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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 18/03

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He will advise on PayFutures expansion strategy, as it targets high-growth underserved markets across the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia and Latin America. This expands a relationship which began in 2014. Founded in 2019 by Manpreet Haer and Zaki Farooq , PayFuture has offices in London, Dubai, Malta, and the Philippines.

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Fintech is Failing at Financial Inclusion for Women

Fintech News

Data from the World Bank’s Global Findex Database reveal that, in 2021, men were 6% points more likely than women to use digital payments, a gender gap that had remained consistent across developing economies since 2014 in part because of the broader gender gap in access to digital services.

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Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

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Pandemic crisis or not, Brennan says his interactions with applicants and program alumni are grounded in good business ideas, marketplace reality, life experiences and a desire to give back to underserved communities. Its accelerator is a year-long program offered twice a year at no cost to participants.

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Meet the 40 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Asia Pacific According to the Financial Times

Fintech News

Founded in 2014, M2P Fintech offers a platform that simplifies the creation and deployment of fintech products by facilitating partnerships with banks, PPIs, FIs, and other regulated entities. #6 It operates with the goal of building a credit ladder for the underserved population in India, aiming to serve over 550 million individuals. #9

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

CB Insights

Founded: 2014. Successful participants will become “innovation champions” who can be called into other divisions within AARP to help foster ideas and early-stage growth. Founded: 2014. Founded: 2014. The app has won multiple awards since it was released in 2012. Cardinal Health — Fuse.

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How Mom-And-Pop Pizzerias Can Tap Into Digital Orders

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The high-end percentage of commission costs charged to participating restaurants by ordering platforms such Grubhub, Uber Eats and DoorDash can run up to 30 percent. Introduced in 2014 alongside a handful of other experimental services, Uber Eats operates worldwide in 29 countries. But many markets outside those areas are underserved.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

The company reached unicorn status in January 2014 at a $1.8B Several big-name venture capital firms — Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, Founders Fund, and General Catalyst among them — invested early, and have continued to participate in follow-on funding rounds to the company. valuation following its $80M Series C. Source: Stripe.