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kenza_abdelhaq

Hello Paisa steps into conversational commerce: WhatsApp Business - 0 views

  • Hello Paisa’s solution to the problem is its easy-to-use money remittance app that enables customers to send cash to countries across the world in a manner that is affordable, fast and safe. With the Hello Paisa app, all you need is an active account and your mobile phone to easily create a transaction and send money home instantly.The high cost of data, however, remains a factor that prevents many customers from accessing the app.The solution: WhatsApp Business API. By using the WhatsApp Business solution, Hello Paisa customers can now initiate transactions via WhatsApp, thus taking a ground-breaking step into conversational commerce!From the comfort of an already utilised platform, Hello Paisa customers can now conveniently, easily and cost-effectively initiate transactions, obtain exchange rates, view transaction history, create or delete a recipient, and refer a friend.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
       
      To enhance customers' experience, HelloPaisa incorporated WhatsApp Business API solution to its already existing application. New services and functionalities have therefore been made available to the platform's customers.
nourserghini

Cultural, religious barriers: Practitioners canvass indigenous approach to grow Africa ... - 0 views

  • From a larger context, Eunice Maina, the CEO of Bismart Insurance in Kenya, associated the low penetration of insurance in the east African country to the traditional nature of insurance practiced in Kenya.  She asserted that the largest economy in east Africa practices informal insurance resulting in the low penetration of the market.“Kenya practices informal insurance in the form of crowdfunding and that has affected the penetration rate,” she said. However, Maina is of the view that rather than adopting the European pattern, traditional insurance should be developed without having to deviate from the African model. She, therefore, solicited for the use of African perspective in developing insurance in the region as techniques to tackle cultural and religious barriers in the insurance industry.
    • nourserghini
       
      This article helps in understanding the reason behind the low penetration of the insurance market which is the practice of informal insurance and also shows that Bismart's CEO prefers to afix the problems of the African insurance rather than following the European model.
hibaerrai

WorldRemit launches new product for business payments to Ghana | Africanews - 0 views

  • WorldRemit’s low fees and exchange rates are shown up-front and customers can send money easily via the company’s website and app. By extending its money transfer service to SMEs, WorldRemit will save businesses time and money when they make international payments.
    • hibaerrai
       
      WorldRemit transfer fees are quite low, and I believe that is caused by competition. In fact, banks provide the same services, however their fees are higher. So decreasing fees is a huge selling point for the fintech.
  • Today, we’re pleased to extend that service offering to businesses, and put an end to the steep fees that many pay, especially when sending to Ghana. We’re committed to making it quick, safe and easy for you to pay individuals across borders, leaving you to focus on growing your own business.”
    • hibaerrai
       
      Low costs strategy is a winning strategy.
hibaerrai

Mukuru expands to more African countries - 0 views

  • The remittances services were declared an essential service during the lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.South Africa moved to level 3 lockdown late in December after the country breached the one million mark of confirmed Covid-19 cases while Zimbabwe went into a hard lockdown as the entire country was declared a coronavirus hotspot as the infection rates drastically surged in all the country’s regions.“We remain cautiously optimistic we can continue in the year ahead to layer new products and services onto our platform to unlock value and move our customers up along the financial inclusion curve.“We will also constantly look to build our network and footprint across Africa and beyond, which will allow us to grow our business not only in terms of the breadth of relevant products and services we offer, but in the depth of customer markets we serve,” said Jury.
    • hibaerrai
       
      Mukuru use increased in the Covid-19 as it is easier to transfer money online. This fintech needs thus to present new services that will make a difference from other fintechs in the country. Also associating with WorldRemit was very important to develop within the country.
hichamachir

FinTech done right: How Senior Solution capitalized on FinTech - 0 views

  • Focus on your customers’ pain pointsSenior Solution clearly identified many of its customers’ pain points and tweaked its offering to help customers overcome them. Among the difficulties customers faced were a fragmented and large number of suppliers. This lack of integration created compliance problems and compatibility issues due to the company having multiple platforms. Also, no end to end solution existed. Different systems existed for bonds, equities, foreign exchange, front and back office, and more. In addition there were specificities from the Brazilian context that complicated dealings with banks such as a high level of inflation: traditional systems cannot handle so many digits, for example. And, previously there were complex methods for computing interest rates on interbank loans. All of these issues added up to be a hassle for customers who had to deal with them manually before Senior Solution introduced a way to ease the process.
    • hichamachir
       
      Pula can focuses on the weak points of its customer by offering small insurance packaging to small scale farmers because this category doesn't like to pay much money for insurance
hibaerrai

Fawry Makes Bill Payment Easier for Egyptians | Middle East/Africa Hub - 2 views

  • This innovation not only simplifies consumers’ lives, but allows more merchants to become a part of the electronic payments cycle, giving them the opportunity to safely conduct transactions and appeal to consumers who prefer not using cash. We have seen significant growth rates, and have managed to reach up to 1 million transactions per da
  • When we founded Fawry, an electronic bill payment and presentment company, we were very aware of the gap between card usage and the limited acceptance points in Egypt. Our aim was to extend acceptance channels beyond the traditional card acceptance points to make life easier for consumers in Egypt.
    • samielbaqqali
       
      People have considered Fawry's facilities to be very convenient. We can save precious time by using online payments and it also offers ease of use.
  • Fawry’s service is playing a key role in revolutionizing the payment industry in Egypt, a country where only 10% of the population of 85 million people has access to formal banking services.
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  • Fawry’s service is playing a key role in revolutionizing the payment industry in Egypt, a country where only 10% of the population of 85 million people has access to formal banking services
  • We started our operations in early 2010 when Fawry enabled convenient and secure bill payments through a single, unified electronic network. Today, the Fawry network is comprised of 40,000 payment service points, including bank ATM machines, Egypt Post offices, pharmacies, supermarkets and convenience stores.
    • hibaerrai
       
      As Fawry's main goal and purpose is to make financial transactions safer and easier for the customers, I believe that it is bound to gain a larger customer base overtime; new users are attracted by companies and services that put the clientele's best interest as a priority.
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    People have found Fawry's services to be very convenient. By using online payment we can save valuable time and it also provides ease of use.
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    When Fawry was first established they were well aware of the gap between using card and using online payments, yet they manage to create acceptance for their service. They showed their customers in Egypt that it is much easier using online payments. And now they are revolutionizing the payment industry in Egypt.
chaimaa-rachid

Best way to send money to Lebanon from Australia | finder.com.au - 0 views

  • Online money transfer providers typically offer the strongest exchange rates and lowest fees on money transfers to Lebanon.
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    WordRemit is the best way for people to transfer money to Lebanon quickly and securely.
samiatazi

Carbon for SME | Financial Services Infrastructure for Africa - 0 views

  • The complete suite of services to help your business scaleOnline Payments Accept online payments from Visa, Verve and Mastercard in over 40 currencies. All transactions are PCI DSS compliant, 3D Secure enabled, and processed through an SSL encrypted channel.
    • samiatazi
       
      Carbon provides t customers with many features fo their e-payments, business loans, and transfers !
  • Business LoansTraditional sources of financing are rigid, demand collateral, and do not fit your business flow. Take your business to the next level with up to ₦20 million uncollateralized flexible repayment loans.
  • Funds Transfers & OverdraftsNever let your business run dry again with Optimus. Reliably transfer funds at cheaper rates than the banks and keep your business afloat with an Overdraft when you need liquidity.
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  • Identity VerificationCarbonIVS is the most advanced and comprehensive Identity Verification System in Nigeria, helping businesses maintain KYC compliance, fight fraud and onboard customers faster.
ghtazi

Ethiopia - Africa's next mobile banking gold mine? - 0 views

  • BelCash founder Vince Diop does not believe a limited network or high illiteracy rate will be a barrier for introducing mobile banking.
    • sawsanenn
       
      it is a good thought since nowadays even the illiterate people know how to use a phone. By making the Belcash app accessible and easy to navigate, illiteracy won't be an obstacle to mobile banking
  • BelCash and M-Birr are mobile banking technology providers that have been in Ethiopia for the last three years to set up mobile banking and mobile money services.
    • ghtazi
       
      belcash has worked for the past 3 years to introduce mobile banking and mobile money service in ethiopia.
sawsanenn

Innovation : Proparco signe son 1er investissement dans JUMO, une Fintech pou... - 0 views

  • Avec cette prise de participation de 3 millions de dollars, Proparco soutiendra la croissance de JUMO. Elle contribuera au développement de l’inclusion financière des populations exclues du système bancaire formel. Deux tiers des clients de JUMO sont issus du secteur informel.
    • ghtazi
       
      Proparco will finance JUMO's development with this $3 million equity investment. It will contribute to the development of the financial inclusion of populations excluded from the formal banking system. Two-thirds of JUMO's clients come from the informal sector.
  • Sensible aux principes de protection de la clientèle, JUMO a mis en place un comité d’éthique qui évalue, de manière indépendante, le respect des bonnes pratiques. La société a par ailleurs collaboré avec des organisations telles que The Smart Campaign pour adapter les standards de protection de la clientèle aux services financiers digitaux, en mettant notamment l’accent sur les aspects de confidentialité des données. En 2017, la Fondation MasterCard a désigné JUMO comme l’entreprise la plus client-centric, proposant des services financiers et travaillant avec des clients à faibles revenus dans les marchés émergents.
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt explains how ethics are part of Jumo's identity. The company has put a lot of efforts into adapting its standards for digital customer protection to international standards while putting an emphasis on data confidentiality.
  • Au-delà, ce financement contribuera à améliorer leurs conditions de vie. Certains emprunteurs font usage de leur prêt pour couvrir des frais urgents et investir dans leur entreprise. Ce projet contribuera à leur autonomisation financière. Enfin, il appuie la création et le maintien d’emplois aussi bien au sein de JUMO qu’indirectement, au sein du secteur privé informel, en soutenant l’emploi des entrepreneurs et de leurs employés.
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This excerpt reflects the financial inclusion concern that Jumo holds as a priority. Jumo provides underbanked/unbanked populations with the opportunity to access loans without collateral, which significantly contributes to the improvement of these people's lives et financial independence.
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  • La majorité des clients actuels de JUMO ne dispose que de très faibles revenus (80 % des clients tanzaniens vivent avec moins de 4 dollars par jour). Ce sont des personnes qui accèdent généralement au crédit formel pour la première fois. Par exemple, 81 % des clients tanzaniens et 77 % des clients zambiens déclarent n’avoir jamais obtenu de prêt formel auparavant.
    • sawsanenn
       
      Because the main customers of Jumo are from Africa and more specifically sub-Saharan countries and south African countries where the rate of unemployment is high as well as poverty.
mohammed_ab

Don't Fear the Algorithm: The Risks and Benefits Of Machine Learning in Finance - NextB... - 0 views

  • Machine learning is a critical component of this process, as it allows us to enhance our predictive ability to better identify these qualifying customers. As a result, we are making significant strides towards our goal of creating the world’s leanest and lowest-cost banking infrastructure. This helps our bank partners offer loans at the lowest possible rate, and it helps our customers to achieve higher-yield savings. We’ve proven that our model works. Twelve million customers in Africa and Asia have saved or borrowed on the JUMO platform, and roughly 70% of these customers are micro and small businesses. We’re incredibly proud of our progress so far – but we know there’s more we can do.
  • To test our approach, we looked at Ghana, running new and advanced machine learning algorithms on signals associated with a pool of lending applicants. The goal was to identify combinations of signals — from income size and deposit frequency to mobile phone battery life and mobile wallet transaction patterns — that would serve as more accurate indicators of likely fraud than existing models.
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    This article explains how machine learning is used as a tool to identify potential customers for JUMO. It's quite amazing to see that machine learning take into account things like the battery life of your phone, data usage, mobile money transactions as components to make a lending decision
mehdi-ezzaoui

FinTech startup Ocrolus partners with Kiva to launch a new lending program to offer zer... - 1 views

  • Kiva is the world’s first and largest crowdfunding platform for social good with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. By lending as little as $25, anyone can help a borrower start or grow a business, go to school and realize their potential. Since 2005, Kiva and its growing global community of 1.7 million lenders have crowdfunded more than $1.1 billion in microloans to over 2.9 million entrepreneurs in 85 countries, with a 97 percent repayment rate.
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    FinTech startup Ocrolus and Kiva are unveiling a new lending scheme for zero-interest loans
mehdi-ezzaoui

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

  • 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.
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    Fintech challenge events for easy equities
nouhaila_zaki

What Kenya's mobile money success could mean for the Arab world - 1 views

  • For a successful model, the Arab World can look to Kenya’s development of mobile money or “M-Pesa”. In many ways, the elements that lead to M-Pesa’s success in Kenya are already present in the Arab World. Young people in MENA are digitally savvy, are active on social media and are some of the heaviest users of mobile phones in the world.
    • hichamachir
       
      M-Pesa can influence many countries to believe in the power of technology and innovation. I think that embracing the entrepreneurial lifestyle can help many countries to innovate and create successful business and M-Pesa is a great example.
  • The growth of M-Pesa is the result of many factors, including the ease of setting up an account (which is free and only requires an official ID), its simplicity of use, its affordability, the high literacy rate of the population, and the high penetration of mobile phones.Another key element to M-Pesa’s growth worth emphasizing is the regulatory stance adopted by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). It decided not to oppose the entry of the telecom operator into the financial sector as long as it offered sufficient guarantees. CBK adopted an “above the fray” position as a regulator and allowed for experimentation in order to foster innovation.
  • The successful adoption of M-Pesa in Kenya reverberated across the African startup scene. It acted as a catalyzer and a signal for young entrepreneurs in Kenya and Africa as a whole: revolutionary ideas could be successfully implemented in Africa and generate both business opportunities and a development path for local communities.
    • samielbaqqali
       
      M-Pesa will influence many nations to believe in the potential of creativity and technology. I think it will help many countries to innovate and build effective companies by adopting the entrepreneurial lifestyle, and M-Pesa is an excellent example.
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  • A MENA perspectiveMENA could easily follow in Kenya’s footsteps, and reap immense benefits. The adoption of mobile payment systems makes transactions cheaper, easier and safer. By simplifying how clients can pay for goods and services, it helps firms reach out to new customers and foster private sector development across the economy. Moreover, as is often the case with innovations, it has the potential to be built upon and used by other new technologies and to create a positive momentum in fintech as a whole.Governments in the Middle East and North Africa should enable digital innovation with conducive regulations and the development of a regulatory ‘sandbox’, which guarantees the security of transactions but allows for experimentation, that would stimulate the development and adoption of disruptive innovations.Today, economic connectivity is achieved by the development and harmonization of optic fibers, IT equipment, online payment systems, information transmission and data protection policies. If the MENA region puts sufficient efforts in this direction, it could propose a new path to its citizens, in particular the youth, and bring about a new development strategy adapted to the modern age.
    • nouhaila_zaki
       
      This except is very interesting because it touches upon the way in which M-Pesa could benefit MENA societies. It encourages MENA governments to legislate in favour of innovation and digital products in order to propose a new development strategy that befits the modern age.
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    I think that this article has some great information on how to replicate the success story of M-Pesa in the Arab World. I think that the Arab World is in need of such service to facilitate the life of unbanked people, and especially women. This article also highlights the importance of having a lenient regulatory system.
hibaerrai

Thndr obtains brokerage licence, executes digital commission-free trading - Daily News ... - 0 views

  • The company is keen to work with companies specialising in the financial technology (fintech) solutions field, to contribute to the development of the Egyptian capital market sector. The most prominent of these partnerships includes a contract with the Egyptian Company for Information Dissemination (EGID). The latter company has been the approved authority for distributing information to EGX listed companies in the country for more than 20 years. “By using technology and introducing an easy-to-use application, we hope to remove all barriers users face, whether by making the account opening process easier or reducing costs,” said Saif Amr, co-founder of Thndr. He added, “We help companies by facilitating dealing in the Egyptian Stock Exchange, but we intend to offer other investment options soon to suit all segments.”
    • hibaerrai
       
      Thndr created lots of partnerships with other similar fintechs in different countries as well as important companies that provide data about interest rates, listed companies in the egyptian stock exchange, to make the investment profitable.
ayachehbouni

Kenya's Family Bank partners SimbaPay for WeChat transfers - 1 views

  • Family Bank Limited, a leading bank in Kenya, has partnered with London-based financial technology firm SimbaPay to launch an instant money transfer service from Kenya to China through WeChat – a service that will help boost Kenya-China trade. Over seven million customers and businesses in Kenya will now access SimbaPay’s international money transfer service to send money to China’s WeChat Pay from Family Bank’s PesaPap mobile banking application and USSD service. Non-customers too will enjoy the service via a dedicated PayBill number 261059 on MPESA.
  • In addition to the China (WeChat) service, SimbaPay also supports money transfer to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Ghana, Nigeria, Madagascar, Niger and India. 
    • nourserghini
       
      This is interesting because Family bank partnered with Simbapay to offer the Wechat money transfer service to china. Besides this, Simbapay also transfers money to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, etc.
  • China is Kenya’s biggest trading partner. In 2017 alone, businesses in Kenya imported well over USD 4 billion worth of goods from China. The current existing solutions for sending money to China take multiple days to reach the recipient’s bank account, with some requiring the supplier to physically visit an agent to collect their money. This new service easily overcomes these barriers.
    • mbellakbail69
       
      I believe that, with this new service increasingly effective, Kenya's traders can replenish stocks more quickly and thus improve trade with the two countries
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  • With over 1 billion subscribers, WeChat is the largest payment and social media app in China. This initiative therefore connects Africa’s largest mobile money ecosystem to China’s largest payment service in real-time.
    • ayachehbouni
       
      I believe that the service born from this partnership is very unique and attractive to customers of both platforms as it offers the sender a chance to review the transaction and exchange rate applicable before releasing the payment.
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    Partnership with wechat to send money to China's WeChat Pay from Family Bank's PesaPap mobile banking application and USSD service.
nourserghini

US FinTech Will Expand Cryptocurrency Use Case, But Unknowns Remain - 0 views

  • FinTech companies such as PayPal, Visa, Square, Mastercard and others are expanding cryptocurrency (crypto) and blockchain capabilities but several factors could limit widespread acceptance in the near term, says Fitch Ratings. We expect strategic crypto investments to have a limited near-term effect on credit profiles, given modest capital deployed and the long ramp time. However, adding crypto capabilities opens up incremental revenue streams for these companies, even if the return on investment over time and compliance risks are uncertain.
    • nourserghini
       
      Exactly like mobile money started a revolution in the African financial environment since the early 2000s, fintechs have to race for the first place in expanding cryptocurrency and blockchain abilities in the coming years. Especially considering the fact that Africa is already getting more familiar with cryptocurrency services.
mbellakbail69

JUMO breaks US$2.5billion disbursement mark in Africa and Asia | Business News in Africa - 0 views

  • The company says they reached this milestone in just over 18 months after crossing the US$1billion mark in 2019. This indicates exponential growth in the access to and availability of working capital for customers. Jumo also notes that they only have an average customer default rate of less than 5%.
mbellakbail69

JUMO breaks the US$2.5B disbursement mark in Africa and Asia - JUMO - 0 views

  • This milestone has been reached just over 18 months after crossing the US$1B mark in 2019, and indicates exponential growth in the access to and availability of working capital for customers, with an average customer default rate of less than 5%. Andrew Watkins-Ball, Founder & Group CEO, said this achievement is evidence of the success of JUMO’s unique business model, its ability to reach unbanked populations and to provide market-leading infrastructure for financial services.
    • mbellakbail69
       
      JUMO partners with funders, banks and telecommunications companies to power a new generation of financial tools. The company was founded in London in 2015 and uses mobile wallet technology with data-driven credit prediction models to provide digital financial services infrastructure to partners, and products at scale to customers in emerging markets.
kaoutarchennoufi

Instant Mobile Loans in Kenya, KCB M-PESA Account, M-Shwari - Safaricom - 0 views

  • M-Shwari is a paperless banking service offered through M-PESA. It will: Enable you open and operate an M-Shwari bank account through your mobile phone, via M-PESA, without having to visit banks or fill out any forms. Provide you the ability to move money in and out of your M-Shwari savings account to your M-PESA account at no charge. Give you an opportunity to save as little as KSHs.1 and earn interest of up to 6.65% p.a on your saving balance. This cash is moved into the savings account via M-PESA. Enable you to access micro credit product (loan) of a minimum of KSHs.100 any time and receive your loan instantly on your M-PESA account charged at a facility fee of 7.5% Save for a fixed period of time (Lock Savings Account) and earn interest of up to 70% of the Central bank Rate. This is a product for everyone who feels that banking should be hassle-free. No forms to fill in, no branches to visit. Just one click on your phone and you have a savings account!
    • kaoutarchennoufi
       
      M-pesa has also a paperless banking service option named M-Shwari. This is avery useful and time saving solution. The majority of people don't appreciate to go to the banks and have to wait for many hours for a simple service.
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