Fintech in South East Asia and Taiwan - A Case Study of Sea Group Limited

Student: Tran Phuong

Supervisor: Ivan D. Kotliarov

Faculty: St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management

Educational Programme: Finance (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2020

This research aims to explore the how Fintech companies are growing and possibly will grow in the context of Taiwan and South East Asia in general, and in form of a case study of Sea Group Limited. Despite the early and spectacular successes of Fintech companies, they are very high risk and having difficulties in scaling up their operations to match larger formal corporations. To maintain their position in the market and being profitable, Fintech companies should use a well laid business model. This research was mainly aimed at evaluating an effective business model through a case study to determine the components that are significant and their impact on the operations of the the Fintech companies in South East Asia and Taiwan, in particular here, Sea Group Limited Keywords: Sea Group Limited, South East Asia, Taiwain, Fintech, exchange rate, dollar, euro, yen

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