July 09, 2019 Nudging And Financial Health: A Force For Good? What does it take to change people’s financial behavior for the better? An often complex, scary endeavor
June 09, 2019 Regulatory Sandboxes: Worthwhile In Developing Countries? The predecessor of the regulatory sandbox first appeared in 2012, when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) inaugurated
May 21, 2019 Is Fintech's Scope Confused? Fintech is an elusive term. As its name suggests, fintech inhabits the intersection of finance and tech, so
May 14, 2019 Microfinance Institutions: Prospects For B2B Fintechs? When Muhammed Yunus first crystallized the concept of microfinance in the 1970s, it was simpler times. The end-user
April 23, 2019 The Academic Approach To DFC Mastery Perhaps unbeknownst to those on the outside looking in, the digital finance and commerce (DFC) ecosystem is a
April 16, 2019 Mondato Summit Africa 2019: Scaling DFC Innovations Last week in Johannesburg’s picturesque Summer Place in Sandton, a group of about one hundred executives, entrepreneurs,
April 02, 2019 Fintech Funding Strategies: Series B To Unicorn Last month, Mondato Insight surveyed the landscape of early stage fintechs vying to reach the critical Series A
March 19, 2019 Will Big Tech Dwarf Fintech? It may seem reductive at first to dichotomize the two main camps of innovators in financial services. However,
March 05, 2019 Inclusive Fintech: Series A And Beyond A new class of impact investment has now materialized that specifically focuses on fintech’s potential to widen
December 03, 2018 Fearless Fintech: Chipping Away At The Gender Gap “Usually at a financial conference, the line for the women’s room is the shorter one.” - Overheard
November 27, 2018 Baking Financial Literacy Into Product Strategy Generally speaking, financial literacy has belonged in the wheelhouse of public entities. With even the citizenry of wealthy
October 09, 2018 Solving The Skills Gap In Digital Financial Services Digital financial services are proliferating around the globe. The specialized skills needed to thrive in the industry, however,
September 25, 2018 Women “Rise Up” To Address Gender Imbalance In Fintech Mondato will be traveling to Las Vegas next month, from October 21st through the 24th, for Money20/20
August 21, 2018 Impact Investing: From Microfinance To Fintech Impact investing, or an investment strategy that weighs both financial and social returns at least somewhat equally, has
May 22, 2018 Where Next For PayPal After iZettle? PayPal was, in many senses, the very first "fintech unicorn", upon whose back Elon Musk and