APPLE FINTECH STRATEGY MAP (CBINSIGHTS)
A slide from CBInsights showing graphically Apple’s payment strategy.
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APPLE FINTECH STRATEGY MAP (CBINSIGHTS)
An article from CBInsights showing the emerging scale of APPLE in payments and the challenges it will present for incumbent players.
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AREAS OF INTEREST FOR FINTECH REGULATION
A slide showing the developments in fintech that attract regulatory interest.
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FINTECH UNICORNS IN AFRICA
A list and description of fintechs in Africa, many of which are involved with mobile wallets and money transfer.
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PAYSEND: HOW IT WORKS (VIDEO)
A video explaining how the Paysend money transfer service works. Paysend is a financial technology platform headquartered in the UK that enables any bank card (Visa or MasterCard) to send and receive money worldwide.
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FORMAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN ETHIOPIA COMPARED TO OTHER EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES 2023
This slide shows the percentage of the population in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda, who can be considered financially included through traditional banks and/or mobile money.
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MOBILE MONEY IN ETHIOPIA: ADVANCING FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND DRIVING GROWTH
This publicly available report by GSMA sows that mobile money might add US$5.3 billion to Ethiopia;s GDP through greater financial inclusion.
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HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
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THE FUTURE OF ONLINE PAYMENTS: BNPL, UPI, EMBEDDED FINANCE AND MORE
In this report, recent rends in the online payments ecosystem in India are discussed, from UPI and digital wallets to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). The report also discusses how fintechs are gearing up to meet the demands of future customers.
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OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF DIGITAL WALLETS AND DEMYSTIFYING ‘BUY NOW, PAY LATER’
This article uses data froma leading Chinese provider to show that ‘buy now, pay later (BNPL)’ dominates e-wallet transactions and expands fintech credit to underserved consumers.’
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