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Agriculture: The Five Fintechs to Watch In 2021

Agriculture is a business sector that is recovering and improving thanks to Fintech. While also known as Agritech, ‘Fintech within agriculture’ relates specifically to the discipline of financial technology for agriculture businesses.   Some of the most innovative Agritech in the world are the following: – Figured: Figured’s platform combines planning and resource management tools

Payments, lending and neobanks rule fintechs in emerging markets

Tech investments in emerging markets have been in full swing over the past couple of years and their ecosystems have thrived as a result. According to the report “State of Fintech in Emerging Markets Report” we can get the following points: – Fintechs have raised $23B across the regions since 2017 – Africa’s average seed

Expalux 1st Quarterly Research

For the last 5 month our team is supplying our readers with the big news and overview of the lending in the developing regions. This month we are happy to announce that our 1st quarterly research is ready and available for everyone! Get cup of the tea and enjoy reading it. EXPALUX QUARTERLY RESEARCH

Fintech has a role to play in SMEs’ post-pandemic recovery

SMEs have had a rough couple of years and because of the pandemic it added further turmoil. Whilst some sectors like e-commerce have boomed, more broadly SMEs have been badly shaken. Profits have been slashed, customers lost, and numerous companies have had to furlough staff or resort to making people redundant. Together, this has diminished

P2P consumer loans, crypto and gold become the most promising assets in 2021

Analysts of the European investment platform Robo.cash claim that gold, cryptocurrencies and P2P consumer loans will perform better than other popular assets in 2021. The researchers analyzed 10 popular assets and ranked them in 7 different criteria.   The rating is topped by P2P consumer loans, cryptocurrency, and gold. Gold is traditionally stable and it

How Fintech Is Evolving In 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has paralyzed much of our daily lives, and billions have experienced its health effects directly or indirectly. Businesses have suffered, with an estimate from this past fall showing that up to 60% of temporary closures could be permanent. However, there could be an option for a better future thanks to the many

Payments and Lending Converge: Reinventing History or the Wave of the Future?

The financial services industry has entered a new era where technology determines the brand experience, what customers do, and where they go next. In terms of payments, there is a growing interest as an important brand touch point and an opportunity to add value. This, combined with the new forms of lending, has brought about

Why Financial Institutions Should Make Fintech Lending their Identity, Not Competition?

San Francisco-based Blend, which claims to offer market-leading digital loan technology that makes the loan acquisition process simpler, faster and safer, suggests that service providers should make Fintech lend their identity and not necessarily your competition. While financial institutions around the world are in different phases of digital transformation, Fintech challengers are “setting a rapid