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Fintech Services Contribute to Increase in Financial Literacy in India
With nearly 2000 fintech startups in the country, one would imagine India’s financial literacy to be high. Yet, statistics show that despite a population of over 1.3 billion people, about 76% of the adult population still lacks basic financial concepts.
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- Finance
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Supporting Financial Health Startups: Four Lessons for Impact Investors, Foundations and Governments
Over the past few years, Village Capital has run Finance Forward, a global coalition to support early-stage entrepreneurs building tech-enabled solutions around financial health. Village Capital CEO Allie Burns shares highlights from a new report that analyzed data from the 1,000+ companies that applied to the program around the world. The report paints a picture of the global state of financial health startups, and offers lessons for impact investors, foundations and government leaders who hope to grow the ecosystem for financial health innovation.
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- Finance, Impact Assessment, Investing, Technology
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Colombian Fintech Plurall Acquires Funding to Support Entrepreneurs in Latin America
Plurall, a Colombian Fintech firm that’s focused on enhancing the financial inclusion of Solopreneurs in Latin America, finalized a pre-seed round by securing $1.5 million in equity and $10 million debt financing.
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- Uncategorized
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- Latin America
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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
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- Global
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Visa Partners With Fintech Tribal in Latin America to Expand Small Business Offerings
Visa Inc (V.N), the world's largest payment processor, will partner with payment and financing firm Tribal to expand its offerings for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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- blockchain, fintech
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South Africa Fintech Clickatell Wins $91 Million in its Latest Round of Funding
Clickatell, a Cape Town-founded and California-based fintech firm, CPaaS innovator and creator of the Chat Commerce platform announced it has secured $91-million in its latest Series C round of funding.
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- Finance, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Why Didn’t the U.S. Cut off Russia From SWIFT? It’s Complicated.
Removing access to the financial messaging service would be the most severe penalty but could have unwanted consequences, including compromising energy exports to Europe.
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- Energy, Finance, Telecommunications
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- Europe & Eurasia
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