Tyme is a digital banking group focused on bridging the financial inclusion gap in emerging markets. The group acquired over 2.3 million customers in its first 18 months after launching TymeBank in South Africa in February 2019. Today, more than half...
2022 | 4 MB | Data Analytics, Digital Finance, Financial Inclusion, Fintech Ecosystem, Women's Market Strategy, | English |

This report by the Financial Alliance for Women, in collaboration with Finstep Asia and Global Fintech Fest, is based on Alliance research over the last 2 years on fintechs serving women customers. It showcases 25 startups that have created successful...
| 6.42 MB | Digital Finance, Financial Inclusion, Fintech Ecosystem, Non-Financial Services, Women Entrepreneurs

Women represent the world’s largest and fastest-growing market—and one that has been largely overlooked by the incumbent and fintech sectors alike. As our research in 2020 and 2021 has demonstrated, fintechs are well-positioned to tap into the vast,...
2021 | 5.01 MB | Financial Inclusion, Fintech Ecosystem, | English |

How Fintechs Can Capture the Female Economy This report  quantifies the opportunity cost of not taking a gender-intelligent approach and lays out a map that fintechs can use to improve conversion rates of women through each stage of the funnel, equipping...
2021 | 5.89 MB | Digital Finance, Financial Inclusion, Fintech Ecosystem, Market Research, Women Investors, | English |

Our first Ask the Expert session of 2021 took place on February 25 around blockchain and digital currencies and their potential to accelerate financial inclusion for women with expert Anca Rusu, Partner – Partnerships, Policy and Advocacy at Celo. If...
| 11.99 MB | Digital Finance, Fintech Ecosystem, | English |

Rise FinTech Insights: Diversity in FinTech This report focuses on diversity within FinTech. People often equate technology with innovation and regard the ‘Tech’ in FinTech as the main transforming drive in the sector, but equally important is...
2020 | 2.58 MB | Fintech Ecosystem, | English |

The female economy is large, fast-growing and underserved—and fintechs are well-positioned to tap into it. To help them embrace this win-win opportunity, the Financial Alliance for Women surveyed 168 fintechs and 30 investors and other ecosystem players...
2020 | 2.61 MB | Data Analytics, Digital Finance, Fintech Ecosystem, Market Research, Women's Market Strategy, | English |