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CITA 2024 Paper 128
CITA 2024 Paper 128
Le Nguyen Tra My , Pham Hoang Trang , Than Trong Uyen Khanh , Vu Hong Thanh Truc , and Lam Hong
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Thanh 2
1Faculty of Information Systems, University of Economics and Law, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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{mylnt21411c,trangph21411c,khanhttu21411c,trucvht21411c}@st.uel.edu.vn
2 Faculty of Information Systems, University of Economics and Law, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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thanhlh@uel.edu.vn
Abstract: Given the increasing popularity of digital payment methods, paylater services have emerged as a convenient choice
for users. Utilizing the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and the Technology Acceptance Model
(TAM), this study delves into the factors impacting students' inclination toward using paylater services at the Vietnam National
University of Ho Chi Minh City. These factors encompass Intention to Use, Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use,
Trust, Social Influence, Perceived Risk, and the moderating variable, Reward. Furthermore, the study assesses the influence of
Financial Literacy on the research outcomes, considering it as the demographic variable. The results indicate that five factors
significantly affect students' intention to embrace paylater services, albeit one factor exhibiting a negative impact. This research
highlights the potential of paylater services as a beneficial financial tool for students.
Keywords: Intention, paylater, students, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City.
1. Introduction
Vietnam's digital landscape exhibits dynamic growth, marked by a substantial smartphone user base exceeding
69 million in 2022, translating to a remarkable 71% internet penetration rate [48]. Projections anticipate this user
base to surpass 82 million by 2025. This widespread smartphone and internet accessibility is expected to serve as
a robust and enduring foundation for the consistent growth and stability of Vietnam's online retail industry [1].
The payment industry plays a pivotal role in propelling commercial development. Although cash remains the
predominant payment method, the Vietnamese market witnesses a flourishing payment sector, actively aligning
with global advancements in this domain. Paylater, among the most popular digital payment methods [2], offers
distinct advantages, including streamlined registration procedures, elimination of physical card requirements,
mobile accessibility, and provision of loan limits to consumers [3].
Paylater is a relatively new electronic payment service in Vietnam. Therefore, the first goal of the research
team is to contribute to the wider dissemination of paylater services. This study identifies and analyzes factors that
influence the decision to use paylater to help businesses access and develop this feature to diversify payment
methods, bring convenience to customers and increase revenue for businesses.
The main goal of this research is to build and test hypotheses related to the decision to use paylater of students
at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. To accomplish this goal, the research has developed a model
that combines many theories such as TAM, and UTAUT with variables (Perceived usefulness, Perceived Ease of
Use, Perceived Trust, Social Influence, and Perception Risk). In addition to inheriting the TAM model, UTAUT
model, and several other analysis methods, the new point of the research is that the group explores the role of
"Financial Literacy". At the time of the research team, this was a variable that rarely appeared in research articles
on paylater in Vietnam and was included in the research as a demographic variable. Analyzing the Financial
Literacy variable contributes to increasing the positivity of the research, while also contributing to showing a clear
perspective on the use and development of paylater in Vietnam. In addition, the research team offers suggestions
to help students use paylater as a financial support tool. At the same time, the research is also a premise for future
deeper research on paylater in Vietnam.
2. Literature review
2.1 PayLater
Paylater is the financial service offered by e-commerce and is one of the new fintech innovations benefiting
users. Paylater allows people to buy products or services without a credit card, which means consumers still have
the opportunity to use the payment system immediately when they are not financially ready to borrow credit [4].
However, there is a difference between credit cards and pay later in their form. Pay later doesn't have a tangible
form like the credit cards we all know, but it is a feature that can be found in digital operations like mobile apps
and websites [5].
2.2 TAM and UTAUT Model
The attitude paradigm developed by Fishbein and Ajzen [6] in psychology serves as the foundation for the
technology acceptance model. It outlines three key aspects: (1) how to measure the behavior-relevant components
of attitudes; (2) how to distinguish attitudes from beliefs. Stemming from the psychology-based theory of reasoned
action (TRA) and theory of planned behavior (TPB), TAM has played a leading role in explaining user behavior
toward technology [7]. This theory is used in research articles that describe factors in the TAM figure that influence
the intention to use e-wallets [8] or explore factors that influence the intention to use paylater of genZ [9].
The Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model was applied to predict system usage and make
decisions regarding the adoption of new technology. This reason is used in many research articles related to
electronic payments such as the intention to use e-wallets [10] or factors affecting customers using fintech
applications [11]. Then in 2012, Venkatesh and the community added three dynamic variables, value value, and
habit, which helped research papers using this model to produce higher accuracy results and decisions [12]. Based
on the UTAUT model, it can be modified, and additional or reduced variables are identified to suit the research
problem of information technology adoption [13].
2.3 Behavioral Intention
Intention to use is a measure of a person's level of intention to perform a particular behavior [6]. Intention to
use in this study is defined as the certainty of an individual's intention to use a postpaid wallet.
2.4 Factors affecting Behavioral Intention
Perceived Usefulness
Perceived Usefulness is defined as the degree to which a person believes that using a system will enhance the
performance of the job [14]. Perceived Usefulness is a factor that influences the intention to use. The higher the
Perceived Usefulness, the more users tend to use the new system. If each customer feels the benefits of using
paylater, they can easily make decisions in planning and deciding to use postpaid wallets [15]. In this research, the
following hypothesis was proposed by the team to be included in the research model:
H1: Perceived Usefulness has a positive impact on Behavioral Intention.
Perceived Ease of Use
Perceived Ease of Use refers to the extent to which an individual expects that using a specific system will require
minimal effort [16]. According to the technology acceptance model, potential users are more likely to adopt and
utilize innovative technological systems that they perceive as easy to use and less complex [16]. In relation to
paylater, Perceived Ease of Use implies that customers consider using a paylater as an effective way to manage
their payments. Users experience convenience and comfort when they access and use the paylater payment system.
H2: Perceived Ease of Use has a positive impact on Behavioral Intention.
Perceived Trust
Perceived Trust is a crucial factor that signifies customers' sense of security when utilizing a service, alleviating
concerns regarding potential risks or issues [17], [18]. Perceived Trust is an important factor in technology-related
research [19], particularly when people depend on technology [20]. Research results of Nguyen [21] , Vuong [22]
show that the influence of trust - positivity on the adoption of e-payment is relatively large. Based on previous
literature, this study proposes that the trust factor has a positive impact on intention to use.
H3: Perceived Trust has a positive impact on Behavioral Intention.
Social Influence
Social Influence is the degree to which an individual perceives the importance of others' beliefs about whether the
individual should use technology [23]. For the adoption of new technologies involving interpersonal connections,
people tend to rely heavily on peer-to-peer communication so social norms are important antecedents to applying
technology with external connection elements [24]. Agustin [25] and Lestari [26] concludes that Social Influence
has a positive and significant influence on paylater usage. Based on the above research, the authors propose that
the Social Influence factor has an impact on the intention to use paylater and include this factor in the research
model.
H4: Social Influence has a positive impact on Behavioral Intention.
Perceived Risk
Perceived Risk can be defined as the individual's subjective evaluation of the potential loss associated with
achieving a desired outcome while utilizing an electronic service [27]. This aspect specifically pertains to
safeguarding information, encompassing the hardware and software design employed for storing consumer data
or credit card details during payment transactions [28]. Musa [29] discovered that information security awareness
had the most significant impact among the analyzed factors. Consequently, the author contends that security
remains the primary concern regarding the adoption of e-commerce in general, and the utilization of wireless
technology in particular. In this study, Perceived Risk is users' awareness of the possibility of harm to them when
making payments via paylater.
H5: Perceived Risk has a negative impact on Behavioral Intention.
Reward
Reward is the attractive and inspiring characteristic of a movement that drives appetitive behavior, it can also be
called approach behavior and consummatory behavior [30]. Rewards can take many different forms, including
monetary incentives, free gifts, and coupons [31]. Recently, Singh [32] mentioned that users only use e-wallet
services when it provides benefits, such as cashback or reward points to the user. Within the scope of this study,
the research team focuses on paylater integrated into the e-wallet model, so this study proposes hypotheses based
on the reviewed literature:
H6: Reward moderates the relationship between Perceived Usefulness and Behavioral Intention with a higher
effect.
Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy is the ability to evaluate the level of understanding and application of information related to
personal finance [33]. Morgan [34] found a positive correlation between Financial Literacy and the awareness of
most fintech products, except for digital financial advisors, as well as the awareness index. They also observed a
positive correlation between Financial Literacy and the usage of two fintech services: e-banking and e-payments.
Within the context of this research, this variable was employed to measure the respondents’ financial knowledge.
Figure 2 shows that the loading factors for most indicators are above 0.7, indicating their acceptability. However,
in the first model run, the two variables Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Risk had the indicators PEOU1,
PR2, PR6 with loading factors of 0.035, 0.693, -0.302, respectively, which were lower than 0.7. Therefore, these
indicators were removed from the model. In the second model run, the Perceived Risk variable also had the
indicator PR3 with a loading factor of 0.699, resulting in its removal from the model. The Perceived Ease of Use
variable now consists of the indicators PEOU2, PEOU3, PEOU4, and PEOU5, while the Perceived Risk variable
includes the indicators PR1, PR4, and PR5. Overall, all variables demonstrate high reliability, with average
variance extracted (AVE) values above 0.50, as well as composite reliability (CR) and Cronbach's Alpha values
exceeding 0.7.