Chris Skinner

MAY 25, 2019

The main blog headlines are … When will the FinTech bubble burst? Reading about FinTech unicorns and pizzas worth $80 million, you would think that the world was bubbling over with wealth. FinTech investments last year peaked at over $110 billion, more than double the year before, and IPOs for … The post The Finanser’s Week: 20th May – 26th May 2019 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2019

This weekend, Americans will celebrate Memorial Day – the official recognition of all who have served in the U.S. armed forces and lost their lives in defense of the nation – and the unofficial start of summer. That means the day will be marked by parades, services, laying of wreaths and, of course, BBQs. Grilling out has many advantages. But perhaps the most important one is that it is quite hard to do it wrong.

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Bankelele

MAY 25, 2019

The Central Bank of Kenya has launched a pilot credit facility targeting informal unbanked traders in partnership with local institutions. This will be through an app, marketed under the name “Stawi”, that will initially be managed by five banks – Commercial Bank of Africa, Cooperative Bank, Diamond Trust, KCB Bank and NIC Group. The pilot […].

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Tech and Finance

MAY 25, 2019

London’s Z/Yen group has developed a Smart Centres Index, designed to track the development of commercial and financial centres across the world in their support for and readiness for new technology applications. Smart centres are cities across the world which encourage a high degree of innovation in business using new technologies. The index is intended to help investors, governments, and regulators track the attractiveness of centres for new technologies and products by measuring how at

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