In 2011 the World Bank released the first ever Global Findex Database as “the world’s most comprehensive data set on how...
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The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has become the world leader in fintech research, known for their thorough reports...
The Global Findex Database and accompanying report give a clear indication of how fintech is impacting access to financial services globally. Source
A few weeks ago the World Bank released the triennial Global Findex Database for 2017. We covered the release on...
Victory park Capital is partnering with the International Finance Corporation on a new fund to invest in fintech startups in emerging economies; the IFC is a private sector sister organization to the World Bank; "The reliance on mobile devices for day-to-day life is more prevalent in emerging markets and that creates a big opportunity," Brendan Carroll, a senior partner and cofounder of VPC, told Business Insider; while the size of the fund is not disclosed they plan to work on about 3 to 4 deals a year. Source.
This past summer the team from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) in partnership with the World Bank and...
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The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), in partnership with the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, is conducting the most important survey in...
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