digital financial services

Arrenda emerges with Adelanta, a financing offering for landlords in Latin America

Arrenda’s proprietary technology enables landlords in Mexico to advance up to a year of future lease receivables in 24 hours or less.

Is consolidation on the horizon for Southeast Asia’s tech industry?

An analysis of recent changes in the market reveals four factors that could catalyze consolidation in Southeast Asia in the near future.

Nigerian digital bank Yep! raises $1.5M pre-seed for its ‘financial super app’ play

Agency banking is big business in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. It involves agents or merchants, who act as human ATMs, offering financial services such as transfers, savings and payouts to the unde

Sequoia Capital India, STV back Dubai-based BNPL provider tabby in $54M extension round

Tabby, the Dubai-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform that lets users shop, pay later and earn cash from over 3,000 global brands, including Adidas, IKEA and Bloomingdale’s, has completed a

Stax gets $2.2M for its app that lets Africans make transactions via automated USSD codes

Stax, a startup that allows Africans to buy airtime, send and request money, and transfer funds between accounts via automated USSD codes, has raised a $2.2 million seed extension round. U.S.-based VC

M-KOPA raises $75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets

A 2019 World Bank report says 85% of Africans live on less than $5.50 per day. A large percentage of these adults are unbanked and underbanked; thus, they don’t have access to credit and can’t aff

Who really benefits from digital development?

Like almost every sector, international development has attracted the attention of technologists who believe they can code away problems -- and development practitioners have encouraged them. From USA