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[Investor Journey] Arjuna Costa (Flourish) challenges in achieving true financial inclusion, waves of fintech adoption and embedded finance
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On this episode Pat sits down with Arjuna Costa, Managing Partner at leading fintech fund Flourish, which is part of the Omidyar network, we dive into the challenges of achieving true financial inclusion and access to capital for everyone, how the next waves of fintech products will evolve and making the most out of embedded finance
On this episode you will learn about:
- Arjuna's journey into VC
- The evolution of financial inclusion in emerging markets and beyond
- How embedded finance solutions will change the way we consume, interact and finance products in the economy
- Is informality a hurdle to achieve financial inclusion in emerging markets?
- Flourish's initiatives around digitising corner-stores and their early stage programme for the African ecosystem, Madica
You can find Arjuna on LinkedIn here, check out their recent report on the Digitisation of cornershops here and the techcrcunch article on Madica here
Chapters
1. [Investor Journey] Arjuna Costa (Flourish) challenges in achieving true financial inclusion, waves of fintech adoption and embedded finance (00:00:00)
2. Arjuna's way into venture (00:02:53)
3. Intersection of the public and private sector to achieve financial inclusion (00:08:36)
4. Different layers of financial inclusion (00:12:31)
5. The role of cornerstores & its digitisation in emerging markets (00:26:20)
6. How to implement embedded finance (00:33:07)
7. A special programme for Africa (00:42:30)
8. Fast Speed Round (00:49:39)
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