Tag: Africa

After helping to lend $1bn to small businesses all over the world, Matt Flannery is bringing digital banking to Africa with Branch. Read more: www.siliconrepublic.com

Barclays Bank recently selected the 10 FinTech startups that will be participating in its second acceleration program. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

Big banks may have scoffed when a gaggle of financial technology upstarts promised to reinvent their business. Now they want to buy them. Read more: www.bloomberg.com

Bitbond and BitPesa collaborate to facilitate small business financing across Africa.Read more: www.pymnts.com

Safaricom, is teaming up with data collection startup, mSurvey, to launch Consumer Wallet. Read more: techcrunch.com

In many cases, FinTech’s rapid growth can be attributed to the industry’s widespread adoption and innovation in developed, Western countries. Read more: www.bankingtech.com

Though cash remains prevalent some companies are setting the wheels in motion for a much-anticipated e-commerce revolution. Read more: www.fintechranking.com

This proposed platform will use P2P lending technology to present a range of sub-Saharan Africa loans to both retail and institutional investors. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

The incorporation of mobile technology in micro-health insurance schemes has shown promising outcomes. Read more: www.allafrica.com

Africa is the largest unserved market that has dropped out of sight of the global financial system, many adult Africans lack access to formal financial services. Read more: www.letstalkpayments.com