Tassos Stassopoulos
Facebook/Gojek: Desperate Catch-up or a Formidable Player?
Facebook and Paypal announced on June 3rd the investment of undisclosed amounts into Gojek, the Indonesian ride-hailing, delivery and...
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Tassos Stassopoulos
- Jun 23, 2019
- 4 min
Libra: Will it really cut it in EM?
Facebook’s announcement of the formation of the Libra Association, along with 26 other partners, feels to us more like a desperate last...
Tassos Stassopoulos
- May 22, 2019
- 2 min
Podcast 3: When Statistics Lie
In this podcast we discuss why statistics can lie, the importance of culture, and the impact that fintech from Emerging Markets will have...
Tassos Stassopoulos
- Jan 17, 2019
- 1 min
The EM Smartphone Gold Rush is Commoditising
The difficulties faced by US and Korean mobile phone brands in Emerging Markets should come as no surprise to those who listen to their...
Tassos Stassopoulos
- Nov 5, 2018
- 4 min
Fintech: Turbocharging the silent revolution of female homepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Rural electrification is already having a major impact on society and female empowerment in emerging markets. We believe that in some...
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- Jul 18, 2018
- 3 min
WHITE PAPER: Developed world legacy systems are no match for China's innovative Fintech
In the opening scenes of the 1972 documentary “Future Shock”, based on the bestseller by Alvin Toffler, Orson Welles walks on a...
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- Jan 25, 2018
- 3 min
Digital Payments: race to the bottom
In the past, innovation flowed from the West to the East. China, seen for years as an imitator rather than an innovator, is streets ahead...
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