Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … How do you see the world? I was reflecting on an interview about the role and importance of Asian, and specifically Chinese, FinTech when something exploded in the middle of my head. Not literally, of course, although you might have said that, but … The post The Finanser’s Week: 18th September – 24th September 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

For all the plaudits disruptive innovation gets, it is easy to overlook how hard it is to achieve. First of all, new ideas are not easy to develop. While it’s an exaggeration to say there is nothing new under the sun, it’s actually not that big of an exaggeration in the innovations realm. As a result, most of things that get billed as “epoch-making innovations” by pundits and their creators would, perhaps, be more fairly classified as incremental improvements on the same theme.

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Let's Talk Payments

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Online exchange platforms had a significant growth last year as they offered more attractive exchange rates than banks and traditional exchange brokers did. For example, in mid-August, customers could buy.

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Bankelele

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In a press conference this week the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor spoke about non-performing assets i.e bad debts and highlighted manufacturing, real estate and, trade sectors. This comes after the half-year 2017 bankers credit survey released by the CBK noted that the ratio of gross non-performing loans to gross loans increased from 9.5 percent […].

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Bankelele

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

During a Kenya Bankers’ CEO chat on Friday, it was revealed that local banks would, through the Kenyan Bankers Association (KBA), soon launch an Inuka initiative for small and medium enterprises (SME’s). Accelerated lending to SME’s was one of the pledges that the banks had set out to accomplish ahead of the passing of the […].

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