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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population). employ 60K people in 11 countries.

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Are Banks the Next Dinosaurs?

thebarefootvc

Last week, I spoke at The Economist’s Buttonwood Gathering in NYC about how emerging markets (and Africa in particular) are leapfrogging innovation in the financial services sector. billion unbanked adults (half of the world’s adult population). employ 60K people in 11 countries.