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Why More Startups Should Aim to Be ‘Camels’ Than ‘Unicorns’
Coronavirus has laid bare the downsides of Silicon Valley’s obsession with unicorn hunting. Back in 2013, when VC Aileen Lee coined the term unicorn for startups ...
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North American Fintech Firms have Better Access to Regulatory Sandboxes because of United-States-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement – Report
More than $30 billion worth of transactions a year are carried out via the US-Mexico remittance corridor, which is notably one of the ...
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Goldman Sachs: Cryptocurrencies ‘Are Not an Asset Class’
Goldman Sachs held an investor call Wednesday to discuss current policies for bitcoin, gold and inflation in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. ...
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How I accidentally built a tech startup without any technological knowledge
Don’t be afraid to pivot In 2012, I was working in some of the most remote areas of Pakistan, aiming to empower local ...
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Digital Transformation Is About Talent, Not Technology
As The Economist recently noted, one of the most obvious consequences of the current Covid-19 pandemic will be “the infusion of data-enabled services into ...
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Fintechs – The positive impact of going negative
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced – the ongoing coronavirus pandemic notwithstanding. Individuals, organisations and governments ...
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New digital business models depend on agile and adaptive compliance processes
In the wake of the new coronavirus outbreak, the financial services industry has experienced an unprecedented level of disruption. The industry-wide unpreparedness to ...
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REGULATION FOR INCLUSIVE DIGITAL FINANCE
An Enabling Regulatory Framework is Critical for Financial Inclusion Digital financial services (DFS) have become the leading driver of inclusion for the unbanked ...
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Money is necessary, but not sufficient for business survival and growth – Interswitch Boss
The Group CEO of Interswitch, Mitchell Elegbe had stated that while money is necessary, it is not sufficient to guaranty the survival and ...
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Forcing Crowds Away From Stadiums, Covid-19 Gives E-Sports a Chance to Shine
As with telemedicine and remote learning that have been waiting for their opportunity to break away from their low-tech counterparts, the online nature ...