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4 Fintechs in Myanmar to Watch

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billion) in 2022, according to Thant Mam Hein, assistant manager of sustainability at uab bank. Reports also show that approximately 50% of Myanmar’s adult population had a bank account in 2020, reflecting growth in financial inclusion and creating new opportunities for businesses and individuals. trillion (US$3.8 trillion (US$3.8

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

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Traditional banking products, including checking, credit, and savings accounts, are under threat from a new crop of digital-first startups. Many of these startups are launching products without a bank charter and targeting a very specific customer base. DOWNLOAD THE 61-PAGE consumer banking REPORT. savings accounts.

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Fiserv On Digital Disbursements for Corporates And Playing With A Digital Deck

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Rewind to 2013, Fiserv partnered with a few of its key corporate clients to pilot a digital disbursement solution in the marketplace with a subset of these corporates’ consumers. An electronic deposit must go into one bank account — not two — and both parties must acknowledge acceptance — digitally — before that happens.

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A Look at the Savings Tech Horizon: Gen-Z Targeted

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Many banks understand the value of catering to younger generations– if you hook them young, it’s easier to score them as clients for life. Worldline and FamZoo both offer solutions for banks that appeal to kids as well as their parents. With FamZoo’s Virtual Family Bank, parents help kids manage their money.

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AI Will Put 10 Million Jobs At High Risk — More Than Were Eliminated By The Great Recession

CB Insights

In 2013, Nike invested in California-based industrial robotics startup Grabit , which is currently deployed in some of Nike’s manufacturing facilities. Early-stage food-preparation startups using robotics and AI are proliferating, and operating in both B2B and B2C models. But there are hurdles on the road to automation.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Title: My Mobile AR Start-Up Died So Yours Doesn’t Have To. Product: Blin.gy App. Title: How Wikimart.ru

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

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” King Digital Entertainment , maker of mobile game Candy Crush, was acquired for $5.9B, resulting in a huge payout for Apax Partners, which owned 44%. After an initial $8M investment in WhatsApp’s Series A in April 2011, Sequoia put in an additional $52M in July 2013. WhatsApp funding & valuation. Acquisition.

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