digital economy

The Start-Up Secret Sauce
The Start-Up Secret Sauce
August 25, 2017  |  Startup Roundup

For all the wonderful things to be said for entrepreneurship, there remains this fact: It is extremely hard work that carries with it no guarantee...

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Flutterwave Lands More Than $40M In VC Funding To Expand
Flutterwave Lands More Than $40M In VC Funding To Expand
August 03, 2017  |  Investments

Flutterwave, the FinTech startup, announced news on Wednesday (Aug. 2) that it has raised more than $10 million in a Series A venture capital (VC)...

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ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
April 14, 2017  |  Retail

Resale retail is a rapidly exploding business — particularly if one happens to be in the business of reselling clothes. According to thredUP’s most recent resale...

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Blockchain Tracker: Impacting The Sharing Economy?
Blockchain Tracker: Impacting The Sharing Economy?
March 31, 2017  |  Blockchain

Within the past few decades, we’ve seen the rise of the sharing economy, with companies like Lyft, Airbnb and countless others. At the core of the...

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Making Algorithms Play Fair
Making Algorithms Play Fair
March 21, 2017  |  Financial Inclusion

Every day the average American consumer comes into contact with hundreds — if not thousands — of algorithmically powered experiences. The ads one sees on Facebook or...

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How Micro-Businesses Fit Into Mastercard’s Smart Cities Vision
How Micro-Businesses Fit Into Mastercard’s Smart Cities Vision
March 09, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Mastercard has several plans in the works to target half a billion people around the world who fall outside the realm of the formal financial sector,...

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India’s Cash Ban Hurting Rural Areas
India’s Cash Ban Hurting Rural Areas
February 17, 2017  |  International

The decision to make the economy in India less dependent on cash led to a temporary cash shortage that slowed the economy and forced thousands...

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