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Esteban Lopez Global Industry Director FinTech at Kantox
It is no secret that Fintech is booming across Latin America. The three largest economies —Brazil, Mexico and Argentina—, boast of extremely innovative players in a wide range of activities, including neobanks, loan originators, prepaid card providers, ecommerce fulfilment services and others. The dynamic economies of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Urug...
19 September 2023 /inclusion /markets Fintech
Janine Grainger CEO at Easy Crypto
We intrinsically know that crypto investment and participation should be for everyone, but just how realistic is this? Crypto has been positioned as a groundbreaking financial innovation, promising financial inclusion and empowerment. Its adoption, however, remains uneven, with some significant barriers limiting access for many. This post explor...
19 September 2023 /inclusion /crypto
Maysam Rizvi CEO at Elifinty
In recent years, there has been a continual rise in base rates, which began in December 2021 and is expected to continue into 2024. At first glance, these increases appear as calculated policy decisions designed to slow down demand for goods by increasing the cost of borrowing whilst incentivising people to save. However, in the real world, these...
18 September 2023 /payments /inclusion Banking Regulations
David Hensley Founder at Enryo Limited
Financial inclusion is the ability of individuals and businesses to access affordable and appropriate financial services. It is essential for economic development and poverty reduction. However, billions of people around the world remain unbanked or underbanked, meaning they do not have access to formal financial services. Digital wallets are a ty...
18 September 2023 /payments /inclusion Imagine a world without cash
Michele Tucci MD Americas, Chief Strategy Officer at Credolab
Gen Z distrusts banks. Many in the under-26 age bracket blame banks for the current economic woes of the world. In their eyes, "too big to fail" means the fat cats always win, at the expense of the young and excluded. Many don’t see why banks even need to exist. In their eyes, decentralized finance based on blockchain-enabled P2P platfo...
14 September 2023 /retail /inclusion BANKING banking on BIGDATA
Abhinav Paliwal CEO at PayNet Systems- A Neo Banking Software Platform
1. Close-loop wallet for merchants - An exclusive digital payment system for transactions within a specified ecosystem, such as a specific brand, store, or service provider, is referred to as a closed-loop wallet for retailers. Users can add money to their wallets or link their payment methods to them, which enables them to make purchases easily i...
14 September 2023 /inclusion Fintech World
A white-label payment gateway is a payment processing service that is rebranded by a company under its brand name.This enables companies to provide clients with online payment processing services without having to build the payment infrastructure from scratch. Instead, businesses can use the technology and services of a well-known provider of payme...
13 September 2023 /inclusion Finextra site news
An ecosystem-specific digital payment system called a "closed-loop wallet" enables consumers to make purchases solely from one brand, retailer, or service provider. Users can add money to their wallets or link their credit or debit cards, which allows them to make purchases quickly and easily within the closed-loop system whether they ar...
12 September 2023 /inclusion Finextra site news
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
If there is one Indian innovation that has grabbed global headlines, it is undoubtedly the instant payment system UPI (Unified Payments Interface). In August 2023, monthly UPI transactions exceeded an astounding 10 billion, marking a remarkable milestone for India’s payments ecosystem. No wonder that UPI has not only revolutionized transactions in...
11 September 2023 /payments /inclusion The Payments Business
As payments become increasingly cashless we inevitably become more reliant on technology. This highlights the challenge that we need the ability to make cash-like payments offline without access to the internet. Many commentators see this as the holy grail of digital payments. The first satellite payment is generally believed to have been made in...
11 September 2023 /payments /inclusion Imagine a world without cash
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