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1/n: LENDING (business) IS NOT A FEATURE.
And yes, distribution of lending/credit products is a ‘feature’ in some platforms/products.
Lending (CREDIT) is a business with many complex moving parts.
#long #fintech #thread #lending
And yes, distribution of lending/credit products is a ‘feature’ in some platforms/products.
Lending (CREDIT) is a business with many complex moving parts.
#long #fintech #thread #lending
2/n: In fact “Lending (Credit) is older than money and FinTech.” (medium.com/@gaurav.sharma…)
There’re lot of tweets (within the FinTech community in India) about Whether 'lending is a feature' or not? So, let’s unpack that a bit..
There’re lot of tweets (within the FinTech community in India) about Whether 'lending is a feature' or not? So, let’s unpack that a bit..
3/n: True definition of Lender = Lending Money from own balance-sheet (i.e. skin in the game). The primary revenue here is Interest Income (Net Revenue from Funds), and margins computed basis NIM (Net Interest Margin) and COF (Cost of Funds).
Spent an evening discussing #Fintech in general and Chinese mobile payments in particular. Fascinating subject. This piece covers it in detail: knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-wi….
Some excerpts:
- Mobile payments went from 1.2 trillion yuan in 2013 to to 58.8 in 2016.
- Alibaba and Tencent hold a combined market share of 92%.
- Alibaba accounts for >70% of all e-commerce transactions in China.
- Mobile payments went from 1.2 trillion yuan in 2013 to to 58.8 in 2016.
- Alibaba and Tencent hold a combined market share of 92%.
- Alibaba accounts for >70% of all e-commerce transactions in China.
- Mobile penetration in China is 97%, of which 58% own smartphones.
- According to a 2016 survey, 98% of Chinese had used mobile payments, vs 6% in Japan and the US.
- In 2017 Alipay had about 800 million users in Asia (520 in China).
- According to a 2016 survey, 98% of Chinese had used mobile payments, vs 6% in Japan and the US.
- In 2017 Alipay had about 800 million users in Asia (520 in China).
It's #YorkshireDay! Yes it is. What better way to celebrate than a MASSIVE thread that I'm calling the 'Entirely-anecdotal-Kane-Fulton-#Yorkshire-Startup-Tech-Power-List-100!' These talented folk have been a joy to work with and are doing awesome things in our county. Let's go! 
100. @officialtaras Taras Lanchev - An absolute startup champion who has overseen Startup Weekend in Leeds, exited his cryto tee shirt business Cryto Daddy and is now working on a meeting scheduling app called Focus.
99. @GlobalDigitalWK Global Digital Week's James Munn. Former president of Leeds @UniversityLeeds Enterprise Society, James helps out by mentoring at events such as Startup Weekend, has exited his own startups and gets involved in superb initiatives such as the current Pitch Pot.
Malaysia menjemput lebih ramai pemain untuk mengambil bahagian dalam #p2p #lending dan #crowdfunding ekosistem mereka #fintech #banking #SMEs
Kemas kini: Kami telah dimaklumkan oleh Suruhanjaya Sekuriti bahawa terdapat lesen tambahan telah diberikan untuk Equity Crowdfunding kepada Funnel Technologies Sdn Bhd, menjadikan jumlah pemain ECF 7 di Malaysia.
Senarai Market Operators berdaftar dengan Suruhanjaya Sekuriti
Umum
1 Bay Supply Chain Technology Sdn Bhd
2 Bursa Malaysia Bonds Sdn Bhd
3 Citibank Berhad
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1 Bay Supply Chain Technology Sdn Bhd
2 Bursa Malaysia Bonds Sdn Bhd
3 Citibank Berhad
1/2 #Fintech mafia at work - @oxigenwallet bal vanished. No SMS/email intimation. Initially they denied that I even have an a/c tho I can log in! Even tnx history has vanished. Luckily have old screenshot of tnx history. Now forcing #Aadhaar KYC even to take a complaint
#NoBrand
#NoBrand
2/2 Note that @OxigenCare doesn't accept any other doc for KYC. No response from them upon telling them I don't have Aadhaar & KYC cant be mandatory for utilizing existing bal
@just_outspoken @Stupidosaur @suchetadalal @Consumer2Court @thebharatseva @ConsumrConxion
@just_outspoken @Stupidosaur @suchetadalal @Consumer2Court @thebharatseva @ConsumrConxion
1/ Which is the world's most valuable #unicorn ?
A: Uber
B: Airbnb
C: SpaceX
D: Ummm ... none of the above
Read on ...
#valuation #privatecompanies #mobilepayments #fintech #ecommerce #strategy #startup #founders #entrepreneur sam33r.com/home/alipay
A: Uber
B: Airbnb
C: SpaceX
D: Ummm ... none of the above
Read on ...
#valuation #privatecompanies #mobilepayments #fintech #ecommerce #strategy #startup #founders #entrepreneur sam33r.com/home/alipay
2/ At $150bn valuation @AntFinancial Services Group, which was spun out from #Alibaba in 2014, and one which owns China’s biggest payments app, #Alipay, is the biggest #unicorn in the world.
3/ Drivers of Ant Financial's $150bn valuation:
1: Size of #mobilepayments market in #China : ($13 trillion - 61.8% transactions globally)
2: Growth
3: 700 MM smartphone users
4: 76% of of those made a mobile PoS purchase in 2017
5: Penetration: street vendors accept m-payments
1: Size of #mobilepayments market in #China : ($13 trillion - 61.8% transactions globally)
2: Growth
3: 700 MM smartphone users
4: 76% of of those made a mobile PoS purchase in 2017
5: Penetration: street vendors accept m-payments
The #AI task force for Economic Transformation in #India (set up by the Government’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry) released its report last month. Some background (B) and key takeaways (T). 1/n
B1. The vision guiding this report is “AI as a socio economic problem solver at large scale rather than only a booster of economic growth”. 2/n
B2. It seeks to address the role of the Government in the field, answer how #AI can improve quality of life, and identify sectors for AI growth. 3/n
With decentralised exchanges now all the rage we have to learn the lessons of centralised exchanges
1) user experience has to be better
2) performance has to be better
3) don't fight the law
Expanded below...
1) user experience has to be better
2) performance has to be better
3) don't fight the law
Expanded below...
1) User experience is just awful on most centralised exchanges. There's no excuse for bad human centric design in 2018.
Who is the customer? What does crypto mean in their life? What job are they trying to get done?
Learn from the best in #fintech
Who is the customer? What does crypto mean in their life? What job are they trying to get done?
Learn from the best in #fintech
2) Performance
I'm not sure how a Dapp can perform better than a centralised system but the big exchanges are SO bad it's not a high bar to leap over...
@0xProject gives me hope, but the proof is in the testing
Web scale performance remains illusive in decentraland
I'm not sure how a Dapp can perform better than a centralised system but the big exchanges are SO bad it's not a high bar to leap over...
@0xProject gives me hope, but the proof is in the testing
Web scale performance remains illusive in decentraland
Oh the geezers are hard at it grafting media, it's always great to have easy scapegoats "North Korean cyber gangs.." a.msn.com/01/en-ie/AAt9g…
2/"Mr Murphy’s firm was the first in the world to liaise with computer giant IBM over the use of the super-computer ‘Watson’ for real-time--
3/artificial intelligence-based defence against cyber criminals." Bear with me, I'm about to post a few more links in #THREAD #CyberSecurity
