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Top 11 Reasons Why Fintech StartUps in South East Asia Fail
You have an incredible fintech balance marketable strategy. You gather your group and make your start-up. Here are ten regular missteps you ought to keep away from on the off chance that you need to have an opportunity to experience one more day in South East Asia.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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FICCI Report Explores Promises and Challenges of FinTech in India
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) published a new report in January called “Leveraging the FinTech Opportunities in India” to highlight a number of topics, including digital payments, digital banking, blockchain, and online lending, to name a few.
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- South Asia
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Report: Accelerating Financial Inclusion in South-East Asia
Promoting the use of formal financial services continues to be a challenge, and the depth of engagement varies with different financial products: Only 18% of adults use a bank account to receive wages or pay utility bills, and only 11% borrow from formal sources.
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Kenya’s BitPesa Closes $2.5M Funding Round
Kenyan digital currency payments platform BitPesa has closed a US$2.5 million series A funding round, with a view to expanding its services further across West and Southern Africa, as well as in the UK and Europe.
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- Investing, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments, fintech
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Leveraging India’s Digital Transformation: Three Lessons for MFIs
As India continues its digital transformation, Grameen Foundation India has helped several MFIs transition to a digital financial services platform, and along the way developed some key lessons MFIs should keep in mind: conduct a thorough analysis of your business requirements before you select a digital financial services provider; don't discount the value of effective change management; and pay close attention to client education.
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Airtel plans Africa stakes sales in bid to reduce debt, stay afloat
The Indian parent company of struggling mobile operator Airtel Kenya is set to sell stakes or merge some of its African units in a bid to stay afloat and reduce its debt burden.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Indonesia’s Largest Private Bank Launches $15 Million Fintech VC Firm
Indonesia’s Bank Central Asia (BCA), the country’s largest private bank, has steamrolled its way into the Fintech space with an investment of 200 billion rupiah (approx. $15 million) in financial technology startups and companies.
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- Investing
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- South Asia
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Here are the 10 startups chosen for India’s first ‘Startupbootcamp FinTech’
FinTech is at the forefront of the transformation in the financial industry and is changing the way value and ownership is exchanged, the risk is managed and transactions are performed. While this transformation is taking place across the globe, India's growing economy and large and under-tapped consumer base provide a significant opportunity for innovation in the sector.
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- South Asia
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