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October 25, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Mambu Aiming to Power a banking Disruption

By Ben Kepes

A recurring theme that I talk about is how traditional sectors, bloated with process and seemingly unable to innovate, are ripe for disruption. Two areas of particular interest are the telecommunications and banking industries. banking in particular is an industry that is heavily protected by regulation. This regulation helps it

Tagged banking 2.0, Credit union, finserv, mambu, MasterCard, microfinance, Western Union |

June 17, 2009 Posted in Business, Economic Development, New Zealand, Society 2 Comments

Charity Begins At Home – Lending for Small Business

By Ben Kepes

Image via Wikipedia Kiva is a US based peer-to-peer lending system that allows people to temporarily loan money to entrepreneurs in the developing world. Kiva acts as the agent hosting profiles of entrepreneurs for lenders to access, collecting the funds to be distributed through agencies on-the-ground, and, once a loan

Tagged kiva, microfinance, SMB, sme |

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.