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Mexican E-Commerce Aggregator Quinio Raises $40 Million in Equity and Debt
Quinio acquires, operates, and builds e-commerce brands created by local entrepreneurs that have growth potential.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Latin America
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A Hidden Driver of Financial Inclusion: Why Enabling Regulation is Essential to Fintech Success in Emerging Markets
Fintech innovation is jumpstarting financial inclusion around the world, driven in part by enabling regulation which allows providers to experiment with new approaches. But as Monica Brand Engel, Ganesh Rengaswamy and Jonathan Whittle at Quona Capital explain, it can be difficult for regulators to simultaneously fuel innovation, adapt to new technologies and government mandates, and protect customers. They explore what the fintech sector can learn from successful regulatory approaches in countries like Brazil and India.
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- Finance, Technology, Telecommunications
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Yassir Raises $150 Million Series B to Ramp Up Africa and Global Expansion
Yassir, a San Francisco-based Algerian super-app offering on-demand services and financial services, will use the funding to power its expansion across Africa and the rest of the world.
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- Global
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- startups
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Mexican Fintech Kapital Receives $100 Million Investment and Expands to Colombia
The Mexican fintech Kapital has arrived in Colombia to facilitate access to credit for entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Latin America
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Can Access to Smartphones Bridge the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Research shows that mobile phones can be a useful tool in the fight against poverty, increasing both household income and consumption. But according to Amani M’Bale at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Graham A.N. Wright at MicroSave (MSC), to reach that potential, it’s important that these phones are able to bridge the digital divide, becoming accessible to, and used by, the underserved people they can benefit the most. They share several factors that can increase — or limit — the usage of smartphones and other mobile devices in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Finance, Telecommunications
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Press Release: Grameen Foundation Names Zubaida Bai President and CEO: Bai and New Board Members to Lead Grameen Foundation Into Its Second Quarter-Century
A compassionate leader, Bai has spent time in the poorest places in the world, co-creating products, and services.
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- Finance, Health Care, Technology
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- Global
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NeoGrowth Raises $20 Million From US International Development Finance Corp
NeoGrowth said it has raised $20 million from the United States International Development Finance Corporation.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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EMGA Secures $20 Million Debt Finance for Costa Rica’s Banco Improsa
Emerging Markets Global Advisory LLP (EMGA) has secured US$20M to finance micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
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- Finance
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- financial inclusion, MSMEs