The global poor: the world’s most discerning users of financial services?
New research launched at Oslo Summit The global poor: the world’s most discerning users of financial services? If you lived on just a few dollars a day, you’d be forced to live an incredibly wellordered financial life. You’d already be a discerning user of financial services. And you’d almost certainly be served by an…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 19
Interview with Vipps The “dream” – how it all started In 2014 a project team was established in DNB. The goal was to launch a P2P solution in the market. The target group was all Norwegian inhabitants with a Norwegian mobile phone number, a Norwegian payment card and a Norwegian bank account. We wanted…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 17
Interview with Better Than Cash Alliance The “dream”, how it all started The Better Than Cash Alliance’s mission is to catalyze a global movement from cash to digital payments to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In just six years, 70 members have joined the Alliance. These include national governments from Africa, Asia-Pacific and…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 15
Interview with Monifair The “dream” – how it all started Monifair is a fintech startup based in Oslo. Founded by a team who wants to bring fairness back into finances. We are on a mission to help our customers achieve their dreams and life goals, by offering a service that gives them mastery and…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 14
Interview with Moni What was the dream? How did it all start? The dream was financial inclusion, equal access to financial services for anyone, anywhere. What is Moni’s product? We provide smart accounts and a prepaid mastercard. We are developing a marketplace for financial services. What are your challenges? Financially underserved people…
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The Financial Inclusion Summit Series: Issue no. 13
Interview with PayQin The “dream” – how it all started More than 80% of people in emerging countries don’t have access to financial services. Today most of those people would like to buy products online on a website like Amazon, eBay – if you don’t have a debit card this is just not possible….
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