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African FinTech Payment Startup Chipper Cash Woos Investors, Including Joe Montana

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African FinTech payment startup Chipper Cash has attracted some high-profile investors and raised $2.4 The funding round was led by Deciens Capital and joined by 500 Startups and Liquid 2 Ventures, which was co-founded by legendary former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. He said having Montana as an investor adds value.

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African FinTech Chipper Cash Gets $6M To Enter New Markets

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Chipper Cash, a FinTech startup in Africa that facilitates cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment services in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana, has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Deciens Capital, according to a report. The last year has been a good one for Africa’s FinTech sector.

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

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While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

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Bank of Montana. In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. If we were to have capital levels more in line with peer averages, we would barely be able to originate and keep mortgage loans of any size. .

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What’s in it for Me? Real Estate Investment Technology

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Earlier this year, we examined the breakdown of proptech and where its four separate divisions fit into fintech. Founded in 2012, Realty Mogul operates under a crowdfunding model that matches home buyers searching for capital with investors looking for a higher return. The minimum investment is $1,000. Realty Mogul ( FS 2014 demo ).

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Vacation Rental Startup Vacasa Clinches Funding

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Of that tally, FinTech was just about … everything, with more than 97 percent of the total. The biggest investment of the week came in the form of 51credit.com, where the Chinese credit card management outfit garnered $84 million from Harvest Capital and Yintai Group. We’re launching Hawaii and Montana later this year.

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