Fintech for Health in Malaysia

Fintech or financial technology and healthcare are often viewed as disparate entities that have little relationships to each other. Fintech as the latest innovation could help to solve many healthcare issues especially related to the rising out-of-pocket healthcare spending throughout the world. Hence, fintech can help to improve accessibility and affordability to our healthcare.

In Malaysia, it is projected that out-of-pocket spending by the patients and their family members for healthcare will rise to RM55 billion in 2027 from 22 billion in 2017. This panelist in the webinar will talk how the fintech companies and digital health companies are coming together to create affordability solutions for low to middle income population.