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Generation Start-up: MoneyFellows is offering the underbanked easy access to quick loan... - 0 views

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  • Users wanting to join a circle on MoneyFellows need to complete basic identity verification if the payout is low. If the payout is higher, the users will need to provide more documents such as income verification and assets owned to the company, which will provide a credit score.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      Legal contracts also have to be signed to ensure that, in case someone does not pay, legal actions can be taken against them. This kind of features are what made users trust Moneyfellows.
  • Today, MoneyFellows has racked up more than 500,000 users, of which 200,000 are active. Active users refer to those who have completed their accreditation by providing all of the documents required and have joined money circles. Mr Wadi estimates that a “few hundred million Egyptian pounds” have rotated through the platform.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      MoneyFellows' revenue has been growing between 35 and 45 per cent month-on-month despite the fact that the concept of digital money circles is new to many Egyptians.
mohammed_ab

Creating a Strategy for the New FinTech Ecosystem - Belatrix Software - 0 views

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Fintech Strategy M-Pesa Alliances

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  • 1. Millennials squared – a parable of a digital wallet and beer moneyEarlier this year Sam Crowder stood up at a televised baseball game, and held a sign asking his Mum to send him “beer money”. He included his Venmo account information. Thousands of people sent him money, as his sign went viral. Beyond sharing this story as advice in case you ́re ever thirsty and leave your wallet at home, what it reflects is how the use of new technologies may start with digital natives, but then rapidly spread to other generations. It reflects the inter-generational adoption of, and use of, FinTech technologies.So, when looking at the potential of new services, it is important not just to consider the young people who will adopt it. But what will happen when they introduce the technology to their friends and family. Millennials are the earthquake that shakes companies, and adopt new tech and services at lightning speed. The rest of us are the tsunami of adoption that follows and lead to exponential growth.
  • 2. Facebook, Amazon, Google or Ant Financial will become the largest retail bank in the worldIt’s 2020 and to apply for a loan, instead of going to your local bank branch, you quickly ask Facebook for approval. This is far from fanciful thinking. Even as of today, PayPal is arguably one of the largest retail banks — it has more money in deposits than all but the largest 20 US banks, and offers services from payments, to loans and credit cards (albeit currently via partners). But we believe that one of the major tech companies, whether that is Facebook, Amazon, Google, or Ant Financial (the financial arm of Alibaba) will not only transform retail banking, but rapidly become the largest retail bank in the world.“Some bankers and analyststhink that Google, Facebook, Amazon or the like will not fully enter a highly regulated, low-margin business such as banking. I disagree. What is more, I think banks that are not prepared for such new competitors face certain death”Francisco González, CEO, BBVA
  • hese major tech companies have the platform and the scale to upend retail banking. They already have a digital wallet which underlies the services that enable users to buy and sell on their platforms, such as Google Wallet and Amazon Payments. Facebook Messenger Pay is already available in the US while it recently received an e-money license from the Central Bank of Ireland. This means European users will be able to store and transfer money, and make online purchases. The transition to becoming the largest retail bank in the world will be swift and brutal for traditional banks.
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  • 3. Regulators finally make the pivot to supporting the FinTech ecosystemBitX, a bitcoin startup in Singapore, was looking to enter the UK and European markets. Instead of having an arduous journey gaining the required licenses and approvals as it would have expected in the past, BitX was accepted into the regulatory sandbox of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority. This enabled it to test its services and build its product with the backing of the regulator. This kind of thinking reflects how in the past few years we have seen regulators move from hindering innovation and new services, to proactively supporting and strengthening the FinTech ecosystem.It is a challenging line to take, particularly in the
  • world of finance – to help create the framework and environment for innovation, while also protecting consumers and businesses. However, increasingly we see regulators getting this blend right.For example, the European Union’s Directive on Payment Services (PSD2) will create an EU-wide single market for payments. This will drive new opportunities and innovation in the payment sector, because it will force financial institutions to provide secure access for a third-party service provider to a customer’s online account. Meanwhile, we have seen regulatory sandboxes emerge not just in the UK, but in locations from Singapore to Australia. The US Treasury meanwhile recently announced it will start issuing special purpose national bank charters to FinTech companies.In the future, expect to see the emergence of “RegTech”. This will enable real-time interaction and analysis between regulators and financial institutions. Indeed, thi
  • ch as in New York, London or Singapore. So, although the UK dominates the world of fintech (generating an estimated £6.6billion in FinTech related revenue), leading organizations are looking for inspiration among the innovative services, products and ideas being created from Guadalajara, to Laos, to Kenya.In many cases we can see that the unique financial environment of these locations is resulting in novel ideas. For example, Guadalajara based start-up Kueski uses a person’s digital footprint to assess their credit worthiness – a particular challenge in Mexico where credit is not available to large swathes of the population. In Latin America Tigo Cash is a mobile financial service which already handles more cash than many financial institutions in the region. We will see markets and services emerging which are currently not on anyone’s map, and become some of the most important financial organizations in the world.
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      this article points out 4 expectations for the fate of FinTech and Financial services. However, I think that the most interesting one is the last one which states that The effect of FinTech advancement is frequently made and experienced outside the usual Hub of Finance, for example, New York, London or Singapore. Giant Companies are searching for inspiration among innovative and creative products, items and thoughts being made from Guadalajara, to Laos, to Kenya. I really like this part too, stating that We will see markets and administrations arising which are as of now not on anybody's guide, and become the absolute most significant Fintechs on the planet.
  • software platform between itself and the banks, so it can view and analyze information in real-time.4. Look beyond the hubs to find innovative ideasAcross Kenya, mobile money has become ubiquitous – being used by at least one person in 96% of Kenyan households. But what is the real impact of mobile money in such countries? One study estimated that M-PESA, the Kenyan mobile money system which enables money to be stored on a phone and be sent via text, has helped lift 2% of Kenyan households out of poverty.What this example demonstrates is that the impact of FinTech innovation is often created and experienced outside of the usual hubs of finance su
  • In the past few years we have seen the rapid evolution of FinTech from generating novel ideas which solve customer problems, to offering core financial services. We have seen the shift from digital startups, characterized by a lack of financial wherewithal and which operated on the edge of tightly regulated markets, to the emergence of mature financial digital organizations at the heart of the traditional financial world.We can describe the development and maturing of FinTech in 3 main waves:The early emergence of digital startups helping consumers. Originally FinTech solutions were the preserve of B2C markets which solved specific customer problems such as offering home loans faster and easier. They used new technologies such as mobile and cloud computing, and were characterized by a laser focus on the customer with all the hall-marks of a digital Silicon-Valley style start-up.Transition to B2B markets. Today FinTech plays a role at the core of B2B innovation in financial markets, and industry observers widely expect B2B FinTech revenues to dwarf those in consumer markets within the next couple of years. Organizations such as Currency Cloud (cross border B2B payments), Payoneer Escrow (escrow services), and Hummingbill (B2B invoice platform) all reflect a maturing industry.The creation of an ecosystem between FinTech and traditional players. FinTech organizations are realizing that the required go-to-market investment, economies of scale, and regulatory needs, means it makes sense to partner with traditional financial institutions. On the other side, established players recognize the value, innovation and potential of FinTech in a world which is increasingly mobile-first. These financial institutions are also adopting many of the methods that FinTechs use so successfully, from a focus on the customer, to using Agile software development, to holding hackathons, and forming accelerators and innovation programs.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it shows the three waves that each fintech companies go through. Currently, most companies are still in b2b markets which an new innovative role in the financial markets; howver, not all companies are doing the same thing. Some of them still need a real bank ( Not virtual) to make transactions and don't trust softwares.
  • ch as in New York, London or Singapore. So, although the UK dominates the world of fintech (generating an estimated £6.6billion in FinTech related revenue), leading organizations are looking for inspiration among the innovative services, products and ideas being created from Guadalajara, to Laos, to Kenya.In many cases we can see that the unique financial environment of these locations is resulting in novel ideas. For example, Guadalajara based start-up Kueski uses a person’s digital footprint to assess their credit worthiness – a particular challenge in Mexico where credit is not available to large swathes of the population. In Latin America Tigo Cash is a mobile financial service which already handles more cash than many financial institutions in the region. We will see markets and services emerging which are currently not on anyone’s map, and become some of the most important financial organizations in the world.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      What this example shows is that beyond the usual finance hubs, such as in New York, London, or Singapore, the influence of FinTech innovation is also generated and experienced.
  • It’s 2020 and to apply for a loan, instead of going to your local bank branch, you quickly ask Facebook for approval. This is far from fanciful thinking. Even as of today, PayPal is arguably one of the largest retail banks — it has more money in deposits than all but the largest 20 US banks, and offers services from payments, to loans and credit cards (albeit currently via partners). But we believe that one of the major tech companies, whether that is Facebook, Amazon, Google, or Ant Financial (the financial arm of Alibaba) will not only transform retail banking, but rapidly become the largest retail bank in the world.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    This article explains how the big e-commerce giant Amazon and the dominant social media platforms will become the largest retail banks in the future. I think that M-Pesa could benefit from strategic alliances or partnerships with these big giants.
mehdi-ezzaoui

Ethio-Pay Celeb - 0 views

Ethio-Pay Celebrates Official Launch, Finally   Consumer pressure urged the last bank to join the integration line   The belated national e-payment switch, Ethio-Pay, serving the integr...

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kenza_abdelhaq

Lumkani Fire Detection - 0 views

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  • The device is a heat detector and not an ill-suited smoke detector. In a fire situation, the device will ring alerting the family inside enabling them to be proactive before the fire becomes unmanageable. After 20 seconds the device transmits a signal to all devices in neighbouring homes up to 60 metres away creating a community-wide response to the fire
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      The device not only informs families who are affected, but a signal is sent to the entire neighborhood which I think is a great initiative.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      The device is efficient and has a fast response time as it takes only 20 seconds to alert the whole neighborhood of the fire to create a community-wide response.
  • We have 7000 low-income informal households benefiting from our networked fire technology. Approximately 30 000 people are protected by our technology each day across South Africa's largest cities and rural communities.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      The growing numbers of households and people protected thanks to the device.
  • kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
     
    "Lumkani has built the world's 1st off-the-shelf, networked early warning device & system designed for people living in dense urban slums.The device is a heat detector and not an ill-suited smoke detector. In a fire situation, the device will ring alerting the family inside enabling them to be proactive before the fire becomes unmanageable. After 20 seconds the device transmits a signal to all devices in neighbouring homes up to 60 metres away creating a community-wide response to the fire"
kenza_abdelhaq

Short-Term Broker News & Information | Hollard - 0 views

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Lumkani South Africa Insurtech Target

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  • “It makes me proud to work in insurance – and for Hollard Insure in particular – when we are able to be there for customers when they need us the most. In the past, residents of informal settlements had no chance of an insurance safety net. “But in partnering with Lumkani, we are part of a solution that combines technology with insurance-cover that does, indeed, offer people the opportunity of a better future,” says Smith.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Lumkani fulfilled a need and important gap in the market by giving to this low-income group a second chance to rebuild their lives.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    ""It makes me proud to work in insurance - and for Hollard Insure in particular - when we are able to be there for customers when they need us the most. In the past, residents of informal settlements had no chance of an insurance safety net. "But in partnering with Lumkani, we are part of a solution that combines technology with insurance-cover that does, indeed, offer people the opportunity of a better future," says Smith."
nouhaila_zaki

AgroCenta: Digital food distribution platform creating shared value for businesses and ... - 0 views

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AgroCenta Ghana Agricultural Value Chain Products and Services Cropchain LendIt

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  • This is our financial inclusion platform targeted at smallholder farmers. We make it super easy for institutions to on-lend and disburse funds to a large network of smallholder farmers. We don't just give you access to farmers, we give you access to trustworthy low risk farmers.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt reflects the financial inclusion concern of AgroCenta. The LendIt platform allows farmers to access to digital payments, micro-lending and crop insurance more easily thanks to it.
  • Farmer Registrations Know where your farmers reside, how much money they've been making in the past, their family sizes, their literacy levels and more. Inventory Management Easily track how many tons of commodities you have available across multiple locations. Quickly know where to concentrate more effort. Logistics & Tracking Which route is the most efficient to use for commodity pickups? How long will it take for customers to receive commodities they ordered?
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt reflects what the Cropchain platform introduced by AgroCenta does for its customers, namely enforcing traceability, transparency and accountability in the agricultural supply chain.
aminej

What is the relationship between SatrixNOW and EasyEquities? : Satrix Now - 0 views

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Shares Profit Fintech Platform Service Mobile Trading Investing

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  • The EasyEquities platform is powered by First World Trader ("FWT"), meaning it runs on FWT's core infrastructure, but it is a simplified offering in terms of the user interface and the investment offering is designed to keep costs to a minimum and the process intuitive and easy.
    • aminej
      aminej on 13 Feb 21
       
      It is so smart from EasyEquities owners how they have managed to keep cost very low in order to be able to make profit. For me I believe it is the most important aspect to think about when you want to open your business.
mohammed_ab

Matchi.biz - EasyEquities talks fintech challenge events - 0 views

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EasyEquities Investech Investment platform Trading South Africa

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  • Our goal is to democratise all things investment. We’re approaching our break-even point as a business and we’ve achieved some significant milestones. The first is that we’ve built a valuable brand that is highly trusted and is engaging a new audience in investing – one that is demographically representative of the South African opportunity. Everyone is included, from a 12-year-ols running their own stock portfolios to a 94-year-old previously disadvantaged South African who felt they would never participate in owning shares in this country. It’s been an incredibly rewarding journey.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    I really like the fact that EasyEquities is facilitating and allowing the access to financial markets to different age groups going as low as 12 years old. I once tried online trading, and I can understand the difficulties that people face to find reliable platforms in which you can trade foreign financial instruments.
sawsanenn

http://etd.aau.edu.et/bitstream/handle/123456789/17174/Ayalew%20Lake.pdf?sequence=1&isA... - 3 views

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FinTech E-payments ethiopia issues Online

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    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 11 Feb 21
       
      The important aspect to take from this pdf is that due to EthioPay's reliable and beneficial platform, Ethiopian banks have begun to adopt its method. In my opinion, this adoption is essential to the Ethiopian population because it leads to efficient and effective financial services.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 11 Feb 21
       
      The key message to take from the pdf is that banks have adopted EthioPay methods due to its reliable, secure, and efficient transactions.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      What I conclude is that EthioPay payment service offers numerous advantages for both banks and customers, while the low level of customer acceptance of interbank electronic payment services is noted in Ethiopia. However, this electronic payments service cannot deliver the intended benefits unless it is used by commercial banks.
mohammed_ab

Beyond mobile payments: Going up the value chain of fintech in Africa - 0 views

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EasyEquities Investech Investment platform Trading South Africa

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  • EasyEquities in South Africa allows investment in “fractions of shares” (fractional share rights), which reduces barriers like high costs and product complexity, in a variety of products (such as equities and exchange-traded funds) using a low-cost platform.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    EasyEquities is the cheapest and easiest trading platform in South Africa. It gives the possibility to invest in fractional shares in case you don't have a big capital.
nouhaila_zaki

My PAGA - transact mobile payments; send cash via mobile; pay bills via mobile. - 0 views

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Paga Nigeria Overview

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  • We are a team of passionate Africans determined to tackle what we consider a critical issue paramount to Africas development - the availability of financial services to all Africans. Paga was founded early 2009 on the simple belief that the ubiquity of mobile phones can be leveraged to bring financial services to all Africans. We aim to accomplish our mission by working in partnership with select Banks, Microfinance institutions, and all Mobile Network Operators. Innovation is at the core of our company - we strive to develop "appropriate technology" suited for the local markets where we operate. We also work hard to ensure our services are low cost and accessible via our agent network - in doing so we can strive towards universal access. Paga works on the most basic SMS enabled phone and on all mobile networks so customers have the liberty to have their Paga account available at their finger tips regardless of what phone or network they are using. For consumers, our core offering is a money transfer service - with Paga you can send money to anyone with a mobile phone. You can either use Paga by yourself (if you own a Paga account) or by going to any Paga Agent. We also offer several other products such as: buying/sending airtime credits, bill payments, and retail payments. For ultimate convenience we provide several channels for consumers to use Paga - SMS, Online, a mobile application, USSD, or IVR (automated line). Paga Merchant Services allows businesses to collect payment from all spectrums of the population - whether banked or not. By leveraging the Paga e-widget, businesses can integrate a world class online checkout process on their own websites. Businesses can also leverage our agent network to collect payment for goods and services or provide customers the convenience of paying via SMS or online at Pagas customer portal. Our current services are the beginning of a journey. Through our innovation lab "Paga labs" and in conjunction with our partners we will continue to develop and deliver valuable offerings to our customers. Together with our partners we will achieve our mission and bring financial services within reach of millions of Africans!
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is an introductory statement of the company Paga, its operations, its goals, its customers, its core offerings, and its innovation programs.
nourserghini

Online Loans In Ghana Without Collateral - 0 views

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Carbon Lending Services Ghana

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  • With Carbon, all loan requests, processes and payments are done via their android platform mobile app.You can borrow from as low as 5 cedis to as high as 1,000 cedis without the need to provide a collateral.All that is required of you as a loan applicant is your bio-data, your photograph, information about your employment and the loan amount you want.Once your loan has been reviewed and you pass the review process, your money is sent via the mobile wallet you applied with.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      This article explains that Carbon only operates with an android platform, that its credit offer has a minimum and maximum amount and that few informations are necessary for the loan application.
mohammed_ab

Visa and Fawry sign strategic partnership to accelerate digital payments acceptance | Z... - 1 views

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Fawry Egypt Visa Fintech Partnership

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  • Visa, (NYSE: V), the world’s leader in digital payments and Fawry, the leading digital transformation and ePayment platform in Egypt announced that they have signed a strategic partnership to accelerate acceptance of digital payments in Egypt in alignment with the Central Bank of Egypt’s plans to build a digital economy and advance digital and financial inclusion in the country.The partnership aims to catalyze the provision of open loop Visa digital acceptance solutions including both POS terminals and QR solutions to a larger number of merchants so they can benefit from the advantages of electronic payments by leveraging on Visa’s vast global network and experience as well as Fawry’s locally relevant solutions.  
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it touches upon partnerships initiated by Fawry with Visa and the Egyptian Government (and Central Bank) in an effort to promote financial inclusion and build a digital economy in Egypt.
  • Visa and Fawry sign strategic partnership to accelerate digital payments acceptance
  • One of the key solutions that the partnership aims to address is the need to enable a digital ecosystem that easily supports the needs of consumers and merchants. Through Visa Direct’s peer to peer transfer and low cost QR solutions, millions of customers – regardless of who they bank with – would be able to make peer to peer and business to business transactions easily and securely so they can move money in real time.
  • mohammed_ab on 13 Feb 21
     
    The excerpt is relevant here because it introduces a critical partnership between Fawry and Visa. This partnership will have positive impacts on Fawry: Quick and secure money transfer between people regardless of their bank.
hibaerrai

Online platform improves the livelihood of small farmers in Ghana - 0 views

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AgroCenta Agritech Fintech Ghana Africa Loans

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  • We have seen improvements in farmers’ livelihoods because we give them a fair price for the commodities they produce and help them with better farming practices so they increase their yields. Seeing farmers being able to pay school fees for their families has given us joy about what we do. Agriculture is the space we should be in. Before AgroCenta farmers were selling to middle men at sometimes ridiculously low prices for maize, for instance. At the time a middle man would buy a 50 kg bag of maize for US$9 (40 cedis) and we would buy it for US$11 (49 cedis). We deal mostly in maize, sorghum and soya beans and have a five year contract with a big organisation that has a constant demand for these commodities. In 2016 we sponsored 400 farmers, the majority of whom were women. We provided them with seed, fertilisers and tractor services. These farmers had an assured market. Everything they produced got purchased by us at prevailing market prices, enabling them sell quickly and earning higher.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      Not only does AgroCenta financially support farmers (Agropay) but it also provided all nnecessary material to make their lives easier ( seeds, soil...).
samiatazi

TPAY | Helios Investment Partners | Helios Investment Partners - 0 views

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Tpay Algeria Fintechs MEA

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  • Helios completed the acquisition of a 76% stake in TPAY, a fast growing direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. With offices in Cairo and the UAE, TPAY currently operates across 16 countries with almost half of its total transaction volume coming from African markets such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
       
      here we notice that TPAY is ruling over the MEA region
  • TPAY provides a much-needed mobile payment solution in markets with low banking penetration and high mobile adoption.
    • mehdibella
      mehdibella on 08 Feb 21
       
      we can clearly understand that it is providing a huge solution for those in need of a banking system and cannot access it.
  • Helios completed the acquisition of a 76% stake in TPAY, a fast growing direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. With offices in Cairo and the UAE, TPAY currently operates across 16 countries with almost half of its total transaction volume coming from African markets such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
    • samiatazi
      samiatazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      here we notice that TPAY is ruling over the MEA region we can clearly understand that it is providing a huge solution for those in need of a banking system and cannot access it
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  • Helios completed the acquisition of a 76% stake in TPAY, a fast growing direct carrier billing provider in the Middle East and North Africa from A15, a leading tech investment fund based in Egypt. With offices in Cairo and the UAE, TPAY currently operates across 16 countries with almost half of its total transaction volume coming from African markets such as Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
kenza_abdelhaq

How BPC and EthSwitch are interconnecting Ethiopian banks - Intelligent CIO Africa - 2 views

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Ethiopay Ethiopia Ethswitch

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  • EthSwitch has an objective to work as international gateway for all banks. When the project is fully completed, over 50 e-Payment products and services will be supported in EthSwitch covering card delivery channels like ATM, POS, mobile, internet, and voice. EthioPay is the brand given to the National e-Payment Switch of Ethiopia.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 11 Feb 21
       
      EthioPay acts as the key model in e-payment switch. This part is essential and crucial at the same time, because a simple, minor detail could create a major problem/risk for the customer or in data privacy.
  • Amongst the future activities is to include mobile as part of the financial inclusion policy. Another active area is the recent launch of the domestic card called EthioPay. Across a national population of 100 million, there are 2.5 million card holders and 40 million mobile users. Sufficient opportunity for Bekele and his team in the time to come.
  • Since May this year the number of inter-bank transactions has been growing. This is expected to increase as the Ethiopian population becomes aware of the interoperability and ease of use of using cards in any bank’s ATM machine. Along the way there have been some transactions declines due to connectivity failures and those limitations are being addressed
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it shows one of ethiopay's issues. the interconnectivity is very low compared to what they are actually offering ( 100 transactions per second)
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  • List of banks connected to EthioPay National Bank of Ethiopia Abay Bank Addis International Bank Awash International Bank Bank of Abyssinia Berhan International Bank Bunna International Bank Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Cooperative Bank of Oromia Dashen Bank Debub Global Bank Development Bank Enat Bank Lion International Bank Nib International Bank Oromia International Bank United Bank Wegagen Bank Zemen Bank
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it shows the list of partner banks to Ethiopay. This reflects the scope and influence that Ethiopay has in its home country, but also its close link to the banking sector.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Ethiopay has a large network of customer, cardholders, mobile users, and bank partners.
  • EthioPay is the brand given to the National e-Payment Switch of Ethiopia.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Ethiopay is considered to be the National e-payment Switch in Ethiopia. because of the number of interbank in the market nowadays Ethiopians start to be aware of the ease of using cards.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "EthioPay"
nouhaila_zaki

Another False Messiah: The Rise and Rise of Fin-tech in Africa - ROAPE - 0 views

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M-Pesa Kenya Successes Failures

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  • This is mainly because of its sensational claim that ‘access to the Kenyan mobile money system M-PESA increased per capita consumption levels and lifted 194,000 households, or 2% of Kenyan households, out of poverty.’
  • According to this article, M-Pesa was not just making profits, but the evidence seemed to show it was also making an astonishing ‘bottom-up’ development and poverty reduction contribution. This poverty reduction claim, often cited in full in media articles, quickly became the centrepiece of the evidence used by many in the international development community to justify its increasingly strong support for, and investment in, the fin-tech model.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      The excerpt states that an article in a prestigious journal praised M-Pesa for its impact on the Kenyan economy and people. M-Pesa reportedly increased per capita consumption levels and got 2% of Kenya households out of poverty.
  • he core issue of individual over-indebtedness, which in Kenya is now approaching crisis levels and which has a clear and direct link to the operation of M-Pesa, was not even mentioned as a possible downside of the fin-tech development model. For such an important and well-financed project, the methodology was also weak, diverging from many of the standard ‘best practices’ in the impact evaluation field.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt criticizes the prevailing claims stipulating that M-Pesa saved Kenyan people by emphasizing on the fact that Kenya suffers from individual over-indebtedness. This should definitely be taken into consideration when analyzing the impact of M-Pesa on the Kenyan economy in the future.
mehdi-ezzaoui

Matchi.biz - EasyEquities talks fintech challenge events - 1 views

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Easyequities Africa Fintech Service

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  • The future is really exciting for us and links into why we participate in these fintech festivals. We think what we’ve proven in South Africa is scalable to other markets, especially those with similar setup to South Africa five years ago. Our focus is largely on emerging markets and seeking to partner our capability into a market opportunity, where the partner brings local knowledge and regulatory understanding and we bring platform capability. There needs to be a level of maturity and fintech support that enables our business model. There must be a very strong payments layer and smartphone penetration rates must be good. If those are in place and there’s a low propensity for retail stock investors to be investing in the local stock market, we start to be interested.
  • mehdi-ezzaoui on 13 Feb 21
     
    Fintech challenge events for easy equities
nourserghini

SimbPay Money Transfer Service in Kenya - KCB Bank Kenya Ltd - 0 views

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Simbapay Services Remittance

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  • This is simply the low cost, simple and secure way to send money worldwide online. What you can do with SimbaPay Bank Deposit: Transfer money directly to your receiver’s bank account. Mobile Wallet: Send money directly to a mobile money account.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 13 Feb 21
       
      Simbapay is a platform that allows costumers to transfer their money to another account directly and to send money to a mobile money receiver.
nouhaila_zaki

M-Pesa - Wikipedia - 0 views

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M-Pesa Financial inclusion Kenya

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  • M-Pesa is a branchless banking service; M-Pesa customers can deposit and withdraw money from a network of agents that includes airtime resellers and retail outlets acting as banking agents.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      M-PESA is unique because it offers branchless banking which makes transactions more efficient.
  • It has since expanded to Tanzania, Mozambique, DRC, Lesotho, Ghana, Egypt, Afghanistan and South Africa. Meanwhile services in India, Romania, and Albania have been terminated amid low market uptake. M-Pesa allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money, pay for goods and services (Lipa na M-Pesa), access credit and savings, all with a mobile device.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      I like this excerpt because it describes where M-Pesa has successfully expanded and where the company's expansionist efforts failed.
  • M-Pesa is widely seen as demonstrating that it is possible to make a profit while also improving the lives of the poor.[28] Tavneet Suri, based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and William Jack, based at Georgetown University have produced a series of papers extolling benefits of M-Pesa. In particular, their 2016 article published in "Science" has been very influential in the international development community. The much cited result of the paper was, that 'access to M-PESA increased per capita consumption levels and lifted 194,000 households, or 2% of Kenyan households, out of poverty.[29] Global development institutions focusing on the development potential of financial technology frequently cite M-Pesa as a major success story in this respect, citing the poverty-reduction-claim and including a reference to Suri and Jack’s 2016 signature article. In a report on "Financing for Development", the United Nations write: "The digitalization of finance offers new possibilities for greater financial inclusion and alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and implementation of the Social Development Goals. In Kenya, the expansion of mobile money lifted two per cent of households in the country above the poverty line."[30]
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it reports on academic research describing how M-Pesa is the living example of how the search for profit is not antithetical to inclusion and improvement of lives of the poor. Using M-Pesa as a case study, several researchers praise fintech for its ability to offer greater financial inclusion.
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