May 31, 2023 Small Scale Series: Island Hopping Across the Caribbean Approximately 45 million people spread out over 7,000 islands, 13 independent countries, 20 territories, six official languages,
May 17, 2023 Post-SVB: Are Emerging Markets Digital Banks’ Oasis? As funding goes dry and rising interest rates threaten some fintechs predicated on cheap money, the recent collapse
April 26, 2023 Japanese Fintech: Teach An Old Dog New Tricks? The world’s third-largest economy and oldest populace, Japan’s economic and financial path is unlike any other.
April 19, 2023 Small Scale Series: Tiny Markets in West Africa When it comes to fintech, scale sells. Any start-up seeking sustainability requires a measure of scale in a
April 05, 2023 Regulation: Time to Ask for Permission And Not Forgiveness The common saying “ask for forgiveness and not permission” has never been more contentious than it is in
March 22, 2023 Israel: Can Sentiment Alter A Tech Sector’s Trajectory? With the “Start-up Nation” brand and all, Israel punches far above its weight when it comes to tech.
March 08, 2023 Where Refugee Fintech Falls Short Efforts to provide financial solutions to displaced populations have seen some progress, particularly in stable contexts where business
March 01, 2023 Are Colleges Failing At Blockchain? Surf the internet, and you’ll find countless Twitter wars and Op-Eds about blockchain and cryptocurrencies, especially following
February 15, 2023 Synthetic Data Will Transform Fintech AI As We Know It Synthetic data is everywhere, fueling viral innovations splashed across the Internet — yet few have even heard of it.
February 08, 2023 What’s Missing in Affordable Housing Financing In places like Kenya, the idea of owning a home is still a pipe dream for many. Typically,
February 01, 2023 Cross-Border Integration and The Future of Frictionless Finance As 2023 gets underway, it is still not clear whether the shots of digitization induced by the pandemic
January 25, 2023 Africa’s Social Commerce Runners: Raising The Floor, But Lowering The Ceiling? Social commerce is making inroads across Africa, propelled by stronger cross-border trade corridors that are helping to plug
January 18, 2023 ChatGPT: The Challenges And Opportunities Coming To Financial Services It’s been decades since algorithmic trading transformed Wall Street with its high-frequency trading and years since the
January 11, 2023 Is Financial Literacy the Missing Piece to African Insurtech? In her nearly ten years running a small grocery store in Kenya, Faith Kemunto’s biggest fear has
December 28, 2022 Fintech 2023: Looking Back To Look Forward In the first two years of the COVID pandemic, “acceleration” was the overused buzzword for what lockdowns and
December 14, 2022 FTX Aftershocks: Creation Through Destruction? Weeks after FTX’s monumental collapse, the aftershocks continue as investors, regulators and companies take stock of what
December 07, 2022 Regulation: The Secret Ingredient To Uganda’s Fintech Sauce? The East African country of Uganda has historically played second or third fiddle to fintech giants Kenya to
November 30, 2022 The Hurdles of Financing Africa’s Cross-Border Logistics Industry The cross-border logistics industry in Africa, currently estimated to be about $150 billion [https://internationalfinance.com/technology-uptake-drives-african-logistics-innovation/] , has
November 23, 2022 Mobile Money In Zimbabwe: Shaken, But Still Standing The popularity of mobile money in Zimbabwe is stifled by the government’s policies, high transaction fees and
November 01, 2022 The New Rules And Norms Shaping Alternative Data 2.0 The first wave of alternative data use gave rise to powerhouse companies across key markets in the African
October 26, 2022 Gambling And Fintech: Two Sides Of The Same Coin? Similar to cannabis [https://blog.mondato.com/the-cannabis-industry-is-going-digital/], the growing legal acceptance of gambling in the United States
October 04, 2022 The End Of Mobile Money Agent Networks As We Know Them Walk around Nairobi, and you’ll notice the streets are dotted with green. M-Pesa outlets and agents populate
September 28, 2022 Brazil’s Pix: Should Instant Payment Rails Be A Public Good? When Mondato Insight last discussed [https://blog.mondato.com/whatsapp-payments-case-study-brazil/] instant payments in Brazil in 2020, Brazil’s
September 13, 2022 Can the ABC Model Power Digital Finance? Against the backdrop of a widening ecosystem of energy supply technologies and business models, digital finance is seen