: The research uses an explanatory quantitative approach. The population in
this study were all members of the Metropolia community, amounting to 155 people. The sampling technique
used was purposive Data collection is done using google Forms. The data collected were analyzed using
SEM-PLS.
Findings: Fintech has a positive and significant influence on the financial performance of MSMEs. Digimart
has a significant influence on the financial performance of MSMEs. Fintech has a significant influence on the
business sustainability of MSMEs. Digimart does not have a significant influence on the business
sustainability of MSMEs. Financial performance has a significant positive influence on the business
sustainability of MSMEs.
Paper type: Research paper
I. INTRODUCTION
The pandemic condition that entered the beginning of 2020 until now towards the end of 2021 hit all
sub-sectors of the economy (Muhyiddin & Nugroho, 2021). In a position of increasingly sharp business
competition, large, medium, and small scale companies, especially MSMEs, must have more creative energy
for existing businesses (Wignaraja, 2003). In conditions of limited management productivity due to PPKM,
the opportunity that can be done especially to continue to exist in the company's business sustainability is
through IT media.
Medium and large-level business entities stagnate in running their business, then not with small-scale
businesses, namely medium-sized ones. This is because small businesses (MSMEs) do not have the
complexities of implementing production conceptualized with PPKM and working from home (WFH).
MSMEs currently have the financial performance to encourage business creativity, to boost economic growth
both alone and regional economic growth.
The phenomenon of the economic development of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
sector contributes to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 5% of the total GDP in 2019 (Tambunan, 2019).
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Based on this phenomenon, of course, MSMEs are still able to improve their business sustainability to make
a greater contribution. However, along with the limitations of investment, working capital, and social
movements with PPKM, the technology aspect is the keyword to improve business sustainability.
Aspects of technology that indicate that it is very supportive of the economic growth of MSMEs are
aspects of financial technology and digital marketing or via online which are currently very helpful in their
development. Through financial technology (fintech) to collect investment and working capital through
economic transactions as a driving factor to increase production capacity, on the other hand, digital
marketing (online) as a way to increase marketing, which in turn will help the company's financial
sustainability business, namely income (finance). Business sustainability Good finance will be able to
increase business growth and in the process of developing MSME financial sustainability business through
the achievement of profit with a lower cost of production (Adrian, 2019).
Based on the existing conditions, the authors conducted a study to evaluate the financial business
sustainability and also the business sustainability of MSME actors, with the object of the population of the
Indonesian MSME Metropolia community.
There are several factors identified as influencing the business sustainability of MSME, including
financial technology and digital marketing. Many studies have been conducted to support this statement
(Adede et al., 2017; Laskar et al., 2017; Leong et al., 2020; Moro-Visconti et al., 2020; Musabegović et al.,
2019; Pizzi et al., 2021; Santoso, 2020; Saura et al., 2020a, 2020b; Varga, 2018; Vergara & Agudo, 2021).
This study aims to analyze the effect of financial technology and digital marketing on MSMEs and their
impact on financial performance and business sustainability.
The conceptual framework of the research used can be seen in Figure 1.
Fintech
H3
H1
H5
Financial Business
Performance sustainability
H2
H4
Digimart
II. METHODOLOGY
The type of research that will be used is explanatory research. Explanatory research is used to analyze
the relationship between variables through hypothesis testing (Williams, 2007). The population in this study
were all members of the Metropolia community, amounting to 155 people. The sampling technique used was
purposive sampling (Taherdoost, 2016a). The method that will be used in this research is the distribution of
questionnaires directly to employees.
A validity and reliability test is used to test the accuracy of a measuring instrument which in this study
is a questionnaire (Taherdoost, 2016b). One of the data analyses in this study was done using SEM-PLS
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(Gujarati, 2020). The research hypothesis test uses a t-test. A partial test (t-test) aims to show how far the
influence of one variable is individually in explaining variations in weather variables (Gujarati, 2020).
The stages carried out in this research are:
1. Research data collection
The research data collected included MSME data, employee data, and questionnaire data filled out by
MSME actors.
2. Conduct research according to the proposed conceptual framework. The stages include:
a. Constructing the Model
b. Outer Model Evaluation
1) Convergent Validity
2) Discriminant Validity
3) Composite reliability
c. Inner model evaluation
The evaluation of the inner model is carried out by evaluating the goodness-of-fit inner model.
d. Hypothesis test
This study used a significant level (α) = 0.05. The effects discussed in this study are direct and
indirect. The conditions for accepting the hypothesis are as follows:
1) If the value of t-count > t-table, then the research hypothesis is accepted.
2) If the value of t-count < t-table, then the research hypothesis is rejected.
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Financial Business
Item Digimart Fintech
performance sustainability
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b. Discriminant Validity
The measurement of discriminant validity is assessed based on the AVE (Average Variance Extracted)
value where the AVE value must be greater than 0.50. The AVE value of the research variables can be
seen in the following table.
Variable AVE
Digimart 0,739
Fintech 0,575
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c. Composite Reliability
The accepted limit value for the composite reliability level is 0.60. The composite reliability value for
each research variable in the final model can be seen in the following table:
Digimart 0,934
Fintech 0,842
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Variable R Square
Digimart
Fintech
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Q2 = 1 – ((1-0,318) x (1-0,273))
= 1 – (0,682) x (0,727))
= 1 - 0,496
= 0,504
In this research model, the total R-square value produced is 50.4%, meaning that the amount of
diversity of research data that can be explained by the structural model is 50.4%, while the remaining 49.6%
is influenced by other factors.
The last stage in the PLS analysis is to prove the research hypothesis. Partial Least Square analysis also
produces path coefficients in the inner model:
Standard
Original Sample Standard Error T Statistics
Variable Relationship Deviation
Sample (O) Mean (M) (STERR) (|O/STERR|)
(STDEV)
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Based on the data presented in Table 6, it can be explained that the influence of the digimart variable on
financial performance is 0.295 with a T-statistic value of 4.320 which is greater than 1.68. This situation
shows that digimart has a significant influence on the financial performance of SMEs. The influence
given by digimart is positive. An increase or decrease in digimart affects increasing and decreasing the
financial performance of SMEs.
c. The influence of fintech on business sustainability
Based on the data presented in Table 6, it can be explained that the influence of the fintech variable on
business sustainability is 0.323 with a T-statistic value of 3.051 which is greater than 1.68. This situation
shows that fintech has a significant influence on the business sustainability of MSMEs. The influence
generated by fintech on the business sustainability of MSMEs is positive, which means that if fintech is
carried out better by MSMEs, the MSME business sustainability will also be better. On the other hand, if
fintech is not done well, the business sustainability of MSMEs will also be lower.
d. The effect of digimart on business sustainability
Based on the data presented in Table 6, it can be explained that the effect of the digimart variable on
business sustainability is 0.088 with a T-statistic value of 0.885 which is smaller than 1.68. This situation
shows that digimart does not have a significant influence on the business sustainability of MSMEs.
Changes that occur in the leadership of digimart, both increasing and decreasing, do not have much
influence on the business sustainability of MSME work.
e. Effect of financial performance on business sustainability
Based on the data presented in Table 6, it can be explained that the influence of the financial
performance variable on business sustainability is 0.256 with a T-statistic value of 2.369 which is greater
than 1.68. This situation shows that financial performance has a significant influence on the business
sustainability of MSMEs. The effect generated by financial performance on business sustainability is
positive. The positive influence in this study shows that the higher the financial performance of SMEs,
the business sustainability of SMEs will also be better. On the other hand, the lower the MSMEs, the
lower the MSME business sustainability.
The results of testing these seven hypotheses can be summarized in Table 7 below.
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performance and business sustainability of MSMEs. Therefore, efforts are needed to improve fintech and
digimart.
IV. CONCLUSIONS
The conclusions that can be drawn in this study are:
1. Fintech has a positive and significant influence on the financial performance of SMEs. This is indicated
by the path coefficient value of 0.440 with a T-statistic value of 4.282 which is greater than 1.68 (Table,
= 0.1, df = 60).
2. Digimart has a significant influence on the financial performance of SMEs. This is indicated by the path
coefficient of 0.141 with a T-statistic value of 1.148 which is greater than 1.68.
3. Fintech has a significant influence on the business sustainability of MSMEs. This is indicated by the path
coefficient of 0.250 with a T-statistic value of 1.958 which is greater than 1.68.
4. Digimart does not have a significant influence on the business sustainability of MSMEs. This is
indicated by the path coefficient of 0.012 with a T-statistic value of 0.127 which is smaller than 1.68.
5. Financial performance has a significant positive influence on the business sustainability of MSMEs. This
is indicated by the path coefficient value of 0.365 with a T-statistic value of 3.363 which is greater than
1.68.
Suggestions that can be given are:
1. MSMEs should pay attention to fintech and digimart which have been applied by MSMEs. Among these
two variables, fintech has a greater influence than digimart on the financial performance and business
sustainability of MSMEs. Therefore, every MSME in MSME is always encouraged and allowed to be
able to master fintech.
2. In this study, digimart does not have a direct influence on the business sustainability of MSMEs but has
a positive and significant influence by first passing the moderating variable, namely work financial
performance. Therefore, in providing digimart to MSMEs, MSMEs must prioritize digimart which can
directly improve the financial performance of MSMEs.
V. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researchers thank everyone who participated in this study. We are extremely grateful.
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