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Kuda, also known as Kuda Technologies Limited, is a Microfinance Bank and fintech company operating in Nigeria and the UK. It was founded by Babs Ogundeyi and Musty Mustapha in 2019. [1] [2] [3] The company initially begun as Kudimoney, or "the bank of the free", an online-only savings and lending platform.
Community banking is a form of empowerment-based economics which falls under the larger umbrella of micro-finance.Micro-finance as a whole is focused on the entrepreneurship of individuals, generally with a goal of lifting low-income or disadvantaged groups out of poverty and providing the means for them to prosper. [3]
Moniepoint was founded in 2015 by business executives Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike. It was initially founded under the name, TeamApt. [1]In March 2019, Moniepoint announced funding of $5.5 million in a Series A fundraising from Quantum Capital Partners. [3]
2. The capital is raised directly from the local community. Specially in countries with a "saving" culture (e.g. Laos) this can be seen as a main and successful model. 3. Capital injection from a donor, NGO or a private sector project is a third method to secure the initial funding of a village bank.
As at the time of Parallex Bank's transitioning, it left behind 875 Microfinance Banks in Nigeria, out of which 9 have national licenses, 98 operate at state level, and 768 operate as Unit Microfinance Banks. [3] In 2021, Mr. Femi Bakre was appointed as managing director of Parallex Bank. [4]
Microcredit is just one factor influencing the success of a small businesses, whose success is influenced to a much larger extent by how much an economy or a particular market grows. [ 39 ] Unintended consequences of microfinance include informal intermediation: some entrepreneurial borrowers may become informal intermediaries between ...
VBank (V by VFD or V) is a virtual bank and platform powered by VFD Microfinance Bank and was launched on March 25, 2020. It was created to offer free online banking. [2] [9] [10] [11] Currently, VBank has onboarded more than 500,000 active individuals and businesses on its mobile banking platform across Nigeria.
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