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March 6, 2017 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accion and Quona Capital announced on Monday the closing of the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, which both companies claim to be the world’s first global fintech fund for the underserved. The fund is managed by Quona Capital. According to the companies, the oversubscribed Fund represents $141… Read More

January 18, 2017 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chilean-based fintech startup Destacame announced the closing of its seed round of financing.The round was led by Accion Venture Lab, the seed-stage investment vehicle of Accion. Destacame describes itself as an alternative credit scoring platform that uses alternative data to assess an individual’s creditworthiness. Destacame’s proprietary… Read More