(Note: This column first appeared as ‘How fintech can help Southeast Asia’s MSMEs recover from Covid-19’ on the World Economic Forum website on July 17, 2020.)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is putting millions of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Southeast Asia (SEA) in peril. This may be one of the biggest tragedies resulting from this pandemic given the size of the sector in the region.