Africa’s Mobile Money Boom
In October, the US-based startup Stripe announced that it would be acquiring Paystack, a Nigerian payments platform. Everything about the transaction checked appropriate “synergy” boxes. Earlier in the year,...
How Latin American Fintechs Tackle Income And Gender Inequality
This piece was originally published for Forbes. This is the final post in the series exploring how fintechs have tackled inequality. While part two examined how biases and systemic...
All Is Fair In Mortgage Lending And Fintech?
This piece was originally published for Forbes. Have fintechs really bridged the inequality gap? This was the question presented in last week’s inaugural post, in an effort critically examine...
Fintechs Were Supposed Improve Equality – What Happened?
This piece was originally published for Forbes. Separate and unequal. This was one of the key findings of the 1968 Kerner Commission, which was assigned to investigate the underlying...
How to Choose the Right Lending & Investment Products
This post was written in partnership with Victoria Ko. Banks offer a variety of products such as savings and checking accounts, loans, and investment accounts. Details and specifics will...
A Newbie’s Guide to Credit Cards and Credit Scores
This post was written in partnership with Victoria Ko. Congratulations! You understand the difference between a credit union and a traditional bank, and what differentiates a checking account from a...