Tuning Into Shops with Sensors
Finbots for Shopkeepers Series #2 What is the one thing small shopkeepers and professional hackers have in...
Going from Data to Information
Source: Flickr With a single smartphone, small business owners can go from completely opaque information to...
Growing with Insights
Finbots for Shopkeepers Series #4 In this series I have described how smartphone sensors can generate raw data...
Why Alternative Lending Struggles to Scale in Emerging Markets
And What Fintech Companies Can Do About It During the past 10 years, the US, the UK and...
How Flexible Financing, Solar Panels and Data Could Be Key to Financial Inclusion
Pay-as-you-go (PAYGo or PAYG) is emerging as a solution that addresses both end-customer affordability and provides sufficient margins...
Can ‘PAYGo Finance’ Connect Investors to Low-Income Customers?
The Rise of a New Asset Class Alternative lenders in East Africa are connecting underbanked consumers with affordable, asset-backed...
How is Client Centricity Shaping Financial Services for the Low-Income Consumer?
In the current financial services industry, customer experience has become a key differentiator across brands. Today’s customer has more...
How Favorable is the Environment for Inclusive Fintech in Ghana?
The FIBR (Financial Inclusion on Business Runways) project is an action research project of BFA (in partnership with...
Is it China’s Golden Age in Digital Financial Inclusion?
Last week, I had the chance to attend a workshop of the Global Partnership on Financial Inclusion, a G20...
Three Reasons Why Open APIs Will Transform Fintech Innovation in Emerging Markets
Open APIs can be crucial in getting a new product or set of features to market quickly and efficiently....