Tagged: underbanked

November 27, 2023 @ 10:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently spoke with Mantvydas Štareika, the digital financial services professional and CEO of CapitalBox. This company, which Štareika joined in the last quarter of 2022, is one of the European fintech lenders that provides the EU’s startup ecosystem with timely, trusted, and specifically tailored… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Andrew Saks, who talked about the importance of financial inclusion for the vast majority. Notably, 1.4 billion people remain unbanked, which takes several countries in Southeast Asia to allow a larger virtual currency ecosystem to take root in their countries. The… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kiwi, a fintech dedicated to helping consumers build credit history and improve financial literacy, announced that it has closed a $75 million credit facility and $4.5 million pre-series A funding round. The debt financing was “provided by i80 Group an investment firm that specializes in… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Open finance platform Brankas has announced a new feature enabling instant bank account opening as an “embedded finance” experience on third-party applications. The API is the “first” of its kind in the region, “launched first in Indonesia and the Philippines.” As a bundle with Brankas’… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pakistan-based Fintech firm OneLoad, which aims to serve micro-retailers, has secured $11 million in order to support a growth phase as it focuses on tapping one of the world’s largest unbanked/underbanked nations. The recent investment round has been led by Sarmayacar and Shorooq Partners, along… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dbank, a Pakistan-based Fintech company established by two ex- Google professionals, has acquired $17.6 million via a seed round that has been co-led by Sequoia Southeast Asia and Kleiner Perkins. Brazil’s virtual banking platform Nubank, RTP Global, Rayn and business partner Askari Bank also took… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GoDo, a Fintech firm offering same-day, no-fee advances to wage earners, has teamed up with Highnote, a modern card issuance platform, in order to create the GoDo Card, a new card program that provides underbanked workers immediate access “to interim wages with no-fee advances.” Powered… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Jairo Riveros  |  

Each day, about 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65, qualifying themselves for Medicare and—traditionally—retirement. Retirement presents a significant shift for many Americans as they transition their financial reliance from wages to accumulated wealth and settle into their golden years. Retirement also presents a major shift for… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hazel, the independent Fintech launched in partnership with Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and investment company Ribbit Capital, has announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to “acquire fintech platforms Even and ONE, marking the startup’s emergence from stealth mode.” The transactions, which are set to… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 4:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Tax company H&R Block is looking to “spruce” up its bottom line with a new digital banking option targeting its millions of underbanked clients The company today launched Spruce, a mobile banking platform that includes a spending account with a debit card, and a connected… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, a Fintech-as-a-Service firm, shared the results of a survey exploring the adoption of digital finance tools and e-commerce in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. Even though the region has a fairly large unbanked population, the survey revealed that among those with active bank accounts,… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Avant, a financial technology firm that aims to give middle-income consumers access to the credit they “deserve,” has announced the official launch of Avant Banking. The launch of Avant Banking further expands the firm’s financial product portfolio of personal loans, credit cards and auto refinance…. Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WeLab, a pan-Asian Fintech platform, has announced the acquisition of PT Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ), which is a commercial banking institution based in Indonesia, with plans to introduce its second digital bank in Asia “further to the successful launch of WeLab Bank in Hong Kong.”… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Menta, a Fintech service provider streamlining access to credit for the underbanked consumers, has reportedly chosen Agora Services to introduce its credit builder loan platform. The underbanked segment represents over 100 million US residents who are considered disadvantaged because of the shortcomings of the traditional… Read More

October 26, 2021 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) reveals that Flutterwave, an international payments tech firm, has introduced new remittance corridors between Europe and the MENA region on the Stellar network. Working with TEMPO, Flutterwave is focused on leveraging the Stellar network and Stellar USDC to simplify the… Read More

October 16, 2021 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KrediFazz, a subsidiary of FinAccel that operates as a P2P lending Fintech, has been issued a business license from the Financial Services Authority (OJK) via the Decree of the OJK Board of Commissioners Number: KEP-81 /D.05/2021, dated August 24, 2021. KrediFazz, a Fintech firm with… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

dopay, a B2B2C payments platform that aims to serve 1.7 billion unbanked workers in emerging markets, has finalized an $18 million Series A round. As mentioned in a release, dopay intends to address a steady and growing demand from businesses for cashless payroll and from… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Immigrants have been neglected by traditional banking and financial institutions. Our financial systems and related practices have been developed for a consumer who has been raised in the US or has a considerable amount of financial knowledge. Our systems tend to make many assumptions as… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crediverso, the Hispanic-owned personal finance products firm, reveals that it has introduced a bilingual platform and a financial products marketplace tool “to serve the 62M+ Hispanic consumers in the U.S., who are 2-3x more likely to be underbanked than the rest of the population,” according… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff App, the Latvian Fintech company offering a data-powered loan brokerage platform for unbanked or financially underserved consumers in Asia, has finalized a $1.5 million seed extension round, which was led by J12 Ventures. Jeff App has now secured a total of $2.5 million. Other… Read More