This guest blog was jointly authored by Marissa Dean (FiDA) and Jake Kendall. Jake Kendall is the Director of the Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab), an early-stage accelerator delivering innovative fintech solutions to the developing world.
The digital ecosystem—a collection of organizations, individuals, and policies that enable and deliver digital financial services—is rapidly evolving due to increased smartphone penetration in emerging markets and innovation in mobile technologies. How will this shift help or hinder innovation and development of digital financial services? FiDA’s Snapshot 13, The opportunities for and threat to the