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Rapid tech due diligence: How Catalyst Fund assesses a startup’s tech
Alongside product-market fit and adequate control of data, underlying tech quality is a key determinant of whether a startup...
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Top 5 demographic data fields fintech startups need to collect
Catalyst Fund welcomes new cohort of inclusive fintech startups creating solutions to improve the financial health of underserved communities...
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Robbing Peter to lend to Paul
Our friends at MicroSave Consulting recently published a detailed, timely study on the state of digital credit in...
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Keeping Machine Learning Honest! The need for the truthalizer
Machine learning (ML) provides institutions with predictive analytics that leverage large amounts of both historical and continually-generated data to...
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Simplify International Development Research: An Intriguing Experiment
Anyone working in international development can spend large amounts of time trying to keep up with news about...
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Four Steps to Being Agile for Fintech Companies
Banco Maré’s Journey from Working Enthusiastically to Working Deliberately Startups have great ideas and the best intentions for impact;...
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Machine Learning in PAYGo: What You Need to Know Before You Jump In
Last summer, we published a post that described how ZOLA Electric uses Machine Learning (ML) to predict which of...
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R²A Case Study: AML Data Infrastructure Prototype
The Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, or CNBV) requested a partnership to...
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R²A Case Study: Chatbot Prototype
The consumer complaints system at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the Philippines Central Bank, hereafter BSP) was limited by...
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Emerging Dynamics for the Future of Agent Networks
Even though mobile and financial technology are advancing rapidly, banks and telecoms still manage agent networks just as they...