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Three Powerful Tools for Fintech Practitioners
Since we launched the Catalyst Fund in 2015, we have helped 15 fintech entrepreneurs deploy novel approaches to bring products...
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Sparking Growth in Corner Shops
Finbots for Shopkeepers Series #4 In this series I have described how smartphone sensors can generate raw data and...
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Tuning Into Shops with Sensors
Finbots for Shopkeepers Series #2 What is the one thing small shopkeepers and professional hackers have in...
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Going from Data to Information
Source: Flickr With a single smartphone, small business owners can go from completely opaque information to...
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Growing with Insights
Finbots for Shopkeepers Series #4 In this series I have described how smartphone sensors can generate raw data...
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Next-Level Computer Vision: When Off-the-Shelf Software Options Don’t Cut It
Let’s say you’re in Tokyo and you see a billboard with a catchy photo. You want to know...
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Racing into Machine Learning: Data Readiness and the Developing World
Machine Learning (ML) technology can help us draw important insights from data, but it is imperative to recognize a...
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Inclusive Fintech: Four Lessons for Optimizing Customer and Tech Journeys
At Catalyst Fund, we spent the past year working directly with early-stage fintech startups in emerging markets. Run by...
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Machine Learning Meets Credit Scoring: How it Can Help Reduce Loan Delinquency Costs
In a previous analysis, we laid out the machine learning process we conducted for Destacame.cl, a company of the...
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The Intelligent Bank of the Future
Here’s a thought experiment: what if you had to design from scratch a new bank targeting low-income clients? This...