ASPIRATION
“Leave your bank, change the world” is the slogan of Aspiration the online financial firm that donates 10% of every dollar it earns to charities helping struggling Americans build a better life.
Andrei Cherny has […]
TOMORROW – SUSTAINABLE MOBILE BANKING
The aspiration of this Hamburg based fintech is being a bank that is quickly and easily available to customers via Smartphone and does good with sustainable investments.
Tomorrow is an independent project, initiated by the […]
Fintech can help in the response to Covid-19. But where should policymakers start?
The World Bank published an article last month about the necessity to overcome the regulatory dilemma of policymakers worldwide and achieve the right balance between enabling fintech and safeguarding the financial system.
As Covid-19 sweeps the […]
FINTECH FOR IMPACT: Initiative Between ING & Unicef
Recognizing that real social change entails group efforts across the private and public sector, longtime collaborators ING and UNICEF are conducting an investment pilot that seeks to leverage emerging technologies into opportunities for children, young […]
TWINCO: STARTUP WITH A “TECH FOR GOOD” ANGLE
Twinco Capital is a Spanish fintech founded in August 2016 by Carmen Marin and Sandra Nolasco.
The fintech offers their suppliers access to affordable funding, from purchase order to final invoice payment. Consequently, is a […]
KUDA: NIGERIAN FINTECH LAUNCHED A COVID-19 FUND
Kuda, a digital bank that operates in Nigeria, has launched a COVID-19 fund to help buy and distribute food and other essential to people badly affected by the economic impacts of the pandemic in […]
CNote “Invest in people – Not products”
CNote was launched in 2017 by Catherine Berman and Yuliya Tarasava, who have decades of experience working in finance, venture capital, and private equity. In those past roles, they witnessed the wealth gap grow […]
THE INCLUSION FOUNDATION
MasterCard, The Emerging Payments Association, PPS, GPS, SkyParlour and Manifesto Growth launched a new charity named The Inclusion Foundation (TIF), aims to fight financial exclusion in the UK.
TIF´s come at […]
FINTECH APPS: BEHIND-THE-SCENES ROLE IN COVID-19 CRISIS
During the COVID-19 outbreak Fintech apps are playing a critical, behind-the-scenes role in this new economic environment. The main reasons are the ability for Fintech to make financial services faster, cheaper and more […]