OZE: Not Boring Investment Memo
Ultimately, leading players want to take over the rest of the finance space leveraging their user base, technology and brand. Payment companies doing loans. Payroll providers starting to act like aggregators of services. Accounting solutions doing planning. Expense management platforms doing procurement.
Geoff Charles • Finance As A Service (FaaS)— Tech Stack for Modern Finance Teams
But it’s overused, largely because better forms of financing haven’t been easily accessible to startups and small tech businesses.
Packy McCormick • Pipe: Business-Funding Fit
Technology is already making waves in many parts of rural Southeast Asia where the majority of the unbanked reside. Much of the change there is driven by cheaper mobile phones and affordable data plans.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
