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India FinTech Forum Concludes IFTA 2021 with Focus on Financial Inclusion and Emerging Technologies
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India FinTech Forum Concludes IFTA 2021 with Focus on Financial Inclusion and Emerging Technologies

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India FinTech Forum’s IFTA 2021 saw 34 innovative product demos over 3 days with the felicitation of Stockal as Fintech Startup of the Year and IDfy as Fintech Scaleup of the Year. IFTA 2021 saw the participation of senior representatives from Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) and Tamil Nadu......
Cellulant to Power Payments for ImaliPay’s Drive for Gig Workers' Financial Inclusion
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Cellulant to Power Payments for ImaliPay’s Drive for Gig Workers’ Financial Inclusion

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The partnership will further drive financial inclusion by allowing ImaliPay users to access financial services quicker through Cellulant’s payment rails ImaliPay, the one-stop financial platform for Africa’s gig workers, has partnered with pan-African payments company Cellulant, for its payments infrastructure and solutions in Kenya and Nigeria. Latest Fintech Insights: Future Fintech Announces......
Circle Leads Investment into Crowdcube to Accelerate Global Startup Fundraising
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Circle Launches ‘Circle Impact’ to Improve Financial Inclusion, Digital Financial Literacy and Humanitarian Response via Digital Currency

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Initiative aims to allocate a strategic share of USDC reserves to minority-owned depository institutions and community banks over time and partner to improve digital financial literacy and humanitarian response Circle Internet Financial, LLC, a global internet finance firm that provides payments and financial infrastructure to businesses of all sizes announced......
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Ecobank Group Announces the Top Five Finalists in its 2021 Fintech Challenge

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The challenge, in its fourth edition, is designed to help Fintechs with Africa focused products join forces with the leading pan-African Group to provide Africans with groundbreaking financial services Finalists to compete for the top prize and could be inducted into the coveted Ecobank Fintech Fellowship to pursue commercial partnerships with the......
Stori, a top Mexico fintech, raises $200M in Financing
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Stori, a Top Mexico Fintech, Raises $200 Million in Financing

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Credit card-led fintech Stori announced that it has closed one of the largest Series C equity financing rounds in Latin America to date, accompanied by a debt raise that will be used to fund Stori’s rapidly growing credit card portfolio. The $125M over-subscribed Series C round was co-led by global VC GGV Capital......
Banking Giant, Arab Bank Switzerland Backs CoinMENA in $9.5 Million Seed Fundraise to Boost Crypto Adoption in the Middle East
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Banking Giant, Arab Bank Switzerland Backs CoinMENA in $9.5 Million Seed Fundraise to Boost Crypto Adoption in the Middle East

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Bahrain-headquartered CoinMENA has secured $9.5M in its first seed funding round, from top regional and international investors in the crypto and venture space, in a move to further dominate the MENA market. Investors in the round included BECO Capital, Kenetic, Arab Bank Switzerland, Bunat Ventures, Alameda Research, Rua Growth Fund and Girnas Capital alongside a number of select global......
J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Tideline Publish Case Study on How the Global Impact Fund Approaches Impact Measurement and Management
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J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Tideline Publish Case Study on How the Global Impact Fund Approaches Impact Measurement and Management

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Case study introduces the Impact Assessment and Contribution Tool (IMPACT) that is used to evaluate impact fund managers J.P. Morgan Private Bank and Tideline published a case study on the Global Impact Fund (“GIF” or “the Fund”), a pioneering impact investing fund-of-funds, and introduced the Fund’s new Impact Assessment and......
Jianpu Technology Wins Top Fintech Innovation Award and Reveals Business Developments in New Categories and Markets
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Jianpu Technology Wins Top Fintech Innovation Award and Reveals Business Developments in New Categories and Markets

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Jianpu Technology Inc., a leading independent open platform for discovery and recommendation of financial products in China, is pleased to announce that it recently won the prestigious 2021 Top 10 Fintech Innovation Award (the “Award”). The Award, bestowed by “The Chinese Banker” recognizes Jianpu’s excellence in enabling the digitization of financial......
‏‏LocalBitcoins Launches New Mobile App‎
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‏‏LocalBitcoins Launches New Mobile App‎

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The popular Bitcoin trading app and wallet has been released for Android devices LocalBitcoins, the world’s leading peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace has announced the launch of its new mobile application, available for Android users. The application is available worldwide and has already been downloaded by thousands of LocalBitcoins customers. “During 2020 LocalBitcoins welcomed......
TransUnion Announces $400,000 Commitment to Advance Financial Inclusion with Credit Builders Alliance
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TransUnion Announces $400,000 Commitment to Advance Financial Inclusion with Credit Builders Alliance

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Expanded partnership will help underrepresented populations build their credit history and financial futures More than one billion people around the world today are considered “credit invisible” or “credit disadvantaged,” unable to access financial products and services because they have little or no credit. As a global information and insights company......
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