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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PAYPAL ISSUING ITS OWN STABLECOIN IS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN CRYPTO
A brief article explaining how PayPal issuing its own stablecoin legitimizes payments moving on chain is another step towards mass adoption.
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THE RISE OF SOCIAL COMMERCE
This slide shows the rise of social commerce, or payments through social media, in terms of the e-commerce value chain, games as an example, and the shoppable content value chain. This was adopted from a publicly available Linkedin post.
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THE RISE OF SOCIAL COMMERCE
This brief, adapted from a publicly available Linkedin post by Panagiotis Kriaris, discusses how social media has changed the way we communicate and interact, and has begun to change the way we shop online, on-site, and often through digital wallets.
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THE PROS AND CONS OF MAKING PAYMENTS WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PAYMENT PLATFORMS
This brief explores how social media offer a means of sending or received money through proprietary apps or apps like Venmo or Google Wallet. The pros and cons are discussed.
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CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY – ECOSYSTEM 2023
A slide that shows graphically the forms that a retail and wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) might take.
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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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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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MISSING KEY: THE CHALLENGE OF CYBER SECURITY AND CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY
In this report the Atlantic Council presents six digital currency variants that could form the basis of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) system. There is a focus on cybersecurity.
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