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Unpacking the Impact Question in China’s Superplatforms

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog was written by Lamia Naji, Associate Manager, Learning and Strategy at Mastercard Foundation, & Xavier Faz, Lead, Digital Finance Frontiers at CGAP

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You Can’t Clap with One Hand: How Collaboration Drives China’s FinTech Success

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog was written by Lesley Denyes - Program Manager and Digital Finance Specialist at IFC and Annabel Schiff - Senior Manager, Partners at the FiDA Partnership - with input from Jessica Osborn, Senior Manager, Partners at the FiDA Partnership

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Barriers and Bridges to Building Africa’s Digital Silk Road

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog written by Sieka Gatabaki, Financial Services Manager at MercyCorps Agrifin Accelerate Program in Kenya with contributions from Annabel Schiff -Senior Manager, Partners at the FiDA Partnership.

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The Digital Silk Road: Lessons from Last Mile Distribution in China

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog is authored by Stephen Deng, co-founder at DFS Labs, an early-stage fintech accelerator for emerging markets

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What is the role of regulation in digital finance?

Janet Shulist

Past examples and research have both shown that burdensome or overly prescriptive regulation hinders mobile money innovation and scale. For instance, a study conducted in 2015 found that heavy regulation—such as “an insistence that banks play a central role in the   schemes, together with burdensome KYC and agent restrictions”—was often fatal to mobile

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What LulaLend Learnt from Fintech in China

FiDA Partnership China Blog Series

This blog was written by Neil Welman, Co-founder and CTO of LulaLend

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