The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 9
Interview with Diwala The “dream” – how it started With a passion for impact, Diwala met and joined forces at a hackathon hosted by Innovation Norway and UN women in 2017. After winning the hackathon, the Diwala team established the mission to give youths and displaced people around the world the means to empower…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 7
In conversation with Rain Sepp, Founder & CEO, askRobin How did askRobin start? I started askRobin after I studied the Mexican market for consumer lending business. I only then understood how big financial exclusion is. I sat down with tens of people, studying their lives. They had no options to get any formal credit,…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 6
Aion Sigma, the story so far The “Dream” – How it started One day a pan-African bank realized that they would want to offer smartphones to larger constituencies in their continent. The problem was lack of financial history, lack of credit scoring by people who never have been financially included. Their need clicked with…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 5
From Abraham Guzman, Founder and Product Lead of EVVA Finanzas There are around 400 million of small and medium enterprises generating up to 60% of the employment and contributing up to 40% of the GDP in emerging economies. These are the companies that make each country competitive, these are the people that create an…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 4
Interview with Ronald Aldor Eriksen, CEO, Executive Chairman & Founder, Prego International Group The “dream” – how it all started Whilst working in the South East Asia region in 2010, I identified a strong need for alternative payment solutions for migrant workers, crossing borders in the region. As we managed to develop alternative banking…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 3
Interview with Bancore Group The “dream” “Our ambition is to enable everyone in Africa, and the rest of the developing world, to become a part of the global economy. At Bancore Group we issue people with a virtual prepaid card in three minutes. All they need is an ordinary mobile phone to pay their…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 2
Interview with hiveonline The “dream” – how it started hiveonline is the brainchild of a team of banking transformation specialists who decided the last thing the world needs is another bank. We’ve learned a lot about building robust, global financial services over the years, but the value has always been funnelled upwards – to…
Read Article →
The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 1
Interview with Gisele Mwepu, Founder of Okapi Finance The dream “I am passionate about bringing the benefits of financial inclusion to Africa where 80% of people are financially excluded and which has a direct consequence on economic growth and poverty levels across the continent. Seeing how difficult it is to do financial transactions in…
Read Article →
HRH Crown Prince Haakon to join global innovators and institutions at first Oslo Financial Inclusion Summit
HRH Crown Prince Haakon to join global innovators and institutions at first Oslo Financial Inclusion Summit 34 Nordic financial technology companies will showcase solutions Speakers from Equity Bank, Mastercard, World Bank, World Economic Forum gather to identify new ways to end financial exclusion OSLO, 1 MARCH 2019: HRH Crown Prince Haakon has announced that…
Read Article →
FINTECH INNOVATION TO TARGET FINANCIAL EXCLUSION AT OSLO SUMMIT
FINTECH INNOVATION TO TARGET FINANCIAL EXCLUSION AT OSLO SUMMIT 27 Nordic financial technology companies to showcase solutions including Zwipe, Blockbonds, iZettle, Moni, M-PAYG, Okapi and Diwala Speakers from Mastercard, World Bank, World Economic Forum, Better Than Cash Alliances, Norfund and others OSLO, 10 FEBRUARY 2019: Global leaders, innovators and financial institutions are to…
Read Article →