Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age
Financial Inclusion in the Digital Age March 2018 Including list of 100 leading financial technology companies promoting financial inclusion Anju Patwardhan Ken Singleton Kai Schmitz Managing Director, CreditEase Adams Distinguished Professor Fintech Investment Lead 2016 Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Stanford GSB IFC Scholar at Stanford University 22 Disclaimer The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of CreditEase, International Finance Corporation, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, or any other organization. Acknowledgments This work would not have been possible without the contribution of our judges, who offered key input: • Ben Lawsky, CEO of the Lawsky Group & Former Superintendent, NYS Department of Financial Services • Anju Patwardhan, Managing Director at CreditEase and 2016 Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Scholar at Stanford University • Carol Realini, Financial Inclusion Investor, Board Member, and Author • Kai Schmitz, Fintech Investment Lead, International Finance Corporation • Arjan Schütte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital • Ken Singleton, Adam Distinguished Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business We would also wish to thank our questionnaire participants, who gave us invaluable insight into the work they are doing in financial inclusion: Noah Kerner, Acorns; Gustaf Agartson, BIMA; Matt Flannery, Branch; Gaurav Hinduja, Capital Float; Keith Moore, CoverHound; Sallie Krawcheck, Ellevest; Scott Painter, Fair.com; George Kalogeropoulos, HealthSherpa; Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage; Shailesh Naik, MatchMove Pay; Nicky Goulimis, Nova Credit; Kristo Käärmann, TransferWise Additional thanks to Irene Song from IFC and Derek Walker from Stanford GSB for their help in the creation of this report. 3 4 About the Authors Anju Patwardhan is Managing Director with CreditEase China for its global Fintech Equity Investment Fund and Fund of Funds and is a member of the Investment Committee.
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