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ghtazi

AgroCenta - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors - 0 views

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fundings investors Agrocenta

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  • AgroCenta has raised a total of $2.2M in funding over 4 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 29, 2021 from a Seed round.AgroCenta is funded by 6 investors. Foreign & Commonwealth Office - UK and AV Ventures are the most recent investors.
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      tahaemsd on 12 Feb 21
       
      Funding of AGROCENTA
  • AgroCenta has raised a total of $2.2M in funding over 4 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 29, 2021 from a Seed round.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt shows the effective work of agrocenta, and how their revenues expended over four rounds
  • AgroCenta has raised a total of $2.2M in funding over 4 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 29, 2021 from a Seed round.AgroCenta is funded by 6 investors. Foreign & Commonwealth Office - UK and AV Ventures are the most recent investors.
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta raised a total of 2.2 millions USD in funding over 4 rounds. the latest one was raised in january 29th, 2021 from a seed round. we can see that the company has founded 6 investors. the most recent ones are Foreign & Commonwealth Office- Uk and AV Ventures.
ghtazi

FinTech Strategic Review - Innovate Finance - The Voice of Global FinTech - 0 views

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UK Financial Services

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  • Innovate Finance is delighted to be supporting this strategic review of the UK FinTech sector. Over the last few months we have seen exponential growth and change in the adoption of digital financial services. We are at a pivotal moment with regards to our economy and now have a unique opportunity to reflect on the success of UK FinTech. We have the best in class in terms of innovation and should consider what more we can do to fully embed it within our wider financial services. We look forward to working with Ron Kalifa and stakeholders across the ecosystem to develop a shared blueprint for growth of the UK’s financial services sector that has technological innovation at its core
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      Innovate Finance is delighted to be funding this UK FinTech industry strategic review. the company has seen exponential growth and changes in the adoption of digital financial services over the last few months. With respect to the economy, the company is at a crucial moment and now have a rare opportunity to focus on UK FinTech's progress.
sawsanenn

When fintech met crowdfunding - AltFi - 0 views

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FinTech Financial inclusion Strategies

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  • It became clear that fintech companies began to prize crowdfunding three years ago. Monzo crashed our servers in 2016 when it raised £1m in 96 seconds. Last December, the now-serial crowdfunding neobank raised £20m from retail investors. 
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 13 Feb 21
       
      Crowdfunding would be a beneficial strategy for EasyEquities to help young entrepreneurs raise money for their new investments.
  • The world’s leading fintechs are using crowdfunding to cement and enhance their relationship with their customers. The latest Unicorns report from Beauhurst, an independent analysis firm, identifies the UK’s 21 unicorn companies – those worth $1bn (around £760m) or more. Of the 21, six are fintechs, and two are digital banks: Monzo and Revolut. Both have turned to crowdfunding – at a time when they are the darlings of the tech scene and its investors – to raise capital. 
    • hichamachir
      hichamachir on 13 Feb 21
       
      Crowdfunding is becoming a very used strategy for fintechs because it's a concept that help entrepreneurs finance their projects. Also it's a concept that makes the community more connected
  • The staggering thing about Monzo’s raise – and it speaks volumes about where crowdfunding and fintech have reached – is that it did not need to raise the £20m from any of us on the street. In October – i.e. just two months shy of the raise – the bank had closed an £85m round led by VC firm Accel. Raising £20m is no walk in the park. You need to build a prospectus, which is a lengthy and expensive process. Monzo’s crowdfunding raise capped all investments at £2,000, meaning the team chose to have more investors to look after. 
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt uses the example of Monzo's fundraising through crowdfunding to show that the latter could be a great source of financing for fintech companies.
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  • Making consumers owners and giving them a say has become integral to how these companies run. Indeed, many are now building their own platforms to manage ownership. What does this tell us about the future? Here are businesses offering equity – not for money, not because they want to list, but to build an affinity with their customers. As these relationships evolve, both sides benefit: greater engagement – better products – more customers – growth – profit – both sides capitalise.  It could be called the democracy of building business. Technology is making this shift around the consumer possible not just in finance, but across markets. While the former has emerged as the vanguard, there are other non-tech sectors that have leapfrogged traditional ownership structures and cemented their own success. Food and beverage, historically underserved by the financial world, was an early adopter of crowdfunding. BrewDog is the poster child for this – a four-time Crowdcube funded brewery. It has 120,000 investors, aka Equity Punks, who, in its words, kick-started the craft beer revolution and, presumably, enjoy its beer. The prospect gets so much more exciting when you start to think of the markets that are hardest to disrupt, build a community around, and fight injustices: insurance, mining, the coffee industry, healthcare.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      Here the positive side of crowdfunding is presented and includes the ownership of customers over the businesses/brands they fo to. Crowdfunding here appears to be a great opportunity, which the article describes as the democracy of building business.
  • The world’s leading fintechs are using crowdfunding to cement and enhance their relationship with their customers. The latest Unicorns report from Beauhurst, an independent analysis firm, identifies the UK’s 21 unicorn companies – those worth $1bn (around £760m) or more. Of the 21, six are fintechs, and two are digital banks: Monzo and Revolut. Both have turned to crowdfunding – at a time when they are the darlings of the tech scene and its investors – to raise capital. 
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 13 Feb 21
       
      what we can say is crowdfunding is the future for fintech. using Crowdfunding will helps the fintech to have a stronger and powerful relationship with its customers.
  • To answer that, I believe we have to go back to the financial crisis. After 2008, a chasm opened up in financial markets, encouraged by a profound lack of trust. We’re well-versed with the outcomes. The banks that survived had to change their ways, and new players came onto the scene. A decade later, it is the novel relationship between these latest entrants and consumers that gives us an idea of what the future looks like: a world where any business-to-consumer company knows that sharing ownership with its customers is fundamental to long-term success. This is the cooperative movement of the twenty-first century, and it is driven by technology.
    • sawsanenn
      sawsanenn on 13 Feb 21
       
      This could imply that future companies are effective for a variety of reasons. Rather than capitalizing on cost savings, piling up high-quality products and selling them cheaply, or structural brands that are more myth-based than substance-based, they will be firms that effectively utilize network effects, concentrate on being a product first, and bake their clients into everyones brand
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

SimbaPay Allows You Transfer Money from the UK to Nigeria at Zero Charge | TechCabal - 1 views

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SimbaPay payments transfer money

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  • Digital money transfer provider, SimbaPay, has announced the launch of its money transfer service to Nigeria. Using the SimbaPay app or website, Nigerians living in the UK can send money to Nigeria at zero charge using SimbaPay. The payment can be made to any bank account or mobile phone in Nigeria instantly.
  • mehdi-ezzaoui on 13 Feb 21
     
    The service eliminates tedious processes of traditional money remittance firms, high cost and the need for customers to remember branch codes. The application allows people living in Europe to send bulk cash of up Sh4.5 million home.
ayachehbouni

SimbaPay's Zero-rate Money Transfer Service Now Supports M-Pesa Paybill for Kenyans in ... - 0 views

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  • Digital money transfer provider, SimbaPay has announced that it now supports Safaricom’s M-Pesa PayBill payment service in Kenya. This development broadens the reach of the M-Pesa Paybill service which was previously limited to Safaricom subscribers within Kenya. Now, Kenyans living abroad will be able to make payments in Kenya on the M-Pesa Paybill service via the SimbaPay App.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      Thanks to this development, SimbaPay users in the UK will be able to make instant money transfers at no cost and will not need a Safaricom phone number or M-Pesa registration to make transactions with vendors using M-Pesa Paybill in Kenya. I believe that this would greatly increase both platforms' customer base.
samielbaqqali

Bango, TPAY MOBILE partner to boost mobile commerce - ThePaypers - 2 views

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E-payments Bungo Partnernship

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  • UK-based mobile commerce company Bango and UAE-based mobile payments enabler TPAY MOBILE have formed a strategic partnership to increase access to mobile commerce.
  • samielbaqqali on 07 Feb 21
     
    T-Pay is a very well developped and special application that deserves the interest and truth from developped countries like UK.
  • hichamachir on 08 Feb 21
     
    This kind of partnership can only improve the service of mobile commerce provided by both companies. However, there's always a risk that both companies cannot find the adequate strategy in order to conquer the targeted market.
kenza_abdelhaq

Digital Innovation in Emerging Markets: A Case Study of Mobile Money | MIT CISR - 0 views

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M-Pesa Kenya Payments Services

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  • We describe the success of M-PESA in Kenya and the subsequent disappointment when M-PESA was replicated in Tanzania. We show how emerging markets are likely to be more different from than similar to one another. Thus, companies should consider a strategy of exploration as they attempt to expand within emerging markets. 
  • In 2008, a year after launching in Kenya, Vodafone attempted to replicate this success in neighboring Tanzania, a country that resembled Kenya in many important ways—size of population (40+ million) and main languages spoken (Swahili and English), as well as levels of literacy, unbanked, and mobile phone usage. But M-PESA in Tanzania did not grow on anything like the scale and scope of M-PESA in Kenya
  • M-PESA was initially developed by Vodafone as a mobile-based, microfinancing application funded partially by the UK Department for International Development to extend financial access to the unbanked populations in East Africa.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Developed by the mobile telecommunications company Vodafone, M-Pesa was first a microfinancing solution promoting financial inclusion in East Africa.
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  • Managed by the corporate social responsibility (CSR) group within Vodafone, M-PESA was designed for a niche market: microfinancing institutions and their clients. The project was intended to be low-cost, low-key, small in scale, and modest in scope—focused on addressing issues of financial inclusion within the developing world. 
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      M-Pesa's niche market: microfinancing institutions and their clients.
  • The redesigned M-PESA system launched in Kenya in April 2007, growing rapidly through uptake and user innovation of new services. Now used by over 17 million Kenyans—which is more than two-thirds of the adult population—it is estimated that annually some 31% of the country’s GDP flows through it.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      - Important customer reach. - Facilitates the transfer of funds as 31% of the country's GDP flows through the platform.
  • mohammed_ab on 12 Feb 21
     
    I think that this article shows something very important that we should into consideration in our capstone research. It shows how the same service was launched in very similar African countries, yet the penetration and growth results were far from the same. It's important because it shows that if we want to use a fintech strategy followed by a foreign company to an African one, it could result in very bad consequences even if this same strategy works for the foreign company.
  • kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
     
    "M-PESA was initially developed by Vodafone as a mobile-based, microfinancing application funded partially by the UK Department for International Development to extend financial access to the unbanked populations in East Africa. Managed by the corporate social responsibility (CSR) group within Vodafone, M-PESA was designed for a niche market: microfinancing institutions and their clients. The project was intended to be low-cost, low-key, small in scale, and modest in scope-focused on addressing issues of financial inclusion within the developing world. "
ayachehbouni

Kenyan bank launches mobile payments service | ALB Article - 1 views

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  • The service will allow customers to send money to bank accounts and mobile wallets in 15 countries, including Uganda, the United Kingdom, India, China and Germany. SimbaPay previously set up a similar service for transfers to Asia with Kenya’s Family Bank in 2018. Africa has been among the most prominent regions for fintech development as users, banks and technology companies have bypassed traditional banking to embrace mobile banking and payment services.
    • mbellakbail69
      mbellakbail69 on 13 Feb 21
       
      This partnership with a Uk based company shows that Africa has become the predominant region of the fintech industry. As customer, bank and technology firms have overtaken conventional banking to include mobile banking and payment services,
  • SimbaPay head of operations Victor Karanja said in a statement: “Businesses as well as Kenyans and expatriates with friends and family abroad send over USD 18 billion to other African countries, Asia and Europe annually with several billion Kenya Shillings going through the SimbaPay network.”
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  • A partnership with a UK-based company will give Prime Bank customers in Kenya access to mobile payments. Nairobi-headquartered private bank Prime Bank has taken a further step into the fintech market by launching an international money transfer service, in collaboration with London-headquartered company SimbaPay.
    • ayachehbouni
      ayachehbouni on 13 Feb 21
       
      this service will give the possibility to customers to transfer money to bank accounts and mobile wallets in 15 countries. Once again, this is a partnership that will make simbapay's customer base increase.
  • mehdi-ezzaoui on 13 Feb 21
     
    A partnership with a UK-based company will give Prime Bank customers in Kenya access to mobile payments.
nourserghini

Flutterwave, Simbapay, Mergims, Sawapay And Sendwave: 5 Remittance Specialists! - 0 views

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SimbaPay remittance competitors customers Kenya Nigeria

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  • Flutterwave and Simbapay are shining examples of this recent development. With Mergims, Sawapay and Sendwave in their back chasing them.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      The article shows that SimbaPay's competitors are Flutterwave, Mergims, Sawapay and Sendwave.
  • Founded by Nyasinga Onyancha, Simbapay is in London and caters to Kenyan and Nigerian recipients.Countries that can use the service include; the UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain, France and Germany.The platform allows money transfer to a bank account and mobile wallet like M-pesa, Paga or Airtel Money.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      The article shows that SimbaPay customers can reside in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Spain, France and Germany while recipients are Kenyans and Nigerians.
hibaerrai

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WorldRemit Algeria Remittance E-payments

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  • WorldRemit, on the other hand, partners with local banks and mobile networks; in Kenya, for example, it is working with electronic wallet service M-Pesa, so that money can be transferred instantly to all customers. The recipient can retrieve the funds as a bank deposit into a local WorldRemit bank account, as mobile money, airtime top-up or as cash at a supermarket. The fees are two to three per cent lower than those charged by most banks. WorldRemit’s closest rival is Remitly, another digital-only company that specialises in sending money from developed countries to the developing world.
    • hibaerrai
      hibaerrai on 13 Feb 21
       
      WorldRemit defies all traditional banking methods, and developed a way for customers to get their money right away and that's not common in Africa.
samielbaqqali

Clear Junction and Zeepay Ghana keep families connected during lockdown | INTLBM - 0 views

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Zeepay Extand Fintech

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  • “Since Sub-Saharan Africa is traditionally considered a challenging region from the remittance perspective, we are glad to extend our service to an institution that just recently has satisfied the scrutiny of the local regulator,” said Dima Kats, CEO of Clear Junction. “Our correspondent account service will lower the entry barrier for Zeepay when rolling out the payment collection in the EU and UK.”
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 13 Feb 21
       
      Extending the business to new countries will make the brand name more famous.
  • “Since Sub-Saharan Africa is traditionally considered a challenging region from the remittance perspective, we are glad to extend our service to an institution that just recently has satisfied the scrutiny of the local regulator,” said Dima Kats, CEO of Clear Junction. “Our correspondent account service will lower the entry barrier for Zeepay when rolling out the payment collection in the EU and UK.”
kenza_abdelhaq

AgroCenta raises US$ 790k of Pre-Series A Working Capital & Development Funding From Sh... - 0 views

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AgroCenta Ghana Specialized financing

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  • Francis Obirikorang, AgroCenta’s CEO and Co-Founder Michael Ocansey highlight the importance and criticality of this investment: “This is a significant milestone for AgroCenta, having the support of leading institutions, particularly with the COVID-19 backdrop, underlining the strength of AgroCenta and the importance of its mission. The demand for agricultural raw materials from offtakers in the brewery, manufacturing and consumer sector is increasing exponentially because of the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions that were put in place by the government of Ghana, hence this capital injection will help to secure purchases at fair and transparent prices from smallholders — a much needed lifeline for many who are at the proverbial bottom of the pyramid”.
    • nouhaila_zaki
      nouhaila_zaki on 13 Feb 21
       
      This excerpt is important because it highlights how the investments received by AgroCenta from investors and partners (UK charity Shell Foundation, the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), AV Ventures and Rabo Foundation) helped the company mitigate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic, and allowed for its operations to continue and frow.
  • This funding, secured from UK charity Shell Foundation, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), AV Ventures and Rabo Foundation, will enable AgroCenta to further develop its smallholder farmer inclusion programmes and procure crops at transparent and fair market prices to service offtake contracts.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      Agrocenta receives funding from diverse global institutions in order to invest in its inclusion programs.
  • In addition, lacking adequate infrastructure, logistics and transportation also limits their access to larger urban markets, where they could obtain much better pricing for their crops. Furthermore, the lack of basic data that enables KYC (Know Your Customer) and a limited or non-existent credit history means that smallholders have very limited access to finance. This prevents them from being able to utilise all of their land for growing crops or forces them to resort to using lower quality inputs — leading to stagnation at the bottom of the pyramid.
    • kenza_abdelhaq
      kenza_abdelhaq on 13 Feb 21
       
      AgroCenta doesn't only help smallholder farmers to have access to markets and financing, but it also supports them with logistics, transportation, and infrastructure.
ayoubb

FinTech in Sub-Saharan African Countries : FinTech in Sub-Saharan African Countries : A... - 0 views

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  • SimbaPay is a UK-based digital money transfer service serving Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, and Ghana that delivers money via existing mobile money wallet services and using its SimbaPay app. Simbapay and Kenya’s Family Bank recently launched an instant payment service from East Africa to China. Users can send funds to China through Family Bank’s PesaPap app or Safaricom’s M-Pesa.
    • nourserghini
      nourserghini on 07 Feb 21
       
      This article shows the origin of SimbaPay that is the UK and its location which is kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana. The article also shows its services which are delivering money via mobile money wallet services or the app and instant payment service from East Africa to China.
  • Founded in 2009, Paga offers digital bank services (peer-to-peer money transfer, bill payments, online payments, and payroll), achieving a wide reach in Nigeria.
  • Financial intermediation and financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa remain low, despite progress in recent years. Helped by reforms, the depth and coverage of financial systems in sub-Saharan Africa—as measured by the standard indicators of financial development, such as the ratios of private sector credit to GDP and broad money to GDP—have significantly improved over the period 1995 to 2013 (Kasekende 2010). However, on average, countries in sub-Saharan Africa continue to have a shallower financial system than those in other developing regions of the world (Figure 1). In terms of financial inclusion, only 20 percent of the population has a bank account compared to 92 percent in advanced economies and 38 percent in nonadvanced economies (Table 1). Underinvestment, poor infrastructure, and comparatively low levels of financial literacy have contributed to the region being underbanked.
    • ayoubb
      ayoubb on 13 Feb 21
       
      FinTech in Sub-Saharan Africa
samielbaqqali

Fintech start-up Jumo bags $17m from UK investor, Banking News & Top Stories - The Stra... - 0 views

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Banks Credit score Security

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  • Jumo manages a platform that provides financial services, such as loans and savings products, from partner banks to individuals and small businesses in emerging markets via mobile phones.
  • A potential borrower's credit risk profile is generated from behavioural data gathered through mobile networks. This helps banks that do not have data on these people to determine a credit score.
    • samielbaqqali
      samielbaqqali on 11 Feb 21
       
      This is a very sophisticated way in order to ensure secruity for banks.
aymanelmamoun

Why Businesses Need to Invest in Mobile Marketing - Vendasta Blog - 0 views

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MobileBanking E-Payment Africa NoCash

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  • There are about 7.22 billion smart gadgets (including smartphones, tablets and phones) in the world, which are multiplying five times faster than the world’s population Facebook reported to have a total of 1,591 million monthly active users in the fourth quarter of 2015, out of which 823 million were mobile-only Top sites in the US recorded 56% of total traffic from mobile devices Around 1.5 billion smartphone users were recorded in 2014, which is estimated to grow to around 2.5 billion by the end of 2019 By 2020, 70% of the world’s population will own a smartphone, reported by Telegraph 68 million searches are done every hour on mobile devices across the globe, source More emails are opened on mobile devices than desktop 55% of total emails are accessed on mobile devices, according to an email analytics report Number of mobile email users are estimated to grow by 23% this year Emails on mobile phones reflected 26.7% of sales as compared to 20.9% on desktops, according to an email analytics report
    • aymanelmamoun
      aymanelmamoun on 13 Feb 21
       
      The following stats are a proof of the present and future of mobile banking and marketing as an attract market for global investors.
aminej

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Need External Analysis Islamic Finance Products Sukuk Opportunity Threat

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  • In Ghana there is currently just one sharia-compliant financial institution – Ghana Islamic Microfinance, which began as an NGO – though there is significant scope for growth. Part of this is due to the country’s demographic make-up. Although Muslims are far from the only potential client base for IFS, as evidenced by the rollout of Islamic financing instruments in countries like the UK and Japan, sharia-compliant products could prove attractive for the roughly 17.6% of Ghana’s population that identifies as Muslim, according to the 2010 census.
    • aminej
      aminej on 27 Feb 21
       
      The fact that 17.1% of Muslims in Ghana won't be able to invest in our applications is a big threat but we have thought that if we included shariah compliand products such as sukuk we could include this marginalized part of the country and improve their situations
ghtazi

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Fintech E-payments Digital Banking E-payment

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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries
    • ghtazi
      ghtazi on 08 Feb 21
       
      Cassava fintech is a Pan-African business, they try to use an integrated model to accelerate the continent's financial inclusion and digital transactions. the company has many innovative digital solutions: such as mobile money, social payments, payments services, digital banking, micro insurance, sasai.
  • hibaerrai on 08 Feb 21
     
    Financial inclusion is indeed the main aim of Cassava FinTech.
kenzabenessalah

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Insurance Banking Transactions

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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      Cassava does not only facilitate banking services, but it in the insurance, remittance, and mobile sector as well.
kenzabenessalah

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Partnerships Financial Inclusion Operations

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  • Cassava FinTech is a pan-African business using an integrated model to drive financial inclusion and digital transactions across the continent. Our core operations in Mobile Money, Social Payments Services, Digital Banking, International Remittances and Mobile Micro Insurance with presence in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Burundi, Lesotho and UK and partnerships in other African countries.
    • kenzabenessalah
      kenzabenessalah on 12 Feb 21
       
      The fact that Cassava made partnerships with Zimbabwe, South Africa, and other African countries means that it is targeting different segments bit by bit which is a plus for the company.
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