What the Fintech? Episode 11 | Financial inclusivity in Russia
The CEO of Yandex Money talks about financial inclusivity in Russia.
The CEO of Yandex Money talks about financial inclusivity in Russia.
The fintech allows users to receive disability benefits up to two days early.
This math is at the root of a very basic truth: opportunity is not distributed equally in America.
Currently in beta, the 2019-founded start-up is yet to go live.
The UK is a notable eight ahead of second-place Malaysia.
The remittance market is set to suffer from the pandemic.
Bill Deng, CEO of XTransfer, unpacks how banks have snubbed a large number of long-tail customers.
“All the banks see is risk,” Slice’s CEO Rajan Bajaj tells FinTech Futures.
The start-up was co-founded by former Capital One employees.
The fintech’s valuation sits at around $115 million.
How are banks prepared to promote financial literacy for millennials and especially Gen Z?
Are fintechs just “paying lip service” to education?
Last year, the sandbox recieved a record 99 applications.
Bond’s offering is based on “developer-focused” applications.
Unlocking the benefits of open banking.
The fintech landed €2.2 million in seed funding last month.
The Malaysian firm aims to help underbanked in the wake of COVID-19.
The start-up is planning to set up shop in Los Angeles.
Until this announcement, its P2P lending investment service has been exclusive.
The UK company is expanding to Australia, South Africa and the US.
RBI has made an initial seed contribution of $33 million (RS 250 crore).
In the UK, up to 8.8 million people are over-indebted.
We talk to some of the winners of last year’s PayTech Awards to see how they have fared since then.
The awards are open to banks, financial institutions, technology and service providers, teams and individuals.
Fintechs could, in principle, fill the void left by the large incumbents.
Research suggests ATMs are still popular tools for financial inclusion.
Allyship means valuing people with different experiences from your own.
Phased implementation will start in November 2020.
The ability to send money home is critical, but not always easy for migrant workers.
Wave Money has tapped more than 21 million people in Myanmar.
GoBear’s bank partners will be able to tap underserved consumers.
Funding Options says HM Treasury should “embrace the full ecosystem of lenders” in the SME sector.
“We’re opening the door to another level of innovation,” says founder.
These new joiners can lend between £10,000 and £5 million to small businesses.
The project is backed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
It quickly determines the government support options available to them.
More than a third of fintechs in our sample did not have a single woman on their board.
#FinancialInclusionMatters has been created to show support for TIF’s work and spread the word.
Roughly 80% of PPP applicants are still waiting on loans, says NFIB.
The sandbox is home to 30 fintechs.