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Chennai-Based Fintech Vivriti Capital Raises $55 Million to Build Global Asset Management Platform
Chennai-based fintech startup Vivriti Capital has raised $55 Mn (nearly INR 400 Cr) in its Series C funding from Lightrock India and Creation Investments.
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- Finance
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- Asia Pacific
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- financial inclusion, scale, startups
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Cypher Capital Launches $100 Million Blockchain Fund, With an Aim to Invest 40% Of It in Crypto Startups in India
Cypher Capital, a private venture capital firm, announced the launch of a $100 million blockchain fund, and it aims to invest 40% of it in Indian cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Asia Pacific
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Reaching Informal Savings Groups with Formal Financial Products: A Study’s Unexpected Findings Reveal the Challenges of Digitizing Transactions
Formalizing the financial activities of informal savings groups has long been a priority in financial inclusion. Since 2015, the Savings at the Frontier program has worked to deepen the relationships between these groups and formal financial service providers, on the assumption that this would lead group members to open individual accounts and reap the benefits of digital transactions. But as Raksha Vasudevan explains, the results of a program evaluation have challenged these assumptions. She explores these findings, and their implications for efforts to digitize informal savings groups.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Technology
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Press Release: Swiss Public-Private Partnership Opens Doors to Projects Mobilizing Investment for the SDGs
SDG Impact Finance Initiative calls for proposals focusing on education, jobs, climate and responsible consumption/production.
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- Investing
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- Global
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Banco de la Nación Del Perú Goes Live With Temenos to Accelerate Financial Inclusion in Peru
These accounts were created with the identification number (DNI) of each citizen, as part of the Yanapay Individual Economic Support program to provide government relief funds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Finance
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- Latin America
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The Mastercard Foundation Seeks Partners to Provide Access to Inclusive Financial Services for the Agriculture and Adjacent Sectors in Ghana
The Mastercard Foundation has announced the opening of an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to collaborate with prospective partners in bridging access to inclusive financial services for the Agriculture and Agric-adjacent sectors, to unlock work opportunities for young Ghanaian women and men.
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- Agriculture, Finance
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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FinTech Kamino Raises $6.1 Million to Help Latin American Startups Raise Funds
Kamino, a FinTech working on a product to help startups with international structure, has raised $6.1 million in a funding round.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Latin America
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World’s First Mobility FinTech Moove Raises $105 Million in Series A2 Round to Scale Its Revenue-Based Financing Model Globally
Moove is democratizing vehicle ownership across Africa by providing mobility entrepreneurs access to revenue-based financing in markets with low access to credit.
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- Finance, Technology, Transportation
- Region
- Global