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...
Sparking Growth in Corner Shops
Finbots for Shopkeepers Series #4 In this series I have described how smartphone sensors can generate raw data and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...