{"id":10836,"date":"2018-09-17T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=10836"},"modified":"2018-09-17T11:51:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:51:05","slug":"fintech-is-making-financing-more-accessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintech-is-making-financing-more-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"FinTech is making financing more accessible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Investments in underfunded space, especially for SME lending, are important for increasing financial inclusion. And managing director of Creditease\u2019s FinTech Value Chain Fund, Anju Patwardhan, understands this. For that reason, she is interested in funding companies that are using tech to bring financing to an increasing number of people. Here are three companies the Fund is helping to do just that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fair<\/strong> \u2013 based in Los Angeles, this company allows individuals to lease a car through a mobile app. Customers pay a monthly subscription and can lease a car anytime or return a car anytime they like. Clients can choose the car they like online or at a participating dealer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Branch<\/strong> \u2013 active in Africa, Branch lends to individuals and small businesses via a mobile app. Customers can get a loan and build a credit history through Branch. Creditworthiness is evaluated based on a customers\u2019 mobile and bank histories. The company is helping to spread the use of technology (especially phones and the internet) to the microfinance industry. The company plans to expand its operations into India soon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ellevest<\/strong> \u2013 aiming to empower women financially and shrink the gender gap in money and investing, Ellevest is a roboadvisory business that also offers investment funding. Ellevest\u2019s roboadvisor seeks to assess investors (both women and men) in terms of financial situations and financial goals as well as recommend a personalized investment portfolio. Ellevest also focus on creating positive social change by advancing women entrepreneurship around the world.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-10836 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='British &#8220;neobank&#8221; Revolut expands to include cryptocurrencies'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/british-neobank-revolut-expands-to-include-cryptocurrencies\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/38558-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-7386\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-7386'>\n\t\t\t\tBritish &#8220;neobank&#8221; Revolut expands to include cryptocurrencies\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='6 ways financial institutions in Singapore are using Big Data'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/6-ways-financial-institutions-in-singapore-are-using-big-data\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/6-ways-financial-institutions-in-singapore-are-using-big-data-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-13959\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-13959'>\n\t\t\t\t6 ways financial institutions in Singapore are using Big Data\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='The rise of biometric bank cards'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-rise-of-biometric-bank-cards\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/the-rise-of-biometric-bank-cards-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12123\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12123'>\n\t\t\t\tThe rise of biometric bank cards\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investments in underfunded space, especially for SME lending, are important for increasing financial inclusion. And managing director of Creditease\u2019s FinTech Value Chain Fund, Anju Patwardhan, understands this. For that reason, she is interested in funding companies that are using tech to bring financing to an increasing number of people. Here are three companies the Fund &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[77,129,406,141,335],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10836"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11003,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836\/revisions\/11003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}